[IN] - New kind of telephonic scam
Today, I got a call from an unknown number. The person on the other side started talking like he was a good friend of mine. I formally asked for his name and said, " Sorry, I have not saved his number and cannot identify him". Then he asked me to guess his name, and when I guessed, he claimed I was right.
Then he told me that one friend is trying to deposit the money in his account, but he is not able to, and would like to send the amount to my account and then transfer the same to him. I told him why he cannot use his close friends/family members to do the same; then he replied that his friend can't even send the money to them.
Then I realised this might be a scam. I asked him when we first met just to make sure that he is the one claiming the identity, and then he called it off.
Scammers are finding new ways to scam people. Please be careful