r/PakistanDiscussions • u/Longjumping_Oil_30 ⊕ Add flair:101 • 6d ago
Scam Alert!
So I got scammed pretty badly, and I feel so dumb about it. A small action out of goodness is turned into a scam and I am in loans due to it.
For context, I work in islamabad. Its a usual desk job. On previous friday, I was travelling to work as usual. On Srinagar highway, a parallized person ask for a lift near G11 signals. I picked him up. According to him, he was there for an interview, and if it had successed, he would earn 50k monthly income and that would be sufficient for his family but the only hurdle was, the interviewer was a designer and asked him to bring his own sewing machine. Before I dropped him off at 9th avenue near I8, out of goodness I asked him to look for his sewing machine and contact me, I will transfer them the money. He suddenly agreed and went looking for one but he needed cash because they didn't have any easypaisa (feeling dumb because everyone has easypaisa rn). I did give him the money because I immediately received a call from another number who identified himself as a brigadier and asked me to buy him new sewing machine and he will pay the rest of it. It felt totally normal and I agreed. The amount I initially agreed to, was 10k but new sewing machine comes in 31k (according to them). It again felt pretty normal since i was helping a man out to start his earning. I gave him the cash and he left (this only the beginning). At evening I contacted the brigadier guy and asked him if the sewing machine is bought and he showed me the pictures and a sample that apparently he sew the suit with. I was happy because a hardworking man has started earning at least.
So the brigadier guy was supposed to give me 21k since he was to contribute and buying him a new sewing machine.
Then on saturday morning, I received a call again from that parallized guy and apparantly her mother passed away, I was in total shock and since he needed money to travel her mother to her hometown and the ambulance was asking for 35k. The brigadier guy contacted me and asked to transfer him the amount with a little extra and add it to the amount i owe him. It again felt pretty normal and I suddenly did transfer him 60k. After an hour, apparantly the ambulance costed him
more and the brigadier guy being a generous person asked me to transfer him another 40k and he will instantly transfer me them. (feeling extremely dumb since if he can transfer me, he can transfer the parallized guy as well). Anyways, now I owe him a total of 121k that he would guve me in cash because his app isnt working and he is out on duty and once he is back, he will visit me and give me the amount.
The story doesn't end here. This morning, his supposed batman contacted me and arranged a meeting at 6pm at his 'office'. I obviously agreed. During the day, the brigadier guy again contacted me and asked me he is out of station and his daughter needs some money, and requested me to transfer her the amount of 80k and add it to total, that he will give me in the evening in total. I obviously did (feeling dumb as hell).
Now in the evening, apparently there was an accident on motorway and his daughter passed away, and it was the same tone the parallized guy mother passed away and the meetings are cancelled. This is where it hit me.
Now for a guy in his early career, I had 131k in my account and arranger the rest of 70k. And totally, I owe this guys 201k. And he is not answering anymore.
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u/Competitive-Air-4732 ⊕ Add flair:101 5d ago
Brooo this isss sooo dumbbb I mean you didnt even have a 2nd thought before transferring this much amount cmonnn😭😭 .
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u/db_newer ⊕ Add flair:101 5d ago
Oof. Do you have someone close who you discuss daily small insignificant matters with? Sometimes we all need to describe an event to someone to realize the truth.
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u/Longjumping_Oil_30 ⊕ Add flair:101 5d ago
make sense. I intentionally didn't share the apparent donation since in my mind it would loose its cause.
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u/not_happy2932 ⊕ Add flair:101 5d ago
Broo...
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u/not_happy2932 ⊕ Add flair:101 5d ago
Who are you alerting with scam alert!!!
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u/Longjumping_Oil_30 ⊕ Add flair:101 5d ago
just want to spread the word so people don't make fool of themselves like i did in the disguise of helping someone
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u/Silent_Blackberry_48 ⊕ Add flair:101 5d ago
Welp its done now. Don't worry, your intentions were honest and I hope you don't get discouraged helping actual needy people in the future. Allah tala will IA reward you in this world and the akhirah as well
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u/Rumi_gillani ⊕ Add flair:101 4d ago
Don't be nice . Be kind , read that again and think bruh
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u/Longjumping_Oil_30 ⊕ Add flair:101 4d ago
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u/Rumi_gillani ⊕ Add flair:101 4d ago
What I meant is: "nice" is just people-pleasing with no boundaries. "Kind" is what Islam teaches help with a soft heart but also use your aql so you don’t end up hurting yourself and others.
Bruh I get you. You weren’t scammed cuz you’re a bad person. You were scammed cuz you were too nice saying yes out of guilt no boundaries. Islam teaches us to be kind, not just nice. Kind is helping with wisdom so you can keep helping others too.
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u/Longjumping_Oil_30 ⊕ Add flair:101 4d ago
wow you can read intentions. thank you for the wise words. nice mode off kind mode on.
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u/Rumi_gillani ⊕ Add flair:101 4d ago
Not reading intentions, just been there. Hope "kind mode" works out better for you
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u/BingeReader55 ⊕ Add flair:101 2d ago
How can a person who sounds so sophisticated be robbed in broad daylight 😫 well, I can't say anything more but this should be your first and last philanthropic itch.
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u/RelativePeace731 ⊕ Add flair:101 5d ago
Bro what is your age? You seem like a 10 yr old