Got scammed in the most dumbest possible ways.
1 - OLX scam
I recently started making good money and wanted to upgrade my pc. I bought a Ryzen 5 5500 from OLX for Rs. 6400.
I paid 3000 advance, and the remaining 3400 I paid the next day, as the guy had already booked the package and it was in transit.
God knows why did I trust that guy. I did not even ask for product images or anything, just blindly dealt with him.
He claimed to be a shop owner in Kolkata (Im from Siliguri).
4 days later the package arrived. It was a box of Core i7, I was like okay inside would be my Ryzen 5.
Inside was the intel stock fan, and nothing else.
I called himback, no response, already blocked me and ran away.
He did not even share his real name, I just had his UPI ID, not even his account number, and knew the name of the bank (Jana small finance bank).
I went to my bank to tell the incident, they said you have made the payment on your own, now you are responsible. I went to the Cyber Crime department and filed a FIR. Kept checking there for 3 months, they said that they have traced the account, but that account is not getting any credit money, that they would try to take back. The day I sent the money, all that amount was withdrawn in cash, leaving the account empty.
So yes, that's how I first lost my money ...
((Also while going to the CyberCrime Police Station, i accidentally ran over a red light, paid 500 as bribe, moved on, it was a new place, and was a One Way, others were going, I too went that way with my Scooty, and i was caught again the same day, for going wrong way in a one way road, the Traffic Police asked for a bribe of 500rs, I pleaded, and negotiated to Rs. 400)
Was the worst day + experience of my life...
2 - FB Marketplace
I bought a Power supply for the same pc upgrade series. Coolermaster MWE 850 Fully modular Gold certified PSU with all cables.
Found this guy from Kolkata (again) via Zoukart facebook group. I had a talk with him, on the video call, he showed me the PSU by turning on his pc and showing all works good.
Deal was for Rs. 3500 + shipping. Reason for sale - operation of his dog who had paralyzed limbs (he showed me the dog on the video call too).
When it arrived - PSU had 2 x PCI ports melted, 1 x SATA port melted, 1 x SATA cable melted, 1 x PCI cable melted, and only 4 cables (ATX, EPS, SATA, PCI). Dumb me, I called him and informed all, he said "Wait ill just have a look at the images you sent ...", and blocked me away. This time I had his Full name, Votor card, Account details, I went to file the complain in CyberCrime department again, they said "There are so many websites like Amazon, Flipkart, who the hell buys items from Facebook? You just got scammed last month, and again today ?? Why dont' you buy these items from nearby shops in the city ??" and refused from accepting the complaint.
I kept calling him from different numbers, he blocked them all, the point is that he recognized that it's me before picking the call. The first attempt for call from a new number, it will ring, 2nd attempt - dialed number is busy / switched off. At last he replied to messages from a new number that I used, he said that he wont take the PSU back nor would refund me. I said that I would go and do a Police Complaint, he said "Do whatever you want, my cousin is at the post of an ASI, he is there to protect me, you can't do anything kiddoo"
So this time, with all his documents, I still got scammed (His votor card is with me, it is genuine as I verified it on the official Voters Portal)
Still I had a few more direct deals, for the same pc upgrade, luckily those people were genuine.
After which I started dealing through admins on the fb groups, and since then lifeis going good.
Though will never be able to recover from the trauma I got from the loss of 10k (the bribe amount is endless that i've paid to the traffic policemen)
