''You Won’t Believe How I Got Scammed!”: People Share Dumbest Ways They Fell for Scams

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In this segment, we hit the streets to ask people about their experiences with phone scams. Have they ever received a scam call? How did they handle it? Do they recognize common tricks like fake prizes or impersonation? From close calls to practical tips, this vox pop shares real stories and advice on how to stay safe from scammers.

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00:00Actually I had a call, he said there is a boy named Shubham who has raped a girl, he went to a party.

00:17My dad gets a call, my dad was in the office, that your son is in jail, I am calling the police inspector.

00:23I got a call on my mom's phone and they were saying that we have kidnapped your daughter and we are taking her to the police station.

00:30Your daughter's name is Ashwini Rajinder Kumar.

00:32If you are scared, he is doing the business of fear. So before doing anything, discuss it.

00:53That kind of call was related to the lottery I have received.

00:57So they were repetitively calling me regarding that you may come to this particular hotel at this place and time with your family.

01:06And you are about to have, you have won this much of prize which we will be happy to give you when you will be here like that.

01:13Have you ever experienced such a scam or fraud that is going on these days?

01:18Yes, there is a lot of fraud in the job these days.

01:20Today I went to give an interview, there was fraud, they were taking money.

01:25So I got this message, I got this message.

01:29Then I went there, they were taking money from me, Rs. 3600.

01:33Then I came back, they didn't give it to him.

01:35So there is a lot of fraud in the name of job these days.

01:37You should never give money in the name of job.

01:39Disperse the matter, send the money.

01:41So dad thought what has he done?

01:43So dad cut his call and called me first.

01:46And did cross-questioning with me.

01:49Where are you? What are you doing?

01:51So I said, Dad, I am in college, you video call me.

01:54So dad said, okay.

01:55Then dad told that I got a call like this.

01:57And they said that we have stopped you in the police, your son has done something.

02:03So I said, brother, how much scam is going on these days?

02:07Have you ever experienced such a fraud call or phone scam?

02:10Yes, definitely.

02:11So would you like to share with us?

02:12Definitely.

02:13So I got a call.

02:15They told me that you have done a courier from DTDC.

02:18From Mumbai to Vietnam.

02:24And at that time I had done a Rakhi courier.

02:26So I was like, yes, I have done a courier from DTDC.

02:28But not to Vietnam.

02:30I have done a Rakhi courier to my hometown in Kanpur.

02:32So they are like, no, there is some issue there.

02:35And then that call got cut.

02:37That call got cut.

02:39After that, they called again that there is an issue in your case.

02:43And Mumbai police commissioner will talk to you.

02:45Then I realized that I have not done any courier.

02:48So I said, okay, let him call.

02:50And after that, I cut that call.

02:52They called a couple of times.

02:53So I blocked him and all.

02:55But in such cases, if there are people of old age, they might get intimidated.

02:58They will get scared.

02:59They say that you do that here or do it for UPI.

03:03I have called you for the common public who are getting worried.

03:08And they said that you will be charged one rupee for this.

03:16You pay one rupee for this.

03:18And I said, one rupee.

03:21What does one rupee mean?

03:23No, this is a government job.

03:25So you have to pay one rupee in the receipt type of one rupee.

03:30So what happened was that the number I picked up from Google was a fraud number.

03:37Which I found out later.

03:39They got all my websites open.

03:41And took all my data from the IDFC bank.

03:45After taking the data, the money that was in it, they asked for an OTP.

03:51One OTP will come, sir, give me an OTP in it.

03:54The OTP that he gave, all the money in my account was lost.

04:00Gone.

04:01What happened with my friend recently, he had to buy an iPhone from him.

04:07He was giving a lot cheaper than the market price.

04:10So he was very attracted to him.

04:12So he contacted him.

04:14So for this, he first asked for 500 rupees.

04:17And for his ID, he sent his Aadhar card, pen card.

04:21Which looked very real.

04:23That no, he is really a genuine person.

04:26We can buy things from him.

04:28But after that, as soon as he asked for 500 rupees.

04:31And then he said that brother, delivery is not happening.

04:34You will have to send a little more money.

04:36Delivery charges are more.

04:38So you will have to send more money.

04:40And then what happened there was that we were a little suspicious.

04:42So he then denied at that time that no, we cannot send.

04:45What we had sent 500 rupees, you return it to us.

04:52Already tell your parents that where are you going?

04:55And with whom are you going?

04:57Keep sharing proper locations.

04:59The chances of cybercrime are also very low.

05:01They must be having some system of calling the people like that.

05:05And I am sure they must be calling the people who are more in the city.

05:09Because they are more attracted and fascinated by these things.

05:13They may think that yes, I may have gone to the mall like that.

05:16Because they trap the people like that, that you have visited this and that place.

05:19They share different links with you.

05:22First they will say that we are here to get some feedback.

05:25So provide its feedback.

05:27And we will pay you whatever is left.

05:30So they will say like that.

05:31When you will give the feedback etc.

05:33Then after that they say that now you have to click on this link from here.

05:37You have to go to them.

05:39You have to join that group.

05:40Then they will say that after this you have to follow this process.

05:43You have to follow this process.

05:45Then you will get the money credit for whatever work you have done.

05:48So you should get the idea that they are frauds.

05:52If someone is genuine, then he doesn't do so much.

05:56He doesn't go around.

05:58Where I work, I have done frauds with my owner.

06:01Because he had an app.

06:03He got a message that you want to take a loan.

06:05Interested.

06:06He showed a loan of 6000 and he applied.

06:09After applying, the company gives him only 3500 rupees.

06:12And after taking 3500 rupees, he used to pay 6000 in 15 days.

06:17Then the frauds ask for 6000.

06:20Then they don't send.

06:22Then they send videos etc.

06:23Common in India to get spam calls and fake emails.

06:26I do get them regularly.

06:27But I didn't get as scammed.

06:29Because I am quite aware about.

06:30I usually ignore the message.

''You Won’t Believe How I Got Scammed!”: People Share Dumbest Ways They Fell for Scams

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