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Techie loses Rs 28 lakh to dating scam; police reveals how he was trapped https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/technews/techielosesrs28lakhtodatingscampolicerevealshowhewastrapped/article...

Techie loses Rs 28 lakh to dating scam; police reveals how he was trapped https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/techie-loses-rs-28-lakh-to-dating-scam-police-reveals-how-he-was-trapped/articleshow/112127210.cms

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How come Techies lose money to cyber thugs who are just damn illiterate most of the time?

Not just cyber but dating app traps and what not....

Techies be alert and don't allow ur hormones drive ur brain 🧠

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Between January and June this year, Lakshmipati is suspected to have stolen nearly five lakh gift vouchers and redeemed them to buy Rs 4.16 crore worth of bullion and other valuables on Amazon and Flipkart, according to police. 

Dude could have quit when he was ahead but greed is a terrible thing.

For a change, a techie got caught for doing actual tech stuff

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Recently saw this news: https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/pune-man-undergoes-full-medical-check-up-before-joining-date-ends-up-losing-rs-24-lakh-2461256-2023-11-10

In March 2023, a man received a call from someone claiming to be a recruitment executive for a global carmaker's India unit. 

They convinced him he was shortlisted for a senior position but asked for a fee of Rs 1,600 to register. 

The scammers kept asking for more money over five months, including Rs 28,000 for a uniform, Rs 80,000 for a check-up, and Rs 2.4 lakh as a salary advance. .

However, after paying around Rs 24 lakh in around 40 transactions, the man realized that he had been cheated
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How and why people fall for these? Also how they make over 40 transactions? 

Also a lot more people have fallen for scams than I initially thought. It's only when you tell them a story about other scams they tell their story.

Job Scam - how educated people fall for them?

https://x.com/deepikabhardwaj/status/1798720683364819455 (Dating scam)

I did think dating is a scam on some level but this case does reveals bad actors on female side as well. Pretty sure it happens outside India as well and tbh, such case might be less highlighted than a case with male as the bad actor.

Why should boys have all the fun?

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Why can't I find a single decent guy in Hyderabad? Every guy I have met in-person has either a "ZERO personality techie" or is a "KTM driving influencer"

No nice decent men in this city or what? Delhi had great guys but after moving here, it is just sad.

Why is dating in Hyderabad so dead? ☠️

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Hi One of my friends lost 8 lakhs in telegram scam how can he get back that amount is it possible by any ways,given cyber complaint and filed FIR,Bank complaint as well

I am posting this information to safe gaurd others job seekers and  posting after doing my level of research as one of the victim is my close friend. 

Person named Brahmaiah Shaik, who claimed as currently working as senior HR at Virtusa, Hyderabad has taken money from many unemployed job seekers promising them Jobs in development and testing and help them with fake experience letters and other onboarding activities. He has been promising jobs in Virtusa and Wipro like companies. Almost 38 lakhs has been collected from 21 individuals since Jan 2024 and they are still job less as he is not reachable now. People who has given money became helpless now. Please be aware of these fraudsters. Do not believe anyone who are promising jobs atleast do not pay blindly well before any progress. Build up your skills and try out for jobs or atleast approach a renowned consultants. Please if someone are there from Virtusa..let me know any internal ombuds channel to report this.

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Dear all, 

Please discuss scams which you faced so that our community will learn and Save energy and time before scammed

Story should be very small and to the point

Thanks

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Last Friday I went on a date with a girl from Gurgaon and it was the biggest mistake of my life. I was apprehended by her brother's friend at Ambience Mall. How? We were having a milkshake from Keventer's where some guy randomly pops out and starts enquiring about what we were doing.

The thing escalated and he said he will call police. I got scared. Then he motioned for someone, and that guy started misbehaving with us as well. It was becoming very stressful and I asked , "Tum chahte kya ho?" He was like, "Mhaare doston ko bhi thoda Milkshake Wilkshake pilao bhai." (Get milkshakes from KLeventers for our friends too). I was like, "Huh?" He demanded cash and said that he will get it himself. I gave them all cash I was carrying, some 2500 rupees and ran away. I think the girl was in on it too.

What should I have done?

Regret going on a date with a Haryanvi girl 👫🏻 ...

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I have recently shifted to mumbai. Thought of finding love through dating apps. So, I created Tinder profile and taken platinum subscription on the platform. Swiped many profiles. 

1st match I got in mumbai after using boost feature on the app. The match I got from profile was not verified. So I chatted for a day and decided to meet.

When you are chatting with girl 1st time. Everything girl says you believe and do. She told that she will meet and waited for 2 hrs hasn't got a reply. I wasted my duty hours in search of love.

Then I continued to chat and 3rd day I dared to meet. She is so, specific on Andheri West location. Says some story as new to city don't know. Meet there 1st time. After meeting and my friend went there a mall. After reaching a mall she specifically send a location. It's somewhat uncomfortable for guys itself in mumbai to go there in Galli in night time. I insisted her to reach a public space like mall but she is so specific to reach a specific location. Its anyhow a scam .

If you find anything like Andheri West/ Andheri East all are scamstars they don't meet just to loot a person who reachs that location.

Then I have got a match from verified profile. This girl also saying to meet at same location and same area. I have blocked both the profiles.

After that an unverified match came to my profile. He directly sent WhatsApp link.
After chatting with that a Chinese girl just updates her  messages with broadcast messages and sells her ebay networking business through whatsapp.

I feel mostly malasian numbers chatting through whatsapp are scammers with some marketing agenda.


Mostly tinder is for paid hookups and scammers.

After that I started using Jeevansathi app in mumbai. Here a profile looked genuine and had a journey through whatsapp for 11 days. On first 2 days I felt like almost every likes and dislikes matches with her. I was in cloud9 and got my soulmate in my life. But the real thing started when I asked for voice call she ignored .

Then after a day I got a what's app call with female voice. A person who hears female voice and speaks in a possessive tone with me. I thought she is a wife material as per insta videos a person who cares about your finances and discuss pre marriage likes and dislikes. I just believed and continued for next 7 days.. She had asked all the financial details about savings, and after marriage kids future corpus building.I really respected her dream and vision.  I asked video call confirmation for profile genunity. She said a story that she had a dream of first meet to be life long remembered meet and showcased in video and show to kids how we met.she wants to connect emotionally first. So I asked her I want identity confirmation. Then she said I will give. Anything I ask for 2nd time she gets angry. One day she shared some identity proof matching profile picture and name.

After that I shared mine after a night gap. She has shown fire in the conversation. I really feared by the way she dealt. Next day she was not the way you used to be. After this trust issues sorted slightly. I told her I am trusting you blindly. But she would everytime say she is busy and only she would chat in messages without calls and video calls . Still I continued conversation with her 10 days.

I discussed same with other mumbaite regarding this behaviour as these all are new to me. She straight away said it's fake. I told her it might be potential match. She replied  😂LOL😂.
She said ladka baat kr rha hoga koi ladki apna document proof (aadhar card) nhi bhejti. It's fake. As she only chats, no voice calls & video calls. Then Mai pucha kyu yeh log mere saath timepass kr rhe hai. She said to look like genuine.

"FAKE IT TULL YOU MAKE IT" is the marketing techniques folloed currently in today's market.

On 11th day I asked to send live location. She hasn't sent yet. This confirmation is that she is fake.

The Gf experience she gave is some what memorable as I was blushing whole day while chatting. One more she chats 11:30 Am morning and says she is busy with meetings. Finally pyaar andha hota hai. Aur pyaar kliye ladka kuch  bi krne kliye tayyar hai.

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