beware of fraud
Good morning QL friends, do you know fraudsters are spreading traps allover the world.. I have really shocked to hear and witness the person who lost about 5 lakhs , a sum of 35000 QR , in such a fraud .It happened in one of money transfer offices in Qatar where I am a staff. The victim receives a call from U.K. as the say, and informs that she has won lakhs of pounds as mobile lottery and to make confirm, they say the code no. in reverse of her Qtel sim card which is same for every sim cards. Unfortunately the poor lady beleived it is true and they also told her that she has to send a small amount by western union to a person in Pakisan for the 'document clearance' and to make the lottery delivery fast. and also told her to keep the information secret and if anybody from the exchange house ask her about the purpose, dont disclose , just say to them its for my personal use. Anyway , the poor lady sent money by WU to the mentioned person in Pakistan , five times , as they instructed 7000 qr each. At last she suspected and came with all her receipts .... But it was too late.. as all money were collected same time of its trasnaction , even before she give them the Money Trasnfer Controll Number which is mandatory fo collecting the fund in WU. Anyway we maid a complaint about it to the concerned authority of wu ... Eventhough any positive result hardly expected. I just sharing this information for all friends to take caution against such frauds.. thank you.
once 5500, 7500, like that
now ask for peninsula and gulf times subscriptions too :o)
I just got an anonymous call that i had won ten years free subscription to Doha News..
What shoudl I do ?
Cant believe that people do believe in anonymous lottery calls.
very sad..... greed is a curse...but i wonder how come lady has so much money and her hubby never asked why she is sending huge amount of money ..... to pakistan.... but frauds are not limited to one specific country ... scams and frauds are everywhere... i receive mail that i have been hired in nigeria as a doctor ( and i only know how to spell doctor) ...i shud send them money for processing the visa and thy will return it wid my first salary.....
poosr soul
Very interesting write up! What is lakhs of pounds? Does he mean lots of pounds?
The victim receives a call from U.K. as the say, and informs that she has won lakhs of pounds as mobile lottery and to make confirm, they say the code no. in reverse of her Qtel sim card which is same for every sim cards.
where is she from ? :P
You must be getting old drinkingb all that Karak Chai..
Isn't "Tu Tu Mai Mai" , that not so young lady you met at the car park whom you accused of fraud?
She sent 7000 QAR 5 times???? Not the sharpest tool in the shed, is she?
dont u remmbr there was a serial on doordarshan Indian channel long tym back called as "Tu Tu Mai Mai"
Was that even a bad language comedy serial.
Yes rizks we are really learning new things on Ql.
i got the same call fron dubai they said they are calling from call centre but i was smart escaped understood their wrong ideas,but feeling pity for the lady.
so u mean "Tu Tu Mai Mai" is bad language - new things we learn on QL.....:)
result of being lured by temptations ..
awww..poor lady :(
Rizk@@@@he used bad language and one knw how Pathan uses bad language when they speak out.Tu Tu Mai mai mean (Bad language)
CK is right, our greediness takes us to such problem. Be careful don't even open those mail or messages. Some mails claims that it's from Microsoft, hotmail etc., they use big name and give mail from gmail.com, redifmail.com and so on. Just keep in mind nobody will give u money for nothing.
i believe the saying is "Rizks and his money are easily parted, especially at the Ramada Car park"
Rizks, which language is that?
The guy who got money is smart.... The guy who gave money is too over smart and Lazy!
I too need money without working hard... Else, how this guy sent money for a lottery prize which he dint took at all..? Poor fellow!
"Tu Tu mai mai "...explain in english plz ? :)
icyspicy..you actually called them back lol good going do you have relatives in Pakistan?
In last 4 years i got 20 to 30 calls from Pakistan. and they just give u a miss call and when u call back they say the same story as mentioned.once i called them back and scolded and had lot of Tu Tu mai mai at that time he reveled that they make people fool and get the money.
Please safe from the fraud calls especially if the call come from Pakistan.
Consider me bewared.
Are there still educated people who are believing in such frauds? It is her greed which led to such a situation. There are no such mobile lotteries in the world who will give money for nothing. I am receiving minimum 2-3 personal e-mails every day telling that I am the winner of x million dollars from that mobile lottery. This is happening for the last few years and I haven't even tried to open any of those e-mails.
Whats that they say about a fool and her money? I pity such people :(
Serves them right those greedy people who fall for these scams!