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CommonMBAMan

OLX Scam - Has anyone experienced this?

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So I got this call today from a guy impersonating an army personnel, asking me for a verification code from OLX. He says that by mistake, he entered the last digit wrongly and he wanted the code. On checking my phone, I noticed that I had received one code from OLX and was almost on the verge of giving it to him, thinking what harm an OLX code would do, its not a bank account.

But suddenly, it hit me (I am so glad it did). What if this guy is trying to scam someone else by using this code? I ask him why the number he is calling from is so different from my number and why can't he re-enter the number and get the code again. Obviously, his responses made me understand he was trying to pull a scam and he kept repeating that he is from the army and I could verify it on whatsapp. At this I told him, I won't share it with him and hung up.

When I checked his whatsapp, he has the photo of an army guy and Indian Army written on the picture. Lol. A google search reveals that they normally respond to ads, but could not find anything with this new format. So I want to know if anyone has experienced this and what was his modus operandi here?

Edit: As pointed out - it was to use my number to post ads and scam others.

TLDR: Got a call from a guy saying he is an army personnel who needs a verification code from OLX which was sent on my number. Did not give him. He was doing this to use my number to post verified ads and scam others.

Posted Aug 3, 2019, 1:21 PM UTC · edited

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nromil•

To Register New OLX Account, Post Ad and Scam Others.

You can't post ad without verified phone number.

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CommonMBAManOP•

Thanks, it makes sense now. He was trying to use my number to scam others. Fuck, if there was an Olympics in scamming, our country's scammers would win all the gold.

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sleepygamer92Main madarchod hun jo yaha aaya•

would win all the gold.

By scamming the judging committee.

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-JudeanPeoplesFront-•

BIMARU :(

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prabithroy•

Similar scenario he said he's an army official, wanted to buy my old ass tv and told he'll pay x amount of money through Google pay and rest after handing my tv to him. After sometimes i got a "request" to send him x amount of money, and he called to accept his request to send his money since his account is of army it needs different procedures and shit. I said no i can't do, give all the money in cash he disagreed and acted weirdly. The next day i woke up i saw that his account was reported several times and blocked by olx.

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quantmademegaunt•

We had bought a bedroom set for our guest bedroom from pepperfry. It was delivered and assembled. Then my family thought it wasn't that great. We put it up for sale on OLX almost immediately, absolutely unused.

Got some offers, the best one was from an army guy who was transferred to my city and wanted to furnish a room for his son who would visit a couple times a year. Turns out he was a genuine buyer :D. Came to the house, paid in cash, got the furniture picked up, chatted with the family a bit and left his business card.

I'm glad I wasn't aware of these army guy scams back then, would have lost a genuine buyer. Have listed a car for sale currently, definitely more cautious now and thankful for these threads, especially about those google pay payment scams.

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kasamkhaake•

The guy is impersonating as army guy. If someone is paying in cash, there is no scam.

Once I got best offer from an "American". He even sent the photo of his DL. He was willing to pay the price quoted (red flag), wanted me to ship it to other city and willing to pay the shipping cost via bank transfer. I shared my bank details and within 5 mins received an email from "Federal Bank of America" that the person has transferred the amount to my account but it is held in their escrow account safely until the item got delivered.

Asked the guy to fuck off and to atleast write the email in English Americans use.

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SUPAHOTFIRE6969•

It's a scam happened to me also don't fall for it just block

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-shaktiman-India•

I like how people are learning from Dhoni and using army to look clean.

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MsbokChika Pika Rika•

I had same call few days ago. He said he entered the a digit wrong and was asking me if I can provide him with the code. So I told him he can get the code again by entering the number again. He says my number will be disabled/will not work. Lol. I said okay.

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FloydP24116•

I have recieved calls demanding to pay money through UPI. Instead of paying the put a recieve request and in the comment section write the amount has been transferred successfully.

Also most of these guys claim to be in the army of Crpf.

Abuse them or call then out they won't bother you again.

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MAA_KI_CHUDIYAMuth Maaro, Insaan Nahi•

Saw an ad for a used Samsung S7 Edge for a decent asking price and location was nearby. When I contacted the guy he said he just got transferred to a nearby town so I told him never mind when he comes back I'll do the deal. He then said send 50% and he'll send by courier. I declined so he kept reducing and tried to guilt trip me saying he'll send me his Army id and other shitty docs. I declined . A week later I read in the local newspaper how a teenager who responded to the same ad lost ₹18K

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MsbokChika Pika Rika•

An uncle.

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