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UHe got me paid to other bills as well bro which accounts for 1500 more. I mentioned 2 major transactionsUI fuckedup big time. He scammed 7-8 people in the same hostel in 2-3 days timeline, even people who came as a group.. he set the tone for 7-8 days before he started scamming . Stealing and robbing is one thing but his scam is scary man. I mentioned in another comment how he wired us
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DG01CUfTmx6/?igsh=MTBybGYyMGR2OGtseQ==UI know I will sound dumber and dumber with every comment about the scam but I had to let it out. .We can say it’s a dead give away on multiple instances but man the level of detail and subtility he operated to social engineer me and instill thoughts is scary.When he introduced himself with his name and company, profile he is working on. I couldn’t give shit about his name let alone his job as I am on travel and he is some stranger. When we were (fellow hostellers)having a discussion on which running shoes we use and how long we plan to use it, he comes and makes a subtle funny remark on why all are shit and everyone should use pumas. He would talk over the phone and advice store manager that his friends will comeover with this specific names and suggest them to use his employee id and give discount. During some random group discussion at night he would say his brewery in a city from Andhra is half finished and how is he designing the place and how the vibe would be there in a very detailed way. He also suggests the hostel manager what all changes they should make to improve the vibe of this hostel. He is also super friendly with hostel manager and says that this hostel owner is his friend they both have ideated this place and he would come to this hostel frequently to chill out and vibe with fellow travellers and although he can book a good private room, that wouldn’t give the vibe
On one afternoon, he orders food online and asks me to pay the bill online and gave me the 500 note. When I returned the balance he said he spent so much money in last 2 months that his mother got so frustrated and made him swear upon her and he acted like oh it’s not a big deal and don’t bother to return me kind of , but I returned the money. On same night, while we all travellers are drinking beer and smoking, he would open 2 jack Daniels bottles and poured into everyones glass.
Many of things like this happened over the course of 10 days
I don’t know man. I have encountered many scams and was able to escape from them. This is scary shit atleast for me
UI don’t know dude, I normally don’t care about people’s profession while travelling. He sure made me believe he is having a high level job in puma and he is trustworthy of 13kUThanks for the detailed reply..I would introspect on everything you have said. One thing I always had in the back of mind is why would a person social engineer you for 7-10 days to scam you for 13k. In this age of social media, someone would make people aware of this scam and with all the cc cameras and photos of him, his scam footprints would be all over the internet forever and he sort of becomes the anti social element. Scammers who are so intelligent can easily understand repercussions of this situation. Why would they do such a thing . Also , I have seen him distributing 6k worth of alcohol to strangers in the hostel. Am I missing something about society hereUThanks, I will report it. Also, Can you share a link of the post about this scammer. I am not able to find in India travel subredditUSure. He turned out to be a serial scammer.. it looks like he cheated many people. Hostel chain owner posted this now on his Instagram reelUSomeone said posting personal details of the person would give me trouble. Do you think so, will it give any legal or any other sort of trouble
