In early January 2025, Ankush Sachan received a call unknown numberThe caller claimed to be his father’s friend, he said that he was earlier 3000 rupees borrowed from himHe further mentioned that he had only spoken to Ankush’s father, who requested him to transfer money to Ankush through Google Pay. Within minutes, Ankush received one Fake text message This shows that Rs 30,000 was deposited in his account. The caller called again, claimed that he accidentally sent Rs 30,000 instead of Rs 3,000. He then asked Ankush to transfer the remaining amount back to him.
It gave a stop to investigate with his father whether such a conversation took place with any of his friends. His father denied this, which Ankush thwarted the attempt to cheat the scammer.
We decode casual money transfer scam – a common strategy fraudster uses to woo his next hunting – to be cautious for you.
