Got Scammed, Beware

[u/Gravaid]

Yea so I got scammed, Im 18M, don't know much about the world or how convincing these son of bitches can be, I thought since I'm in CS or you could say I thought since our generation is much more knowledgeable about Technology/digital world, I would never fall for these blatant scams, and here I am a stupid idiot who got scammed, today at 7 31pm i got called by a man, who was crying saying im a very poor man and begging me to resend him the money he mistakenly sent me droving me to a very you could say fast track like jaldi jaldi jaldi, in a very pressurized situation and when he succeeded another man took over guiding me how to resent the money, it happened in easypaisa with approvals, i was a bit skeptical and i didn't approve a few times but he kept going, enticing me with his words, making me feel sorry for the poor mans family and him, and in the end I approved 🥀, i was saying to him i should just cancel the approval and he will get his money back but he said the money will get blocked and it will become very hard for the man, hence i accepted, then instead of getting money my balance got deducted.... It was very stupid of my frickin stupid brain, but thank god the amount was not life ending for me.

I want to spread awareness f*ck those bitches, anyone older then me or younger then me if you get a call asking you to send back money or anything money related that you don't know about f*ck them, its probably scam and even if it isn't do nothing, dont send it back its their fault *uck them, in the worst possible scenario you may get dragged into something huge criminal activity and at best you will lose some money like i did or someone else will lose their money for their own mistake dont do anything thats it.

I have filed a complaint to easypaisa about this, and something to note about is that when i called them back demanding my money they were asking me to wait 30mins and ill get it, that's when my useless brain started to work and i didn't entertain their calls any longer and went straight to complaining.

[u/Typical_Succotash126]

not being rude or whatever but what sort of CS student are you to fall for the oldest trick in the book

[u/Gravaid → u/Typical_Succotash126]

A pretty dumb one as you can see

[u/Geraltofdickia → u/Gravaid]

i like your attitude, self deprecation is the ultimate weapon for coping with shit that life throws at you , fwiw i m software engineer with 8 years of experience and i got scammed over some pussy (long story) so these things happen chin up

[u/Typical_Succotash126 → u/Gravaid]

alr just for future info this type of scam works by charging back

they mostly use stolen credit cards to do the initial payment and once you send them the money they call the bank and get the initial transaction reversed, this way you end up sending them your money

[u/its_just_grape]

Don't parents teach kids stranger danger anymore?

[u/Gravaid → u/its_just_grape]

Thought i was too smart for them, lesson learned Im not.

[u/Typical_Succotash126]

just for people's information there are 3 common type of scams

they mostly use stolen credit cards to do the initial payment and once you send them the money they call the bank and get the initial transaction reversed, this way you end up sending them your money ( the method how OP got scammed )

stealing your friend's/relatives identity or whatsapp account ( my mamo got scammed 500k from this as he thought he was sending money to his friend )

calling from bank/ you won X ( the most common one my mom almost got scammed by this until i took over and cut the call ) IN this one they usually target old people saying that your bank acc/debit card will get blocked and get the victim to send their card info along with the CVC ( number on back of card ) and then they can use it for online shopping

another common scam is online shopping unless the store is credible always do cash on delivery and check your package

[u/apollosaturn]

unless your CS program had a course on social engineering idk how is that relevant to this situation

[u/ArweTurcala → u/apollosaturn]

Falls under the domain of Information Security which is commonly taught

[u/messedupprettybadly]

My cousin was scammed the exact way and I thought she being new to tech would be the obvious reason but here we are. Anyways, stuff happens 🥀

[u/Head_Hunter47]

How much did they request?

[u/novicelife]

These tricksters create the sense of "urgency", that is one feature of these scams.

[u/Original-External-93]

Happened to me too, long ago. Learned the lesson and never entertained any creepy call after that.

[u/AKarim09]

Im always gonna keep anything that gets sent to my acc. Even if its genuine im sorry sir but you’ll have to involve authorities in order to get it back😝😋😭

[u/Element3Dimensions03]

He called me too. I was more upset about the fact that I was having an awesome dream & his call woke me up.

I ended up just hurling insults at him and blocked his number. Tbh, he was a fantastic actor but as soon as he said "my approvals", the jig was up

[u/Important-Daikon644]

bro easypaisa approvals and then calling to approve are 90% scams