Scam at Bengaluru airport? Strangers approach with fake boarding pass to gain phone access, warns traveller
While there is no dearth of scams in cities, a new scamming scheme has allegedly come up in Bengaluru. As per a viral video on
While there is no dearth of scams in cities, a new scamming scheme has allegedly come up in Bengaluru. As per a viral video on Instagram, a traveller claimed that two men tried to gain access to his phone, one under the pretext of train ticket booking and another with a fake boarding pass. The video has left netizens shocked. New scam at Bengaluru airport The video was posted by the Instagram user identified as @ranvijayy_vlogs, who said that scammers ran away once caught. He added that he even confronted one of them on camera, saying, “Come, come to the police, we will talk. Dekho kaise bhaag raha hai. Yeh sab scammers hain, inke jhaanse mein mat aana (Look how he is running away. These people are scammers. Don't fall for them).” "Fake train ticket booking" Narrating the whole incident, the traveller said that a man approached him, asking for help to book his train tickets.
''Toh main abhi Bengaluru Airport par hoon, and ek ghante mein do log mil chuke hain mujhe, aur dono scammers the. Matlab ek jo abhi aapne dekha, jo aise bhaag kar nikla hai, woh aake mujhe puchta hai ki uski train tickets book karne ke liye main uski help karun from my phone. Woh bolenge ki mujhe paisa nahi chahiye, bas meri train tickets book karni hain. Main uski shakal dekh kar samajh gaya ki yeh scammer hai aur maine usko wahan se bhaga diya." ("So, I'm currently at Bengaluru Airport, and within just one hour, I've already come across two people, and both of them were scammers. One of them, the person you just saw running away, approached me and asked if I could help him book train tickets using my phone. He said he didn't need any money, only help with booking the tickets. Looking at him, I immediately felt something was off and realized he was a scammer, so I sent him away," he explained.
Also Read | Vir Das accuses Zepto of delivering fake Apple Watch worth ₹50,000 Fake boarding pass The young man continued and added that the other person, on the other hand, sought help with the payment of his flight ticket by showing a fake boarding pass. "Theek hai, phir baad mein mujhe doosra banda mila, ek ladka. Haath mein kuch boarding pass tha uske, jisme scanner lage hue the. Phir woh bol raha tha ki mere se payment nahi ho raha hai, aap meri payment mein help kar doge. Baad mein main aapko paise transfer kar dunga. Phir main wahan par bhi samajh gaya ki yeh bhi scammer hai. Maine usko bhi daanta aur woh bhi wahan se bhaag gaya." ("Then later, I came across another person, a young man. He was holding what looked like a boarding pass with some QR codes on it. He told me that he was unable to make a payment and asked if I could help him complete it.
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