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Archana Puran Singh and family fall victim to a major online scam in Dubai; say 'Humare paise doob gaye'

Archana and her family had made a reservation for indoor skydiving through a website and lost a huge amount of money.
July 11, 2025 / 16:04 IST
Archana Puran Singh and her family, the Sethi boys were recently on a vacation.

Archana Puran Singh and her family, the Sethi boys were recently on a vacation. While Archana has been posting various adventurous activities they have been enjoying, there is a report that they were scammed.

The family was in Switzerland for a brief period and after that they were in Dubai for a holiday. In a vlog, Midday reported that they were having a discussion about all what they did on the trip and realised that they have fallen victim to a scam. They had made a reservation for indoor skydiving through a website and lost a huge amount of money.

When they reached the location for the activity, they were told that there is no reservation. Apparently, they booked the tickets from a website which was fake.

The publication quoted Archana who had the first thought in her mind, "We have been scammed because the website wasn't real. Did we just get scammed in Dubai?"

Archana's husband Parmeet and their children were shocked.

Archana expressed which was reported by the publication as, "We've already paid, and the tickets weren't cheap. Dubai mein humare paise doob gaye. I never expected this in Dubai. They have such strict rules here, people are scared to break the law. In India, we're always so careful about suspicious numbers and websites."

Aaryamann expressed how he initially suspected something wrong but then he overlooked it assuming to be a glitch on the site.

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Aryamann was quoted as, "The webpage where I purchased our tickets is nowhere to be found. Since I had reserved the medium package for four minutes, but it only lasted two minutes when I checked out, I found it suspicious. I assumed that was a bug. I'm furious.'

Parmeet, on the other hand was utterly disappointed and he sarcastically remarked, "Enjoy, whoever has conned us," reported the publication.

Entertainment desk
first published: Jul 11, 2025 04:04 pm

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