Bengaluru man’s hilarious WhatsApp exchange with scammer: ‘Paisa hai, pyaar chahiye’

Chetty Arun received a scam message on WhatsApp [Image credit: Pexel (L) and @ChettyArun/Twitter (R)]

If you are a WhatsApp user, chances are high that you have received at least one message from a scammer at some point of time. These scammers usually offer unsuspecting people a job or money in exchange for completing simple tasks like leaving a product review. However, one Bengaluru-based WhatsApp user quickly wised up to their ploy.

Chetty Arun’s conversation with a scammer is a masterclass on how to waste a conman’s time. Chetty, the culture head at Razorpay, shared screenshots of his exchange with a scammer posing as “Miss Lavanya” – the Assistant HR at Halcyon India.

In their WhatsApp conversation, the scammer told Chetty he could earn money by rating places on Google Maps. Instead of responding to the job offer, Chetty waylaid the scammer by saying, “Hi Lavanya, that’s a beautiful name. What does it mean?”

The scammer, posing as Lavayana, tried telling Chetty about the “reward package” – to which the Razorpay employee responded saying he had enough money, but not enough love.

“Arey paisa bohot hai Lavayna. Pyaar chahiye. Pyaar ke liye kuch program hai toh batao,” he wrote.

“There is no program for love please,” the presumably fed up scammer replied. You can read the entire exchange below:

Paisa bohot hai. Pyaar chahiye.

Had a heart to heart conversation about love, world, peace, and everything with a scamster. pic.twitter.com/gfiZScQdKx

— Chetty Arun (@ChettyArun) October 16, 2023

Some people shared screenshots of their own conversations with scammers:

Apne ko bas paisa chahiye aur kam task pic.twitter.com/bdQAwmMT4R

— Ashish Pathak (@ashish_pathak07) October 16, 2023

I asked them to call ,but they never called .. pic.twitter.com/vscmWAQnuu

— ಕಬ್ಬಿಣ ಮನುಷ್ಯ (@mortallyimortal) October 16, 2023