How This Woman Saved Herself From A UPI Scam That Would Have Made Her Lose Rs 45,000
A woman took to X to reveal how she prevented a man's effort to con her. She described receiving a call from the scammer and initially failing to recognize the'red flags,' but eventually realizing she was being duped.
A woman took to X recently to reveal how she saved herself from getting conned and losing almost Rs 45,000. She admitted she initially failed to recognise the 'red flags' but caught on soon enough. Her story motivated many people to share similar experiences and how they dealt with it.
Who is the woman who stopped a major UPI scam?
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Tamanna, an X user, reported receiving a call from a man who wanted to transfer her father's 'LIC money' to her Google Pay account. He also verified her Gpay account. Tamanna didn't suspect anything initially during the conversation and even complied with the man.
What happened next?
The man informed her that he would send the money, totalling Rs 25,000, in two Gpay transactions. Tamanna was suspicious because of what transpired after that.
Omg guys, someone recently tried to scam me with UPI.
¡ª Tamanna (@itssynecdoche) January 5, 2024
I was at my parents'. My dad and I had just discussed about maturing investments and what to do next with it.
He had just left the house.
I get a call from some guy who said he got my number from my dad...
She received an SMS that resembled the alert received from a bank following online transactions. "At that moment, I receive a notification on my phone. Did you get it, beta?" he asks in Hindi."
"I ask him to hold so I can check, but as I move the phone away from my ear, I can hear him rushing me," she wrote.
"I say yes, I got it in my rush to get back to him (he's still talking). 'That's good' he says. Now I'll transfer $5,000."
"While I take the phone away from my ear, he continues to rush me. I received a second SMS," she added. However, instead of 5,000, the SMS indicated that she allegedly received 50,000.
How did she save herself from the fraud?
The "alarm bells" went off at this point, especially when the man wanted her to refund $45,000 to him via Gpay. She informed him that, despite having received the SMS, she had not received the funds in her account.
At this moment, the man demanded that she return the money. She asked him to wait and said they'd figure it out after her father returned. The scammer then simply vanished.
He tells me to open Gpay.
¡ª Tamanna (@itssynecdoche) January 5, 2024
Right then I get a notification that I have a message on Gpay. It's this. pic.twitter.com/l3SIscOk5r
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