Cell phone
Scam Calls

It is is no surprise that stray and crank calls are part of mobile phone services. On the 29th of Nov i received a missed call from an unknown number. I was in the middle of getting ready and did not realize that it was 12 digit number. it had a the code 92 (923077492655) in the begining and i mistook it as a mumbai number in a hurry. i returned the call and a woman told me she was from Airtel in mumbai and i have won 10 lakh rupees. i asked why is she giving me a missed call and she complained as to why am being impolite. she asked for my name and i told her that if she is from airtel she should know my name. she cleverly told me that she has to confirm that the person on the phone should be the same as in whose name this number is registered.i told her my name and my fathers name. she gave me the number of a Mr. Surinder Singh who works in Punjab national bank, also a file number and a cheque number. she said i have to call him and ask him what to do next to collect this amount. even though i was suspicious of this call i called the number to confirm what was really going on (i had even mentioned to her that i think i am on a call which is fake since you hear such calls on the radio too). the number was busy and had a busy message in Urdu. I realized then that this was a Pakistani number and confirmed immediately since my balance had reduced drastically close to zero (because of the previuos call and chat with the lady). I immediately called Airtel and reported this incident.

I urge citizens to be careful in receiving stray calls since the agenda of such people is clearly anything but good. In the opinion of my friends such people try and extract information about your bank accounts on the pretext of lottery cash information, possibly something else too.whatever might be their agenda it is anything but good.a friend of mine reported a similar number to me and informed me of having received a missed call from a similar number on the 28th.

Thanking you

Hyder Usman

Company: Cell phone
Country: India

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