Apr 22, 2015 03:43 PM
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I today at 10am received a call from number +91 874 from someone associated with child care foundation. The boy, Alok Gupta (name he gave me) seemed in a rush and was asking to help out a Baby Priya. He took me through some ngo.gov site to state the authenticity of the NGO. He said that the baby needed an immediate operation at 7:30pm.
He asked me to 17k for the baby and then kept on reducing the amount required to 2k saying my father and i have donated the rest. We was very pushy and was keen that I transfer and give him the transaction amount right away. But I was a little skeptical and asked him for 10 mins. Meanwhile, I googled to find out of similar scaming calls others had experienced.
So I called the guy again, who cut my call at first, but then picked up. I asked him where the baby is been operated, he told me AIMS. So I told him that I am in Delhi and would meet and give the money to him in person at AIMS campus in 30 mins. He started getting jittery and was making excuses, while he finally hung up.. It is because of people like them, I am skeptical about helping people who really need help.
Lot of people who really need the money, die cause they dont get the money, as people who are willing to help are skeptical before helping. I would really appreciate stricter enquiry into this.
