Scanned a QR to receive payment for a sofa
A buyer sent a QR code and said scanning it would credit the amount. The money left the account instead.
- Recovered
- ₹32,000 returned after bank dispute
- Reported by
- R. Sharma Jaipur, Rajasthan
How it happened
He listed a sofa on a classifieds app. A buyer replied within an hour, said he was an Army officer being posted out of the city, and would pay the full amount in advance without seeing it. The profile photo was a man in uniform.
The buyer sent ₹5 first to 'test the account'. It arrived. Then came a QR code with the message that scanning it would credit ₹32,000. Scanning it and entering the UPI PIN sent ₹32,000 out.
He called 1930 within the hour and the bank the same evening, with the transaction ID and screenshots. The amount was credited back after eleven days.
Step by step
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What this teaches
- You never scan a QR code or enter a UPI PIN to receive money. Only to send it.
- The 'armed forces, urgent posting' story appears in a large share of classifieds frauds.
- Reporting within the hour is why this money came back.
Stories from people
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