Ok. So this happened on the same day as i am writing this post. I saw one ad of galaxy s9+ which was quoted for 25000 rupees. Seemingly a good deal, i contacted the person. I live in nagpur and ofcourse i would only browse local ads as i don't deal with different cities. This person also had his ad posted in an area near me. So i sent him an offer of 20000 which he accepted and sent me his number.
His number: +91-[protected]
This is where the fun thing starts.
When i called him, he said that he's now transferred to jaipur and doesn't live in nagpur anymore. So he will courier me the phone and i should send him half of the money. I insisted him that i can't send him a single penny until i have the phone in my hand and i want a face to face deal. To that he said " jaipur aajao aisa hai to.." mene bola bhai teri advertise nagpur ki thi isislye contact kiya maine, warna why would i have contacted him. He sent me all his details like aadhar card, army canteen card and bill of the phone. (All of which were fake). I didn't doubt him until now but then i checked the bill. It said customer name as "yaqub khan" but the guy i was talking to was jaikishan as on his fake # cards.
He said that yaqub was his friend, i still wasn't sure that he's a scammer. He said i am going to the courier office now and will send you the receipt of the courier after i send him half of the money on his paytm number. (His paytm number: [protected]) i think i was saved because i had decided that i will make the full payment until i get the phone. That's why i didn't send him any money.
Please be aware guys. Do not make online transactions or something like " half money before recieveing the product and half after recieveing."
Always make face to face deals on olx and only make cash payments or paytm only if it's urgent. Never make bank wire transfer. They can even scam you by asking you for your account number and ifsc code. And beware of such people who offer expensive things at cheap rates and ask you to send him money.
These people are very clever. All the documents look so real that even i was fooled. If i had money in my paytm, i might have sent him the money.
Also olx, i would like you to make aadhar based verification necessary while making an account on your website. This will reduce half of the scams, because right now anyone can make an account by using just a phone number, which is very easy to obtain.
Check out pics below and you will understand how real this scam looks like.
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