A woman took to X recently to reveal how she was saved from being scammed and losing almost Rs 45,000. She admitted that she initially didn’t recognize the “red flags,” but soon realized it. Her story motivated many people to share similar experiences and how they dealt with them.
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- Who is the woman who stopped a major UPI scam?
- What happened after?
- How did you save yourself from fraud?
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 his Google Pay account. She also verified her Gpay account. Tamanna did not suspect anything initially during the conversation and even paid attention to the man.
What happened after?
The man informed him that he would send him the money, totaling Rs 25,000, in two Gpay transactions. Tamanna was suspicious because of what happened after that.
OMG, someone recently tried to scam me with UPI. I was at my parents’ house. My dad and I had just talked about investments maturing and what to do next with them. He had just left the house. I got a call from a guy who said my dad gave him my number…
– Tamanna (@itssynecdoche) January 5, 2024
He received an SMS that resembled the alert received from a bank after making online transactions. “Just then, I get a notification on my phone. Did you get it, beta?” ask in Hindi.”
“I ask him to wait for me so I can check, but when I move the phone away from my ear, I can hear him rushing,” she wrote.
“I tell him yes, I was in a hurry to get back to him (he’s still talking). ‘That’s good,’ he says. Now I’ll transfer $5,000.”
“As 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 he supposedly received 50,000.
How did you save yourself from fraud?
“Alarm bells” were ringing at this point, especially when the man wanted her to refund $45,000 via Gpay. She informed him that despite receiving the SMS, she had not received the funds into her account.
At that point, the man demanded that he return the money. She asked him to wait and told him that they would solve it when her father returned. The scammer simply disappeared.
It tells me to open Gpay. At that moment I receive a notification that I have a message on Gpay. It is this. pic.twitter.com/l3SIscOk5r
– Tamanna (@itssynecdoche) January 5, 2024
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