The online frauds are taking place at an increasing pace despite the government, banking institutions and security agencies trying their best to educate people about the ways to save themselves from an online scam.
However, still such frauds are taking place and what is more shocking is the fact that the victims are not illiterate people but on the contrary, most of the times the victims are educated and well-qualified individuals.
Recently, a 39 years old tech professional from Bengaluru lost Rs. 68 lakhs when he tried to sell his bed for Rs. 15K. The victim posted an ad on OLX for selling his bed and soon after the listing, he got a call from a person named Rohit Sharma who said that he would pay digitally after the price of the bed got negotiated.
After some time, Rohit Sharma called the victim and asked him to transfer Rs. 5 and promised the victim that he would pay back. The seller agreed and he transferred Rs. 5 and in return, Rohit Sharma transferred Rs. 10. Then the victim transferred Rs. 5,000 after which Sharma paid him back Rs. 10,000 and the pattern continued with increased amounts. But then Sharma claimed that by mistake, he transferred Rs. 30,000 and asked the victim to return it by clicking on the link and by telling the OTP.
As the victim followed the instructions, money from his account started getting deducted but he still kept transferring the money as he thought that Sharma doesn’t have adequate knowledge of making digital payment. The victim asked Sharma to return money but he kept saying that there are some technical issues and between 6 December and 8 December, the victim lost Rs. 68.6 lakh which is the biggest amount lost in an online fraud.
However, many online users feel that it is a fake story as the victim is a qualified engineer and how he could keep making payments in this manner. There were some online users who were not ready to believe that a person can keep Rs. 68 lakhs in his saving account and few others asked the police to investigate how this person got so much money.
Here are some selected reactions:
I'm adequately baffled! The guy is an engineer… shouldn't his internal alarm stop him right after the first 'Send Rs. 5 so I can Rs. 10 back' in the long charade? 🤷 pic.twitter.com/j34JPjbxJt
— Karthik 🇮🇳 (@beastoftraal) December 15, 2023
The guy kept 68L in his savings account that was connected to UPI? pic.twitter.com/0YtqdoHGlq
— Krish Ashok (@krishashok) December 15, 2023
https://twitter.com/Saiarav/status/1735505105888383173
Who keeps 68Ls in a savings account? 🤦♂️😳
— Samir M 🇦🇺🇮🇳 (@samirmokashi) December 15, 2023
I can help this man recover his money. Someone please connect me to him. For every 5k he sends me I’ll recover 10k… until he gets back his 68L.
— Siddharth Singh (@siddharth3) December 15, 2023
Never a dull moment in Bangalore
— Mathures Paul (@MathuresP) December 15, 2023
This is becoming quite common, any online post for rent, or some kind of sale attracts these fraudsters. Modus operandi is similar, they would mention some Army Card where in you transfer X and then Army card sends double. Once can easily make it out this trap. It’s baffling how…
— Ritesh Kumar (@ritzsinha) December 15, 2023
Doesn't add up at all. Looks more like a meme on 'engineers' 😉
— Aman Narang (@EkProdMgr) December 15, 2023
Yeh jus university ne pass kiya isey ban karo, jis interviewer ne hire kiya usey fire karo, what is this? “Kept sending him money” why?
— aman kharbas (@aman_kharbas) December 15, 2023
All for a 15k bed, something doesn’t add up esp given the guys background
— Tushar Kanwar (@2shar) December 15, 2023
https://twitter.com/iTHAKURSAHEB/status/1735649804968239248
Can’t believe this guy is being called ‘techie’ 🤷♂️.
I guess common sense is getting harder to use these days, many people relies on google too much.— Sujit Singh (@sujitsingh) December 15, 2023
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