Buying a house in Mumbai is a bit difficult for a middle-class family who then try their luck in Maharashtra Housing and Development Authority (MHADA) lottery. Every year, MHADA releases their lottery and lakhs of Mumbaikars fill up online forms wherein they submit a deposit amount. Seeing the demand, miscreants try and dupe people by creating fake MHADA websites.
MHADA officials came across 25 such fake websites and have filed a police complaint as well with the Cyberpolice. The same was conveyed through a circular.
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When it comes to buying and selling houses through a lottery system, MHADA carries out all their functions online which also open up opportunities for miscreants who then create fake websites and dupe people.
In the coming months, MHADA will be releasing a lottery for 1001 houses and Konkan Housing & Area Development Board will be releasing one for 4000 houses. Though the online registration has not started, there are websites which are showcasing the dates of online registration. Few websites have declared that MHADA would be releasing their lottery on September 10, 2018.
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MHADA has asked Mumbaikars to log into MHADA’s authentic website i.e. https://lottery.mhada.gov.in
Miscreants first stole all the information from the original website and created a fake website on a separate domain.
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