Scam that we faced
Something weird happened yesteday.
We have been trying to sell a tiny flat in kolkata. Day before we had uploaded the details on Magic Bricks.
In the evening, my husband received a call from a young chap claiming to be from BSF. He said that he was getting transferred to kolkata and was looking for a flat urgently.
At around 1.30, he called up to say that his friend had checked out the building from outside. He was satisfied with the pictures of the inside of the flat. He asked for some reduction in the price and made a counter offer, which was okay with us.
My husband asked him why he was in such a rush, and wouldn't he need to physically take a look at the flat.
He said that he would be visiting kolkata on the 20th when he would do that. He quickly shared his aadhar card and BSF identity card without us asking for it.
Next, he said he would make an advance payment of 2 lakhs to seal the deal.
My husband said you can deposit it in my bank. At this he said he would do it through Paytm.
When my husband said the payment was higher than the paytm transaction limit he agreed to pay 1 lakh and told my husband not to disconnect the phone while he would guide him to receive the money.
He said in the military we are not allowed to use UPI, and we have to use some special cards to make payments through paytm.
At this, my husband said money can be received even when I am sleeping. There is no need to guide me.
Chap hung up.
Looks like this is a new scam targeted at receipt transactions.
Be extremely careful while doing any online transaction, whether it is payment or receipt.
As an extra security measure, we don't keep large amounts of money in the upi linked bank account.
SAVDHAAN RAHO. SATARK RAHO more
We have been trying to sell a tiny flat in kolkata. Day before we had uploaded the details on Magic Bricks.
In the evening, my husband received a call from a young chap claiming to be from BSF. He said that he was getting transferred to kolkata and was looking for a flat urgently.
At around 1.30, he called up to say that his friend had checked out the building from outside. He was satisfied with the pictures of the inside of the flat. He asked for some reduction in the price and made a counter offer, which was okay with us.
My husband asked him why he was in such a rush, and wouldn't he need to physically take a look at the flat.
He said that he would be visiting kolkata on the 20th when he would do that. He quickly shared his aadhar card and BSF identity card without us asking for it.
Next, he said he would make an advance payment of 2 lakhs to seal the deal.
My husband said you can deposit it in my bank. At this he said he would do it through Paytm.
When my husband said the payment was higher than the paytm transaction limit he agreed to pay 1 lakh and told my husband not to disconnect the phone while he would guide him to receive the money.
He said in the military we are not allowed to use UPI, and we have to use some special cards to make payments through paytm.
At this, my husband said money can be received even when I am sleeping. There is no need to guide me.
Chap hung up.
Looks like this is a new scam targeted at receipt transactions.
Be extremely careful while doing any online transaction, whether it is payment or receipt.
As an extra security measure, we don't keep large amounts of money in the upi linked bank account.
SAVDHAAN RAHO. SATARK RAHO more
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Thank you for alerting the readers. Hope you were saved from the fraudulent transaction . more
Apr 14
Every day awareness about various scams have been beamed thriugh various medias. Despite that, if any one is carried away by scammers, it occured due to carelessness. more
Apr 13
A very similar thing happened with me too. I had posted ad to rent out my flat on Magic Bricks and 99 acres both sites. same day I received a call from a person who identified himself as a military personnel who has been transferred to the city where my flat was available for rent. he requested for some photographs of the flat. soon after sending the pictures, this person called me to confirm that he likes the flat and is ready to rent it out. He asked how much he has to send as deposit and one month rent. On hearing about the amount, he immediately agreed to transfer the money through UPI. On asking to make payment through netbanking he showed his inability on the plea that since the payment will be routed through the army ( defence ) he can only use UPI method for payment. He then transferred Re 1 as a test and also asked me to confirm and revert with Re 1/ payment. I declined the mode of payment suggested and asked him to cancel the deal as I am not interested any more and cut the call. This was a novel way to cheat the unsuspecting persons after other methods have become common. I just wish to make other people aware of this new method of cheating being in practice these days. more
Apr 13
