⚠️ Scam Alert: I Lost 7000 BDT to an Online Fraud

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  Iftiar Hossain2 months ago

  Adjectly the same way i had been scammed too. I also lost 7000Tk which i took from my mother saying it’s emergency. Like your Oil and rice i Ordered a Laptop which was Usually low price. After 3rd time i paid them to unlock the parcel i understood that it was a scam. they were asking more money saying that i will repay all of them at once after i pay the next amount😅. Scammers doesn’t have any mercy bro. Please everyone be alert of scammer and stay safe.

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  Ahnaf Tahmidh3 months ago

  Always do your research on any seller before you buy. Check their Facebook page for real customer reviews, recent comments and general activity. Check their official website if they have one. Look up their business name or contact details on review platforms and social media. If you're doing business with an individual seller, don't pay in advance. Insist on cash on delivery to protect yourself from scams. When deals sound too good to be true, ask where the goods come from. Items that are suspiciously cheap could be stolen, counterfeit, or of poor quality. Also check their return and refund policies. Don’t share any sensitive personal or payment information that is not required, and trust your gut if something seems off. Better to walk away from a bad deal than regret a loss down the road.

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  Arafat Rahman1 month ago

  I had a similar experience... There were ads on Facebook where they were offering some high end smart phones for BDT 3,500. It said COD but with an advance of BDT 450 as delivery charge. I was suspicious from the beginning, but since the initial amount was low, I decided to order anyway, and sent the 450 bucks via Bkash (send money, not make payment, which should have been the red flag)... The next day, the "delivery man" called and said I have to send the rest of the amount to the seller by Bkash (again, send money, not make payment), trying to convince me that doing so will "release" the phone from some kind of high tech electronic lock... That's when I decided to cut my loss and said "No, thanks"... I wasn't convinced that a seller who did not even have a Bkash merchant account would have such sophisticated tech system in place... They were trying to put me in the sunk cost trap... Many people would have paid the rest of the amount simply because not doing so would have rendered the initial payment a sunk cost... Don't fall for this trap... If you have already made one payment, cut your loss... And do not make any advance payment if they tell you to do "send money" rather than "make payment", because the latter indicates that they are at least a registered business, while the former could mean they are simply fraud... I also have a similar suggestion when it comes to lending money to people... If they ask for money when they already owe you some, do not lend them anymore... It might mean that they won't pay you back what you lent them initially, but this is where, you need to cut your loss and not step into the sunk cost fallacy trap...

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  Sajib Siddiquei2 months ago

  well, the scammer is smelled in the first place, sometimes its us, who scams with ourself! 7000 is a lot of money! unfortunately 999 or cyber crime unit dont takes potential scams or ongoing in at all no no concideration! live scammer tracking by cyber crime would stop these type of scammers significantly!

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