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Damn, I had a similar experience (at Dadar central) but we got out of the cab early on coz the drivers demeanor seemed shady. Thumb rule; never go with any cab driver who approaches you upfront outside any train station.

melonrusk

That's horrible. Thanks for posting, we need to be more alert.

[deleted]

Hmmm strange, in Mumbai usually when you are about to get scammed a song start to play inside your head “sab golmaal hain”, idk why it doesn’t happened to you :/ it’s default setting in every mumbaikar

noob-from-ind

Some fucker tried this on me with his "friend" sitting in the front. Realised after like 5 mins into the journey. Since it was 1 at night, I just let it be and waited till he dropped me at the gate. He removed the cloth just like you said and showed me 500 for a trip that usually costs me 100 coz I've lived here like 25 years. I kept my bags with the security guy and said let's go to the local police station and tell the cops what you just showed me and that I know the SI, we'll talk there and I have your cab number. He basically shit his pants and kept apologising that he did it by mistake. Blah blah, let him go after giving 100 and then reported his ass to the cop friend.

LeBrownMamba

This is a common scam world over. I have gotten into the habit of announcing the denomination of the currency while handing it over &amp; till the guy confirms I don’t let go of the note. 

Fucker in Istanbul tried this shit with me, it was raining he asked for 20$ for a 10$ usual route, I was tired. I agreed and I knew that he’d be upto something. I had a 50$ note - didn’t let it go of my hand till he confirmed twice it was 50$.

BadAssKnight

I think after reading all replies, some pointers
1. Avoid local cabs and specially ones approaching u like plague, try booking from prepaid counter if available 
2. Always check zero on meter 
3. Double check with driver before handling him money - call out what ru giving him
4. In case of cheating, approach nearest police station, mumbai police usually knows about these cheap tricks and supports passengers

Accomplished-Bad3803

Dude u are not alone , I think this is a trend nowadays 
READERS PLS READ THIS CAREFULLY 
this has happened to me too , few days back , I got on rickshaw to go to clg and it's 90 rs from my home to clg.
This rickshawala was sweet talker too, and finally my clg came I handed him a 100 note cuz it was 90 in meter and he says "apne 10 rupiah dia " with 10 note in his hand , I said repeatedly that I gave him 100 note but he denied and then I dint have a change so gave him 200 for which he gave change for only 100 , I dint payed attention cuz I didn't wanted to make a scene Also I was late for the lectures and when I again rechecked the change he gave me , I felt so fucking dumb that I lost 200 rs , I cried and told this to my other friends..... so this has happened to me also

siddhi_reddit9

I came to mumbai after 3 years. I was at the airport  &amp; couldn’t book the cab because of network issue. I wanted to reach Dombivali. I asked one autowala, he said “bhau 1800₹ lgega”. I was getting late as i was on a one day trip. So i agreed

Once i got out off the airport parking, my phone started working &amp; i opened uber app…it showed only 435₹ till my destination.

I asked him to stop nearby and take whatever the distance he covered. He said “bhau apne bola tha ap vha tk jaoge or pura paisa doge”…i said now i want to go by my own. 

He said “bhau ap beech me rukwa rhe muje 1200₹ do or jao fir” . Till that time i didn’t even reached Saki naka metro station. I asked him to stop there only but he didn’t..he said I won’t stop until u give. 

I said “behen k lode idhar hi utar vrna jitna dur leke jaega utna km paisa dunga” he stopped &amp; asked me to give atleast 1000₹..i gave him 100₹ &amp; moved out. 

Before leaving he asked me “bhau Delhi se ho kya” . I said “ha bhai delhi se hu” . He gave me a smile &amp; went on

2100rs. Thats about 116 vada pavs. What you have done has made God very unhappy.

Kubdya_Khavis

that's a Full HD 1080p (or 1080ruPee) clarity moment!

lemonchoosle

Ghoda meter and note flicking. Two of Nitin Nandgaonkar’s pet peeves. IYKYK.

LampardFanAlways

I can never ever trust local cabs in mumbai, i had a similar experience where the meter was tampered, and he indulged in a similar cash scam and instead of 600-700₹ i ended up paying 1500₹.

This was about 15 years ago but i have never traveled in a local cab again, fuck them :)

PiSakura

They prey on your desperate need to get out. Never let it be shown that you're in a hurry, and let it play out in your favor.

Once from airport to Saki Naka, rickshaw guy asked for 500. I wasn't giving him that satisfaction, I started walking. Another auto came, agreed to go by meter, and paid 50, only because I was stuck in traffic. I believe that's what happened to you too. He saw opportunity and made his score. Take it up as a lesson learnt, albeit an expensive one at that.

I have another thing I do while handing out cash. Count it twice, and announce while giving it to them. It shows you alertness of the situation, and they think twice before trying something shady.

On the other hand, I have found really helpful rickshaw walas too. He didn't ask for anything but only the meter amount, and he was working the second shift because his first shift was being a driver in a company, and I gave that guy 100 extra apart from the 150 I was supposed to pay.

What these scammers don't realise is that usually this city rewards good authentic effort.

tadxb

Op bhai ek baat yaad rakhna Kurla he toh ye kinda zayda hota he because Kurla Station per chori hota he

This has happened to me twice, once near Vikhroli and other in Kandivali (near my home). 

First time i handed out 500rs for 80rs fare and in split second it became 20rs. I was pretty sure i gave 500rs and understood where this gonna head. Me n my friend argued but he wouldn't budge. 
Finally I was like *chal police station teri **** *marta hu and muje toh yeh bhi lagta hai tu piya hua hai oh my god*. He immediate gave remaining change and left

Second when this happened, I was already ready and said I'm calling my society guard and people and *tere ko nanga karke marenge and police station le jaenge*. He was like *ruko deta hu na change* and ran away


One similarity between both incident: Both the time, auto drivers weren't in their white/khaki vardi and it was night time. This sums up because authentic drivers with uniform wouldn't do it (most probably)

Which comes to Rule of thumb: Always be extra vigilant while dealing with auto/taxi driver is not in white/khaki uniform

interseption

Always check meter card they have where it is mention distance and how much you should pay or call nearby traffic police immediately!!

sotik2

This almost was going to happen to me LOL but with an autowallah- last year (when I was 17), I took my first flight w/o my parents to meet my relatives in Bangalore. Landed back in T2 Mumbai Airport a few days later alone. I was coming down that slope thing to the line of autos, one autowallah saw me alone, he just snatches my suitcase and says 'kidhar jana hai' and I said 'Juhu'. I sat in the auto, noticed that he didn't turn on the meter. When I asked him to he said 'Juhu ke liye 500 dena padega'. I told him that I am a local and who does he think he is trying to scam LOL, threatened to dial the cops (we were still in the airport road only) literally forced him to stop, picked my bag and walked out. Then I went to one of the security guys and told them to give an autowallah who went by the meter and the bill was 120 lmao.

masqueradingstunt

I also got scammed by a kali peeli recently! Not nearly as badly as you but I arrived at T1 by mistake for a T2 flight. Found a kali peeli and got in asked to go to T2. Now I've lived in Mumbai a long time and never had an experience where a cabbie didn't go by meter. But when I arrived (&lt;10 min ride) he demanded Rs 200. I argued for a bit, said it's too much, he is cheating me etc but he refused to budge and kept saying it is a fair price. I was late for my flight and I didn't want to to fight anymore so I gave it. But seriously I never thought kali peelis scammed, my view has changed since that day.

rumi_shinigami

Also they have a hidden button below the steering wheel by which they keep on increasing the amount on meter, hence they hide it. Anytime you sit in these kali-peeli or auto, always say these line "aapka meter boht tezi se daud raha bhai", and they will reduce doing it. Anyways you will always pay extra than Ola/Uber. Also in mumbai, there are several alternatives than Ola/Uber such as Meru cab, Ceo cab, tab cab and many more...

Puzzleheaded_Martin

Damn ! You have been struck by Smooth criminal

Bro even 1080 is too much from LTT to Bandra.

Vapourhands

If you are paying &gt; 100 rs to someone in cash in max 1 or 2 notes ( 2 500s or 1 2000) always better to remember last 4-5 digits on the notes...

Witty_V3tal

Kali Peeli are legit scams near stations / stadiums

aksh_r22

I once had a friend of mine from NE who had to pay his rent twice for his bed space…he had duly paid the landlady on the first of that month but she insisted he didn’t and was forced to pay twice…moral of the story: when you are weak and vulnerable you usually get scammed and run over!

kgiftie

The mods shall make alist of common scamms in City just like we have for historical places or places to visit etc

Comfortable-Sleep-30

Cool_Variety_2151

I heard about something similar which used to happen or still happens don't know, at the airport late at night. They did the same trick and took double the money.

Environmental_You_85

I was scammed the same way on my first visit to Mumbai way back in 2013, took a Shivneri bus from Pune to Dadar, bus reached at night 2:30am. Took a  Kali peeli to Mumbai Central, fare was 210/-. I was all sleepy and I took out a 500 note to driver and moved around to take out my bag, in a jiffy the driver said sir 210, showing a hundred rupee note. I took back that note and gave him another 500. The shit got repeated again, I ended up paying 1110 against a fare of 210. By the time I realised, the cab was already gone. Still keep on cursing the scammer.

SinhaAvi

Are you female because in case you are never ever do this. It's just money now but can be worse. I know i send ominous and it might seem ridiculous to make something out of this but never take a cab this way. Always wait it out rather than do this. Also you can take taxi from registered Kali peeli place. I don't know why you played khatron ke Khiladi. Also my apologies for making you feel bad further but thanks for letting us know so that we can be careful.

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SpidermanWFH

Bruh, I'm more interested in Jharkhand. Getalsud missing hours. Actually no, surprisingly, Dhurwa Dam missing hours.

wheremykittykatat

Sorry to hear this happened to you. 

But it’s a very rare case of public transport guys ripping us off, I suppose you are an ex-resident so u would also be aware of this. 

Wish u have better experiences soon !

taykachillpill

Uranianfever

thepurpleproject

Either story is fake or op is dumb as fuck

alreadydeaddattebayo

How can you do such a dumb thing. When you seen the fare of taxi you should have a fight with the driver and negotiate.

person930

Astinine_4

inilashremot

Same thing happened with my friend's dad in a taxi. He lost around 500 bucks.

reddit-snorter

TL_TRIBUNAL

Should have gone to the nearest police station.

same happened to my mother, it was an omni aswell, I dont trust omni cabs since then, and whenever paying cash I first make sure I have the right amount in my hand, no hurry, count three times to be sure if you need it, hand the money over and gtfo.

tall_and_funny

Happened to me as well a few years ago. The cab driver had some weird flashy lights on. So I thought I might have mistaken 100rs note for 500 one. It might sound silly after the fact but when it happens to you the first time you end up believing them(self doubting) easily.

Kbknight1

Someones gotta jbait him again and video record the entire thing

Guilty_Newspaper2808

Dang that sucks.

But remember, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger

RandomDude6699

Ahhh... It is a shame. Been there, I know how it feels mahn. Better you are wiser now! :)

LeftTilty

I was duped three years ago same way better avoid these guys and pay in a brightly lit areas with lot of people around.

cnm_123456

Bet you didn't click any pictures of him and his number plate.

tedxtracy

Was asked parking charges by a cab i booked on the airport. Asked him to drop me off outside and paid like 150 and ended my trip wanted to go to Dadar. Huge scene. Lot of rickshaws came by some asking me to pay some telling me he is scamming me. I went full ballistic on him which saved me i guess. Anybody knows what is up with these parking charges at airport?

thirdworldguy

Same shit happed with me In Rajasthan, for 2 times 😂
Mofo Changed 500 Rs with 100 Rs but my loss was for 600 
From then on i started doin UPI

Did you note his number? 

The first time I landed in Mumbai, I got scammed by the one of the scumbags from the airport auto mafia, but I noted his number plate..

FWIW, I didn't pursue it further as I was super busy after that!

paninee

Happened to me as well.. took a cab out of no choice from borivali and the guy changed a 500 to 100 and took that extra just because i didnt want to make a scene... also he was a sweet talker...

sexytomy88

p000l

How many scams can OP speedrun in 5 minutes

moderate_iq

Sorry for your financial loss.

On the contrary, imagine the number of times the driver must have rehearsed this to perfect the whole plot.

qszawdx

Exact same thing happened to me over 12 years ago. I’m surprised they’ve not improved one bit. The best you do is refuse to give any money. That’s what I did and started walking away. The bloke gave in.

unspokenblabber

One reason why I can’t genuinely empathise for the poor at times.

I got scammed just like this the second I got out of the airport... In Shanghai. Scammers be scamming everywhere...

delhibuoy

i know you won't like my statement but YES YOU ARE A dumbass. and don't worry i was a dumbass too. year 2011, i was a fresh first year college student got "new bike" for going to college. 2 pandus stopped me saying there is a mistake in numberplate it doesn't match my name. said for this u will have to pay 5K challan. naive as me, i said i am student i don't have that much money. they asked me 1500 for settle money. i didn't buy my engineering textbooks but paid those 1500 just to find out later that cops mugged me. 2 months later i went to fill petrol. my bike was half tank filled already and it has 11ltr capacity. the guy filled my tank and the amount showed on petrol booth was 1189/- (key point, petrol was 68/lit) even if tank was filled 11ltr still the cost would have been under 800. but my tank was half filled. so it should be around 400-500. that MF guy didn't Zero'd the meter before filling my tank.  
i missed my first 3 lectures but i emptied my tank in front of him and the petrol pump owner. and it was 10.5ltr calculated. still it should be 720.... then why did meter showed 1189/-  


OWNER's CLASSIC response: meter kharab hoga.  
and asked me to pay 718/- when i refused the people around were saying "paise bharde warna ye log maarenge alag aur paise lenge woh alag."  
skinny guy like me who is already late for lectures gave away 700 bucks.  


that was 2nd time i was scammed. may be not bigger amount but i was scammed. since then until today there has never been such incident anymore. not because i am lucky but BECAUSE I STOPPED BEING DUMBASS AND STARTED BEING EXTRA ALERT AND CAUTIOUS ABOUT EVERYTHING. now even if my dad ask me for money i make sure it's NEVER CASH and i have some sort of proof that i gave him. it's weird and little paranoia to know but yeah lesson learn never trust anybody not even your girlfriend, close friend, best buddies lawda lassan nope.

Ok-Price2722

This scam is quite prevalent in Airport as well, that too on the Pre-Paid taxi stand. Hope these Kaali Peeli mfs die out, except for a few they're all scum.

CaSiGe5

Same shit happened with my friend in 2013… he was coming back to Mumbai from Raipur… I guess y’all need a good wake up kick before you sit in a cab so the rest of the journey you can stay alert. 
No meter no fare that’s the way.

terroroferror

Had a similar scam happen to me, I came home from the airport in a rickshaw, handed him a 500 note, was looking for 20 bucks and when I looked up again he was like what is this 100 rupee note?! I clearly remember I had taken one 500 rupee note, one 200 rupee note and a few coins (including the 20 rupee coin) since I normally only pay in UPI and don’t keep cash on me. God knows where the 100 came from, it was 3 in the night so I just told him that I’m going to be getting 500 from my watchman, got into the neighbouring building, hopped the wall and went home, therefore loosing only 180 instead of 680. I was so pissed at him for that, I now always give the exact amount or more, if they ask for change I say no even if I have it.

artbykabirhirani

These scamsters don't go too far .haram ka paisa tiktha nhi. I wish hell for the person who did this.

They do this all the time. You only give me 100 rs bill

Think-Web-5845

Happened to me to. I'm glad I saw this post before, so it hit me what happened. But I lost a significant amount of money before I realised. 

Can someone tell what to do in such a scenario?

Big_Construction2553

I tried posting this but it keeps getting removed I don't know why. Came to know about this post from a friend and this is my last ditch effort. This happened to us at around 7:30pm yesterday. We took a rickshaw just outside Ghatkopar station to Rcity mall. He first said it was sharing and when we asked how much he said it's 40 per head. We had a doubt if that was the normal rates. He said it was because there was a lot of traffic. Finally, we agreed to go by meter he said it would be expensive and around 100 we said it's okay. Midway, we realised the meter was changing too fast and it seemed like it was tampered with but we let it go. When we reached I handed him a 500 note that had a black mark on it while getting down n was trying to fish out the Re. 1 change to give him.  While waiting for him to return the change he said that the total fare is 101. I told him that 'ya I know I gave you 1 rupee and a 500 note'.  He showed me a Rs 20 note and said you gave me this. I initially thought it was an error from my side, but as soon as he returned the note, I checked it to see if the mark was there. It had no mark on it, I told him this is not the note I gave him. He started saying you can check n see n got out of the driver's seat and showed his wallet and cash from his pocket as well but it wasn't there. We thought of going to the cops but there weren't any around. I also checked my bag,etc to check if I still had the note with me but I couldn't find it anywhere. Also, another thing weird about the whole thing was he had a paper like thing that was blocking the distance reading on the meter and when I looked at the vehicle number inside the vehicle it was incomplete, and looked as if it was altered. Since, we have a partial plate which is probably not even correct I wanted to know if there's any way that it can be reported?

throwawayra_chorrick

People asking to be fed and then they actually interested in food are usually genuinely hungry people, their stories could be fake.However you did great don't overthink

Low_Concentrate8821

I am more interested in the watch. Which was it?

bhat_mb

Yesterday, around Sakinaka, one grandma walked out of one those roadside restaurants after her breakfast (i was on a bike in the jam). She looked all well fed, decently dressed. She directly walked towards an auto in the traffic and said I'm going to Kolhapur for devi darshan so give me money. Literally 3 people pulled out notes and gave it to her. 
They all must've thought i was being an ass when I said if you don't have money, please sit at home and don't go anywhere.

DrDoItNow

Scam or not. You fed someone food ! 

I believe it's like giving money to the needy. You fulfilled your responsibility of donating.

Waise bhi kisi ko khana khilana punya ka kaam hai, so good on you. Whatever the situation be, good on you brother. Don't dwell on it much.

od_demhoes

A scam I have seen is when they ask you to buy some packed food like biscuits,bottled drink etc.

One person was insistent that we buy him a pack of biscuit and we agreed but he was so fixed up on a shop he did not want it from some other shop also did not want the pack to be open , I assume they have some internal seal with the shop keeper where they return the product to him after having us buy it.

So if you buy someone food it's never scam just make sure that you don't hand them money and actually buy some food and if packed make sure you open it or something, these crazy addicts will be hungry but go and buy alcohol or drugs.

SeveralTomorrow165

So in the beginning of this month, I went to a daru shop and there was one guy who was pretending to know me. He was talking about how we both attended “Bhais” wedding in Malwani and how I was with that “chikna dost” as well. I laughed it off and said yes haha.

Then he was like “bhai aaj baitke peene ka hai. Kuch kar sakte ho kya.” I just told him sorry, picked up 6-7 bottles of beer and fucked off ASAP.

taeiry

Yes, you got scammed, similar thing happened with me outside a hospital, it was a whole family n they had hospital documents n stuff.
Waived it off my mind considering it a donation eventually.

Aammras

Even someone is super hungry, our local somosa wala will give for free.... There is lot of empathy.... Even McDonald manager will secretly give it to slum kids when they ask....

The biggest scam is when an obese aunty begs for food

ProfessionUpbeat4500

I was at Ballard Estate in my car and had stopped on the side of the toad to talk on my phone suddenly a couple comes to my car and the guy says we're a working couple who have been working since morning. He was asking money for food and I just politely declined because it was all red flags.

UnlikeUday

No_Newspaper6789

At this point it looks more like market survey to see how far they can push us on the basis of empathy

Kode047

One time i encountered a crying man in Delhi. I calmed him and bought him food water and gave him money to buy ticket and go to his village. He came here for work and someone stole his belongings or money and his last train was missed, don't remember exact details as it happened 7 years ago. But he called me once he reached his village. Help those who are need. But because scammers use charity to do fraud, more and more people have become skeptical. Your story reminded me that I did something good for someone. As for your case, maybe that person knows that people assume scam in everything and that's why he was asking number to pay the money back or he wanted to scam you, dupe you and loot you. At the end, you are safe, you helped somone with food. If Lord Yamaraj would come to my house, I will feed him food cooked by my own hands before he carries my soul out of my mass and bones. So you did good. Hail Shani Dev and keep going on.

Killer_insctinct

Matlab bhenchod velle lode jaise yeh sab karne ka time hai, yahi subah sham formal kapde pehen kar job kar lete par nahi, hath mai lund le ke chutiya giri karna jaruri hai na... Bhenchod bhaklund log

Sniper_231996

You should not have shared your number with a stranger. It is very risky! You helped a needy person, that is good, but be careful next time before sharing your number, upi id, etc. with anyone. That is personal, identifiable data. People can trace it back your name, bank details, address, etc.

simply_curly

Why do you think it’s a scam. You did something good and wasn’t even expecting the money back. So I don’t think it’s a scam in anyway. The person may have acted selfishly as he has no commitment to pay you back.

TryAwkward7595

If you go to Marines from Churchgate station, opposite of Gaylord on there are few Restaurants like Foo n all.

There’s a gang of people who scams people and it’s almost been a year I’m observing them as they say they have no money to travel to a random far place n then they have whole family n then people give them money.

And guess what next day also they do not have money to go n so on the scam goes on since long.

musicalparody

Experienced this at Pune bus depot while coming back to Mumbai . These are shameless buggers!

It's a very old scam. Fell for it once I think a decade ago but still every few months someone or the other will try a similar story to get money/food out of you

Tanmay583

Okay he was a thief but you fed him, fed someone, its okay, chill.

Also if you receive the notification for payment on your phone, make sure it's payment indeed and not a request.

dogmateec

If its possible never deny anyone if he/she is hungry. But maintain privacy by not giving number address etc.

Inlonely

I had a similar experience a couple of times. 

1st: I was returning from work and the moment I did exist from the metro station guy from nowhere came in front of me and asked if I could help him to reach Titwala as his friend fooled him to make him reach Kandivali. I helped him with the amount needed to reach Titwala from Kandivali railway station. He was asking more. I was like go with this you will reach Titwala. Although his intentions were something different which I found strange. 

2nd: I was out for some home shopping and as I left a local shop one guy again came from nowhere and asked if I could buy him 10₹ biscuits, I gave him and left the situation. 

I don’t know if it’s genuine or a scam. I just helped them in my capacity.

Upkar_1

This is a very old scam.... I once met a guy while waiting for my train at Ghatkopar... 8.30 in the evening and a platform full of people

The guy approached me directly and said he had lost his wallet and wanted to go to Palghar... Asked me if I could spare money for the ticket as he did not have UPI on his phone and he wanted to go home to his old parents

I told him I can buy a metro ticket and he can grab a train from Andheri and can travel without a ticket in the local as there would not be any checking at that time... 

But he was adamant on travelling via Dadar and said he had no idea about the metro as he had never taken it

He was dressed in formals and spk English... But his speech was slurry coz he was a bit drunk... 

He asked for atleast 200 INR as he said he had to buy tickets for travel and then would take auto

I told him I can buy a metro ticket and he can travel post Andheri without a ticket or else he can beat it and find someone else... Guy laughed and legit approached another person down the platform.... 

I have seen him 2-3 times since... Always the same act

southindianmachan

Dont give number. Dont get hypnotised. Help from a distance. Protect ur belongings

papichula2

Dont care if a scam or naah, if someone has asked you for food and water that means god has set you on the spot! And you know whats right, so never decline them but dont offer money too , food medicine water and clothes is what you can offer,

Camry7

Once an old lady told me that she has a high bp and she doesn't have money to buy medicine. She showed the prescription and immediately pointed to a small medical shop across the road. It was the first red flag. Anyways i went to the medical store. I was not in the mood to buy any medicine but I just wanted to confirm the scam pret

. I told the shop owner for the medicine and our guy immediately reached out for a packet lying casually on the corner of the desk. What are the odds that the exact same medicine out of hundreds others is placed nearby exactly at the right place at the right time. Anyways i told him i don't want medicine give a parle g instead i took it and left. I opened the parle g and gave it to the lady and when she came to know I didn't buy the tablet she was shocked and didn't even accepted the biscuit. I Enquired nearby shops and found out that this lady and shop has a setting and she returns all the medicine at the day end in return for a commission.

This was in Kandivali.

tigerbagh

Also long as you didn't give actual money it's fine I guess dude must've been genuinely hungry, even if they pester you a lot for actual money my trick is to tell him I don't carry that much money on my since I use Gpay and then just give him ₹20-50 so that person stops bothering me. It works because you encounter like 2-3 people like this in a year from my experience.

EpicDankMaster

Always give food over money. Avoid giving your personal details.

rocky23m

Don't overthink much..
If it's food it's fine

I once gave money to someone who said he worked for orphanage. In beginning he sounded genuine so I was ready to give money but then he didn't sound genuine 

I offered 500 rs and he got greedy
His friend started doing astrology stuff for me and let me tell you I hate those people.. he started with that I thought it was a scam

He showed his id and photos and was insistent on taking food and not money so I thought he was genuine. But then he started doing this. And asking for more money sound such a big no no. First you say give anything you can and when we do we are forced to give more

I think I should put this on reddit as well.. this happened to me in Pune near tcs

ez_wiz

Many people cannot afford normal meals! Poverty because of joblessness is rampant.

Ok-Paramedic4388

And I thought, the OP unearthed a new land scam or something. Feeding someone and not getting back money is less of a scam and more of a good deed.

csricharan

It's alright to buy someone food man !! You did great

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