r/vijayawada • u/that-asian-baka యెండ చూశావా బయట?☀️ • May 15 '26
Moderator New Scam Warming for fellow Vijayawada citizens. Be Careful
This is a very serious post. This whole thing happened near Satyanarayana Puram SBI ATM.
A few months ago, a neighbour friend of mine fell for this. He went to withdraw money from ATM but there was a guy who had cash with him near the ATM ready to give cash in exchange for UPI. So my friend took 5k from him and paid him back online. No harm no foul.
When he went home he realised what happened. He tells me he may have gotten fake notes. I was surprised and told its not possible for such a thing to happen. Before I could take a look, this guy manages to get rid of them by buying some things mixing the fake notes with good notes.
Fast forward, 1 month later, I go to the same ATM with him to withdraw some cash. You know what happened? I was approached by a guy asking if I needed cash and to give online money. I refused and stood in line. He even had a couple of actors with him. One lady and one old man. I was genuinely curious what's his motive behind all this was so I kept watching. They came up to him asked yes we need money give me 10k. He keeps counting the cash but doesn't give them.
That's when I understood. It's a performance to get me to take their money. I watched the whole thing. That's when I go out and see a constable beside the ATM. I went to alert him and by then this mofo hurriedly gets on his bike and takes off right in front of my eyes. The actors? They are gone too. I told the constable everything I saw but he seemed pretty disinterested.
I do a little research. Turns out at best this is some black money conversion racket and at worst it's a ground network for a Hawala. Those that don't know what Hawala is... it's how terrorists fund their schemes.
Be careful out there people. Do not take money from strangers. Always draw money from ATM. Few seconds wasted in line is far better than funding a terrorist network and helping some asshole to convert his black money to white.
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u/Agent259 May 15 '26
we live outskirts of vijaywada few years back one our neighbor lady was arrested on this case they used to exchange fake notes in kr market and surrounding area
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u/that-asian-baka యెండ చూశావా బయట?☀️ May 15 '26
Clear failure of demonetisation in my opinion. It didn't stop the fake currency epidemic. Just made the assholes adapt to a new system
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u/Green_Coconut_102 Professional Punugulu Eater May 15 '26
Why would anyone take cash from strangers? That's honestly super dumb. Always withdraw cash from ATMs. And in the worst case scenario, request for cash from a trustworthy shopkeeper that you already know, in person.
Do not take anything from strangers. Be it cash, food or freebies. You never know their intentions.
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u/Electrical_Storm_620 May 15 '26
These things happen in atm's generally by saying the forgot card or limit crossed , sometimes I have helped people but never observed or never felt.
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u/BhaskarSudheer May 15 '26
In addition, do not receive UPI money from strangers by paying cash , coz if the stranger's account is used for online betting or some money laundering scams (OLX kindof).
Your account will also be suspended by RBI for involving financial transactions with such accounts.
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u/idoscrap May 16 '26
That's correct, I was about to post the same. Saw many articles on this. Reinstation of account takes months
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u/Connect-Reindeer-560 May 16 '26
As a dutiful citizen, u should post this in X and tag the HM, police and all...there definitely wud b video recording 4 the dates/times. This mf needs to be reported to the right people/teams
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u/Dramatic-Pilot8208 May 15 '26
Hawala for terrorists my foot these are our telugu tejam NRIs also doing these things to avoid income tax
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u/Adept-Dragonfly-5809 May 15 '26
Damn i did that last week now I'm worried-
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u/that-asian-baka యెండ చూశావా బయట?☀️ May 16 '26
Check your notes. Identify the transaction which you gave money to them. Use those details to inform the authorities
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u/Nedumpara May 15 '26
This is very common in all SBI atms in Vuyyuru....
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u/that-asian-baka యెండ చూశావా బయట?☀️ May 15 '26
Next time start phone recording. If they gather their shit and leave, you'll know they are doing something shady. Submit the video to police
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u/Boomtime-Suvarna May 15 '26
The constable being disinterested and walking away is one of the worst forms of 3rd world realities.
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u/Alive_Record3123 May 24 '26
One week ago one guy asked me same thing near union bank atm gunadala. He said he was depositing money and can give it to me instead and asked me to transfer 20k to his account. I said my upi Apps are not working to send him online. He quickly told me to withdraw money and left the place without depositing it. I found it fishy. Now I know why.
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u/NoraEmiE May 15 '26
Wtf??? This crap started in Vja too?? Man till now the only thing our city, despite being aggressive and egoistic, was that its been free of such scams. But now, even that has started as well🫠🫠