In a twist of events, a man managed to outwit a scammer and shared his experience online, quickly going viral. Jay, an X user, detailed in his post how he turned the tables on the scammer who initially requested Rs 1000, ultimately convincing the fraudster to send him Rs 20 instead.
Jay, who met a girl named Yami on a dating app, struck up a conversation with her. They agreed to connect over a call and exchanged numbers. After starting talking on WhatsApp, Yami asked for a favour. The scammer requested for Rs 1,000 and even promised to return it in a few hours.
However, Jay got a whiff of something fishy and sent her screenshots of failure of transactions. He also asked for Rs 20 just to "check" if UPI was working. Later, he blocked the person named Yasmeen Khan on Google Pay.
"Scammer got scammed," Jay wrote, accompanied by a series of screenshots showcasing his conversation with the scammer and the Rs 20 transaction. The final image in the post revealed what Jay did with the money.
Since its upload, the post has garnered over one million views. The incident sparked a flood of reactions from users.
One user commented, "Advanced planning," while another requested, "Bro, tips, please." A third user expressed their amazement, stating, "This is crazy."
Among the comments, one user inquired, "Best. By the way, how did you do the failed payment edit?" Jay responded, "Enter the wrong UPI pin and refresh. Just got to know it doesn't work on the updated GPay."
A number of people also called him "legend" in the comments section while several were simply amused over it all.
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