A type of Mumbai crime that was prevalent during COVID has reared its head again, and a Mumbai man has been duped of around INR 90,000. It began with the man getting a Facebook message from an account that seemed to be of his friend. The person informed him that he needed some money urgently to pay for his visa process.
While the man transferred that money, the con continued to ask him more money under various pretexes, and that is when the victim smelt a rat and contacted his friend – only to find out that he was speaking to a con who was operating a fake account.
Such scams were prevalent in Mumbai during the COVID,when it was a bit difficult to connect and contact friends. Several people were contacted by scamsters via social networks, claiming that they needed some money and they needed an urgent transfer. It is surprising to see tha some scamsters are still trying this tried and tested method – and unfortunate that they were successful once more.
The simplest way to save yourself from such a scam, which was a populr Mumbai scam, is to be observant of every individual account that contacts you on social media. This scam usually works when the scamsters clone an existing account and then contact the friends on that social media account. So, if you are contacted by someone on social media, take some extra pains to ensure that the account is genuine and not a cloned one. As soon as something feels amiss, don’t hesistate to personally call the individual.
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