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I must say the scammers are getting quite smart

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We saw malicious activities by users where all the user's accounts were withdrawing rewards into a single bank account. 

Being a small team and time-sensitive product we did not have the option to put bandwidth or stop the functionality. 

Started talking to one of the scammers, and told her that I was one of them, she was curious about how we being other users found her contact. The answer was we hacked the DB and found out that she was also withdrawing coins from multiple profiles to a single account. Praised her and told her that it was very tough to break that thing. She was like “You guys are fools, it's not that tough. I am doing it like this”. We fixed the bug in the next 30 minutes. We told her that your method was not working for us.  Maybe the company fixed something. 🥲

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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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**News Flash:**

Hi everyone, there is a new WhatsApp stock market scam happening right now. It starts with a random person messaging you, usually with a woman's profile picture, offering free stock market tips. If you agree, they send you a link to join a group. In the group, they conduct two live broadcasts daily, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. They pay you to watch these broadcasts continuously for three days, along with some data pack recharges.

Initially, the broadcasts appear professional, discussing market indices and suggesting stocks. After about a week, they start promoting a "700% wealth surge plan" on your initial investment. They claim that the consulting services you're currently enjoying are worth Rs 50,000 for this quarter. If the 700% gain is achieved, you must pay consulting fees and revenue sharing for two quarters. The fees depend on the information service you choose for the next quarter. If the 700% profit is not achieved, no fees are charged, and future cooperation allows you to choose your desired service level freely.

The stocks they suggest also surge, and people in the group keep posting their profits and praising the "professor" named Hardik. When it comes to the 700% surge plan, they introduce a twist: they ask you to download an app or visit a website to sign up with your Aadhar number. They claim this "Preferred Asset Account" has several advantages:

1. It allows for pre-market trading.
2. It has priority trading rights when purchasing Upper Circuit stocks.
3. The success rate of subscribing to IPOs is higher compared to a regular Demat account.

Believing it to be genuine, you might add your money. Initially, you make good profits, but soon you realize you can't withdraw your money, and eventually, you are blocked by everyone.

The company behind this scam is IEF (International Equity Funds), operated by Meera Patel, Hardik Shah, and Ami Shah from the USA. If you Google them, you won't find any legitimate information. There are also multiple company names associated with this scam, according to my research. Be aware and never fall for these scams with unrealistic profits. Always use trading apps approved by the government, do your research, and be mindful.

Scam Alert

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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?

Grammar improved when compared to the avail lottery, or your bank account is blocked call on this number. Rogue actors are sharing apks directly. Be careful of what you click on!

New ways of fraud. Be aware!

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I came to Bangalore 2 weeks ago. this is my first time visit to Bangalore. One fine day I was casually walking to my PG after having a tea at chai house. in the middle of a road a person with his newborn baby and wife approach me with folding hands. He asked me if I speak hindi. I nodded, then he said Iam from Maharashtra and he came here for job, but his master has kicked him out and not given him salary. He has no money for food and to travel back. He asked me to give him 300. I sensed it might be scam but being an emotional guy I thought 300 is not a big deal. I said I don't have cash but I can pay via phonepe. he showed me his qr on mobile. A thought ran in my mind does he has no one who he can call and ask for online money if he has working smart phone. when I started typing the amount 300 he said sir 300 for one person, pls pay for my wife too. I said I only have this much money only. I paid and walked off quickly. I think I'm scammed but it could be a genuine case too. 

tell me guys have you faced/heard this before. this might probably aware someone in future.

Is this a new scam?

Software Developer

I just received a call from someone claiming he's from the bank I hold an account. Apparently, he knew the branch where it is located.
This was the conversation:

 Fraud : Mam apka account close ho jaega, PAN(in his accent it was 'pain') activated nahi hai na.
Me: Theek hai, kardo, koi baat nahi.
Fraud: Mam, me apke he branch se baat kar raha hun, counter no. 2 (Me trying to stop my laugh 😂)
Me: Oh acha, theek hai.
Fraud: Mam, account block kar de raha hun, fir ye kabhi open nhi hoga.
Me: Arey, acha thik hai kardo, me branch aake PAN activate kar lungi.
Fraud: Nahi Mam, ye sirf online he hoga, kahin koi branch se nhi hoga. Aap abhi PAN bata do, me kardunga.
Me: Acha, koi baat nahi, block kar do.
Fraud: Lekin Mam, reason to bataiye block karne ke liye ( I am Still laughing at this statement 🤣)
Me: Arey reason to aapne he bataya, ki PAN activated nhi hai.
Fraud: Han to abhi karwa lijiye, me kar dunga. Aap PAN bataiye.
Me: Arey koi na, band kardo, baad me dekhenge
Fraud: Thik hai kardeta hun, saare funds "Government account" me transfer hojaenge.
ME: Han krdo. 
  Then he drops the call out of frustration.

Fraud Bank call 😂

DevOps Engineer

Okay, so this happened to me last year. I was approached by a college alumni (got my number from college alumni group) who told me he had a side business going on which was leading him to earn more money than his corporate job and that he was going to leave the corporate for his “business”.

I was initially not interested but he was insistent and also I was looking to explore some options (may be my naïveté) that I asked him more and so he setup a call with his senior to explain more about this “business”.

Now this senior gave all sorts of gyaan regarding how to reach financial independence and picking up on the general mindset of how to make more money. They asked to create a list of 10 things that I desired the most at the point of time which could be solved with more money. I complied thinking it was a good exercise (again, I was a big fool). Now I was connected with another senior who gave all sorts of gyaan regarding how I could make more money and lead to financial independence.

Please note, during all this time I was constantly asking what the business idea was and how it would be achieved but got no response on the details and only white washing regarding how I should be prepared to do anything to achieve my dreams.

Now, it was revealed that I would need to put in 5L as investment to get bigger returns. Since I did not have that money in handy, I was suggested to get a personal loan through their agents. Also not to inform this to parents because they won’t understand this stuff and get “worried”. Luckily I did went with their suggestion and informed my parent about it. Thinking it was a startup idea, I got the investment from my father through an OD in my name.

Now we get onto a call two days later, where they reveal the company QNet and makes me purchase 5L of stuff from their website and explained the business model which was to get other people from your knowing to buy products from this company and get commissions on the sale.

Continued……

Pyramid scheme scam

Software Engineer

I watched his videos on Sadhguru and Beer biceps. 
Finally!! someone spoke about what's wrong with them.

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Recently moved to a new city and was looking for a flat for rent.

Went through the nobroker app and found some good properties and even took the moneyback plan as it was cheaper than paying brokerage and also had the guarantee of getting my money back so why not!(Foolish me🤡)

This is where all shit begins
- For more than half of the properties listed there, the owner does not pick up the phone.
- The relationship manager(RM) is the most useless person(not sure on what basis they hire), even after mentioning my requirements over call and chat both, he suggests flats which he likes even though they do not match any requirement that I'd mentioned. My requirements were simple of a gated society and within 10kms of my office (not asking for too much ig)
- let's say I even overcome the above 2 obstacles and finally am able to contact the owner and schedule a visit after tons of discussion with my RM, on the day of visit no one answers the call and I'm left stranded😭

And also as a bonus point, get ready to be spammed by their cross-services of packers and movers, rental agreement etc ( received more than 10 calls in a day🙃)

And now when I want my money back they are not at all receptive and just ignore my calls and messages. 
Although it's not a huge amount but I felt cheated and hence wanted to rant and probably help people who are looking for nobroker reviews.

Beware people, it's one of those open scams🥲

Nobroker is pathetic(rant!)

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Is anyone else getting these random calls saying your parcel has been returned from some place like Taiwan or Singapore? 

It's a very well orchestrated scam where the robo call puts you through an agent who then gaslights you into thinking you've sent some sensitive item and that they need your PAN to get it delivered.

I must say the scammers are getting quite smart

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