Well, the incident took place when I was traveling by a train from Chandigar to Delhi, uh, after completing my 12th grade exam to meet my relatives. Uh, normally I don’t answer strange calls and I really dislike spam calls. But on that day, my, um, mobile network was unstable as I was traveling to a different city and I could not access the Internet. So I was getting quite bored and suddenly I got that call from a unknown number. Initially, I ignored that call, but when the person called for the second time, I decided to pick that up and uh, and I thought it would be a great idea to talk to someone while I was getting bored and while I was getting bored. So, uh, I picked the call and the person who was talking from the other side, he um, said that, uh, he just need two minutes of my time and there would be a, ah, great news and opportunity at the end of the call. So I started talking to him and he uh, at first he asked me for some personal details. After providing it to him, he offered me, offered me a job of a data entry operator. He said it’s a work from home and I could earn, uh, rs20,000 per month. At first it sou. It sounded like, uh, a scam. And uh, when I asked him, he denied that it’s not a scam, it’s a real call and uh, it would be a great opportunity for me. Um, but later on when he, uh, asked me that I have to pay rs5000 enrollment fees for that opportunity, then I realized that it’s a scam call and I suddenly cut the call and I really felt a sigh of relief that, uh, I didn’t fall for his trap. Later on I shared this, uh, incident with my fellow travelers and they agreed to me that I uh, didn’t fall for his trap and uh, saved myself from such, uh, fraud calls.
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I remember a time when I was traveling by train from Chandigarh to Delhi, after finishing my 12th-grade exams to visit my relatives. I usually don't answer calls from unknown numbers, especially spam calls. But on that day, my mobile network was unstable because I was traveling to a different city and couldn't access the internet. I was getting bored, and suddenly I received a call from an unknown number. Initially, I ignored it, but when the person called a second time, I decided to pick up. I thought it would be nice to talk to someone while I was bored. The person on the other end said they only needed two minutes of my time and that there would be great news and an opportunity at the end of the call. I started talking to him, and he first asked me for some personal details. After providing them, he offered me a job as a data entry operator. He said it was work from home and I could earn Rs. 20,000 per month. At first, it sounded like a scam. When I questioned him, he denied it, claiming it was a real call and a great opportunity for me. However, later on, when he asked me to pay Rs. 5,000 as an enrollment fee for this opportunity, I realized it was a scam call. I immediately ended the call and felt a sigh of relief that I hadn't fallen for his trap. Later, I shared this incident with my fellow travelers, and they agreed that I had avoided his trap and saved myself from a fraudulent call.
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