Facebook Fraud Case

This is a real story happened to a close friend of mine. She wanted me to write this so that people know about such scam,  become alert and they don't fall prey.

You must be receiving fb friend request from many unknown people, some of them would be from countries like UK, US, middle east etc . These people would hold good professional positions like jet pilot , merchant navy , business man etc . Also if their target is a married person their dp will be with another person - a child or lady or senior citizen . This is a simple trick to portray that they are good family people happily married , love their children, love their parents etc . If thier target are young girls, their dp would be in smart formal attire or on duty pics of pilot, merchant navy etc . All these are nothing but psychological game to show that they are good and financially settled people. Never ever accept friend request from these kind of profiles. They are all fake profiles probably operating from somewhere in india.

Similar thing happened with my friend. She received a fb friend request from a similar profile, someone who claimed to be from UK , his DP was with a small girl of around 3 years old. Normally my friend does not accept friend request from unknown people, initially she ignored this one also. Then this guy started pinging him on Messenger. And then an unlucky day happened when she was busy with many things that she unknowingly accepted the friend request. Let me tell you these guys are skilled conmen, very good in bluffing, very good actors. He started talking to my friend showing that his intention is to be good friends. He won the sympathy of my friend by telling fake story of his wife who died of cancer, his little girl is with his in-laws bla bla bla . From fb chat they moved to whatsapp chat and calls. They become very good friends .

This conman now knows that the time is right to execute the final game. He told my friend that a week after (a specific date was given) was his daughter's birthday and he is going to make it really big . He said he is going for his daughter's birthday shopping . He will get stuff for her and her husband also and will send by international courier. He asked my friend for her postal address for the courier delivery. My friend denied receiving anything , denied giving the address. But as expected he easily convinced her and she shared her postal address . The next day he texted her telling about his shopping day , he told her that he did some good shopping for her also. He has packed all stuff to be sent . He also added that  since he doesn't know size of her husband , he has put some cash also inside so that she can buy something for her husband on his behalf .

Next update after a day was that he has sent the courier and it should reach her place in 3 days. He said he has sent through some super fast courier but the delivery charge has to be paid by her at her end. My friend asked her what would be the delivery charge, he said it would be around USD 500. She was shocked to hear such high delivery charge but then again he convinced him saying it's a super fast international courier bla bla bla ... "You can adjust with the cash i have put in the packet."

On the day of courier delivery , someone from the courier company called her and told her that her packet has arrived and she has to pay INR 45000 as delivery charge. Without suspecting and asking much question she agreed to pay the money. The courier guy sent the account details. My friend could have sensed something fishy seeing that the account name wasn't of a company but an individual, she missed this important check also. She made the payment without much hesitation. After sometime she got another call from the same courier company and said "Madam, on scanning we found out that there is a huge amount of euro inside the packet. Do you have foreign exchange certificate?". My friend said no. Then he said "Madam it is illegal to receive huge cash by courier, it would be around INR 30lac . You have to pay a fine of INR 1.11 lac and then you can take your packet." My friend was in shock and told him she will not pay any money , ask the sender to pay the money" . Then she called his friend and told him about what happened. He said he will talk to the courier guy and call back. After sometime he called back and said the same thing that she has to pay and there is no other way. He told my friend "You pay the money and adjust with the cash which i have sent which would be around INR 30 lac." By then my friend understood that it's a well planned scam. She told him "I don't have money, you transfer me INR 1.11 equivalent money to my bank account. I will transfer you back once i receive your euros." He tried really hard to convince my friend but this time my friend understood the entire game. She has already lost INR 45000. All these happened in a span of less than a month. She blocked the numbers of the fake UK guy and fake courier guy. Two important things she missed doing :
- filing a complain to RBI
- filing a police complain

If she filed these two complain immediately, she could have got back her money. Dear all, sadly we are surrounded by such conman. Don't entertain any unknown person online or offline. Be alert , be cautious , listen to your inner conscience, be safe.

PUBG - Why shoudn't you play?

PUBG (PlayerUnknown's BattleGrounds) is an action game in which 100 or more players fight to remain alive as a planet depletes of most of its population. Many countries have started banning this game due to the negative impact of the game on children and youngsters. Some of the top reasons why you shouldn't play PUBG are:

Extreme Violence: PUBG is a very violent game like many other action video games. Children and youth get addicted to the game and become obsessed with extreme violence. It starts showing in their behavior too.

Addiction: Like many other online games, people get addicted to PUBG due to which children and people of younger generation get glued to the game. They become so addictive to the game that they stop thinking about other productive things. 

Become anti-social: Kids and youth playing PUBG get so addicted to the game, they are living a virtual life. They are too busy in their virtual world that they have no time to interact with real people in real world. 

Bad mental and physical health: It is quite obvious that playing any kind of video game affects both your mental and physical health. And when a game is like PUBG which is so violent and aggressive, damage is much higher. 

Poor studies: Students who get addicted to PUBG do not have time to study as they are busy playing this game most of the time. This results in depletion of their academic scores day by day.

In a nutshell, PUBG is very hazardous game. It will bring only temporary satisfaction at the cost of your health, education, productivity and personal life. Stop people from playing PUBG.

Eggless Chocolate Cake

What do you do when your fridge is full of chocolates? What I do... I made egg-less chocolate cake. So, it started with receiving a basket of hand-made milk chocolates. Hand-made milk chocolates are very good but my problem is I like only dark chocolates, somehow I don't like milk chocolates. But these hand-made chocolates are best quality ones, I wanted to use it somewhere else... that's how my egg-less chocolate cake is here.

So here is the quick recipe of my yummy soft egg-less chocolate cake, you will love it's texture, thanks to the amazing quality hand-made chocolates. 

Ingredients - hand-made milk chocolates, milk, flour, sugar, cooking oil, baking powder, baking soda, instant coffee powder, vanilla essence, vinegar

How to make?

Step 1: Melt the hand-made chocolates in microwave oven for 1 min. 

Step 2: Mix the melted chocolate with 1 and half cup of milk, half cup sugar, 3 tablespoon cooking oil, 2 teaspoon vanilla essence, 1 tablespoon instant coffee powder. Mix them well.

Step 3: Add 1 and half cup flour, little by little into the above mixture. Mix 2 teaspoon baking powder and 1 teaspoon baking soda into it. Stir it very nicely till there is no lump and a thick creamy texture is formed. 

Stpe 4: Add 1 tablespoon vinegar and stir again thoroughly. Let it sit for 5 mins. Have your cake tin ready, cover it with foil or butter paper so that you can easily remove the cake when it is done. Pour the batter into the cake tin.

Step 4: Preheat the oven at 180 degree Celsius. Put the cake tin in oven for 15 mins at 180 degree Celsius. Your cake is ready. 

Let it cool down for 15 mins. Now you can remove your shinny yummy soft egg-less chocolate cake from the cake tin. Enjoy with family and friends!

 

Beware of Paytm scammers

I am sharing this post to alert people who use paytm for money transactions. It happened with me today. 

I wanted to sell my old sofa set, so I put the details in olx yesterday. Today morning I got a call from someone who is interested in buying the sofa set. He sounded very keen in buying and he didn't negotiate the price. I thought since I have already put it at a very low price, he must have understood that there is no scope of negotiation. He asked me for my address details. I texted him my address details and told him to give a visit to see the sofa. After sometime, he gave me a call again telling he would like to buy the sofa without seeing, someone will come to collect it in the evening. I asked him how can you just buy without even seeing it. He said, he has seen it on computer and he is satisfied with that. It sounded little fishy to me. I ignored. 

After sometime, this guy called me again saying that he will transfer money to my paytm. I asked him you sounded as if you are in a very hurry to buy the sofa. I asked him where does he stay. He said some place "Wampi". Wampi? I have never heard of this place. I thought since the ad is posted in location "Pune" it could be some place in Pune. So, I asked him where is this Wampi. He said it's near Surat. I was surprised, I said my sofa is in Pune, how are you going to take it. He said, one cargo tempo is coming from Pune to his side, he has asked those people to put the sofa in that. It sounded more fishy but I didn't feel any alarming thing there as sofa is with me and I won't give my sofa without getting the payment. He said he will transfer the money via paytm and hanged up the phone. I didn't take him seriously. 

Later, when I was in office, he called me again. He said I transferred you INR 10K to my account. Please go to paytm and complete the payment. I said let me check and I will get back to you. I checked my phone, I got the below sms...

This sms definitely sounds fishy. It doesn't say about crediting money into my account, rather it says about debiting money from my account. Then, I quickly open the paytm notification...

 "Pay"!!! No way. I immediately declined it. I got another call from the same guy asking if I received the money. Instead of getting into it and telling anything I simply said sorry, my sofa is sold to another person by my husband. Out of anger he gave me all abusive hindi gaali which I neither understand nor care a damn. I hung up the phone, blocked the number. I am sure this would be well planned scam carried out by team of thugs trying to loot innocent simple people. 

Dear all, please be extremely alert when you do any kind of online transaction through any kind of app or website. Don't share your OTPs. Words like "Pay" and "Debit" mean your money will go, not that you will receive money. Stay alert, stay safe.

 

 

GM (General Motor) Diet... I did it once, time to do it again

Many people know about the famous GM Diet; for those who don't know GM diet, it is a diet plan originally created for the employees of General Motors (that's why the name GM). GM diet is a 7 day diet plan, if you follow it religiously you could lose anywhere between 2 kg to 7 kg in 7 days. No kidding!!!

I did it once. I lost 5 kgs in 7 days, but gained back 2 kgs, so overall I lost 3 kgs in 7 days (not bad huh). It worked for me, I am sure it will work for you too. 

In this 7 day diet plan you follow a specific diet each day. You can complement this diet with a special cabbage soup. I will share the recipe of this special cabbage soup at the end of the post. Let's start with 7 days diets first .

Day 1: This is fruits day. You eat only fruits, nothing else. You are allowed to pick any fruit but no banana. It is advised to have lots of water melon and muskmelon on day 1 to boost your weight loss. 

Day 2: This is vegetables day. You eat only vegetables, today no fruits. You can use little olive oil to enhance the taste of your cooked vegetables. Saute your vegetables with thin slices of garlic and herbs. Add lots of green leafy vegetables to your diet. 

Day 3: This is fruits+vegetables day. You can have both fruits and vegetables, but no banana and potato. Sorry!!! But there are other tasty fruits and vegetables like grapes, apple, orange, mushroom which are very tasty and very healthy. 

Day 4: This is a tough day especially for me because I don't drink milk and I don't like banana. Today you are allowed to have only bananas and milk. You can have up to 8 bananas. For people who love banana shakes, it's a treat as you can make yummy banana milk shakes. 

Day 5: Congratulations, you are done with the tough days. 5th day onward it is much easy to follow the diet. 5th day you can eat upto 8 tomatoes along with protein like brown rice, fish, chicken, paneer. You can make yummy tomato rice along with grilled fish or chicken or paneer tikka. 

Day 6: This is vegetables+proteins day. You can have all varieties of vegetables along with protein like fish, chicken, paneer, soya.

Day 7: Today is the last day of your 7 days GM Diet. Congratulations on reaching the 7th day successfully. Today is all about fruits and vegetables. But thinking that it is the last day of your 7 days long diet you would be very happy and excited. You would be enjoying your light weight, I am not kidding. 

Now the recipe for the special cabbage soup... 

Ingredients: cabbage, carrot, onion, tomatoes, celery leaves/stalks, green beans

How to cook: Finely chop all the ingredients and put in a vessel. Add water. Add less water if you want a thick soup or add more water if you want a soup with thin consistency. Let it boil for sometime. Garnish it with herbs and black pepper. 

New Zealand Shooting - Another attack on Humankind

People all over the world are in shock to hear about shooting at ChristChurch Mosque, New Zealand. At least 49 people have been killed in this attack. Our heart goes to all humans who were killed today. Many Netizens are angry for calling it a "Shooting". According to them, it is not a shooting, it is a terrorist attack. The shooter who is an Australian origin Christian has been addressed as "shooter" by western media. Many Muslim Netizens are very upset with this. According to them when a Muslim is even just a suspect, western media called him a terrorist. however when a non-muslim kills number of muslims he is a psychopath shooter. 

One of the Netizens shared... "Saddest part of today's incident was when the attacker entered the mosque, a muslim said: "Welcome Brother" and then the attacker shoots him first.". 

Terrorism has no religion. Prayers for the deceased and families of deceased. Make peace with humankind!

Dineout - A blessing for foodies

When it comes to food there are two categories of people...

- People who eat to live

- People who live to eat

Well, I belong to the latter category. Yes, I live to eat. For me, happiness means good food. So, for a foodie like me, coming across the app dineout is a blessing. Dineout is a restaurant table reservation app which shower you with lots and lots of offers & deals. 

February just got over, sadly Dineout GIRF (Great Indian Restaurant Festival) also just got over. Dineout bombarded us with Flat 50% off on food, drinks, buffet, total bill across multiple restaurants. They even offered flat 50% off on buffet at select restaurants inside 5 star hotels. Too good!

Sharing is caring!!! I have been telling my folks to use Dineout app and enjoy food bindaass. 

Thank you Dineout Team!!! Keep up the great work!!! Please continue to keep your customers tummy full without making dent in our pockets.

 

Jabong - Upto 70% off + extra 15% off Yay!!!

I have always liked Jabong's collection, specially their ethnic collections of suits, salwars and kurtas. There is a brand "Shree" which sells ethnic stuff, I must say they are very good. Jabong people do not stop surprising their customers with new deals one after another. Today, I got this notification of Jabong's Upto 70% off + extra 15% off. Super excited!!! 

Guys, what are you planning to buy from this lightning deal of Jabong. I have thought of buying a long dress which I can wear on an evening date with my husband. Share your shopping experience.

Kalank Movie Trailer - Review

Today only I got to know about the new movie coming up... Kalank by Karan Johar's Dharma production. Wow... larger than life picturization, amazing star cast of Madhuri Dixit, Sonakshi Sinha, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Aditya Roy Kapur and Sanjay Dutt. It looks like a very promising movie, but not able to understand from trailer if it is going to be a romantic thriller, political drama. But it looks something worth watching. 

Kalank trailer reminded me of multiple movies. Some scenes reminded me of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas, some portion reminded of Bahubali, especially the one where Varun Dhawan is fighting with a big bull. There are some portion which reminded me of the movie Deepika Padokone, Ranbeer Singh, Shahid Kapoor starer movie Padmavatt (Padmavati). 

What I like the most is Alia Bhatt's closing dialogue... jab kisi or ki badbadi apni jeet jaisi lage toh humse jyada barbaat koi nahin iss duniya me. 

A Wig Story

Just about today ... an interesting read  

Husband likes my short hair but at the same time misses my long hair. He has been insisting me to buy a wig and I have been denying. Without my knowledge he booked an appointment with a Hair Wig Center. I wasn’t interested at all but I went there just for his sake . 

The lady was happy to see us came on time but I was feeling little weird. She showed me a wig which hair texture and color were similar to mine. She said it’s natural hair wig, soft, beautiful bla bla bla. I said okay. She put it on my head. I didn’t know if it was good, bad or ugly but husband liked it. Seeing that he liked it I asked the price. The lady said “28”. “28? 28 hundred ... oh my god? “ I reacted. She looked at me with full disappointment and said “no Ma’am it’s 28 thousand.” 

Holy cow, a wig for ₹28K . Damn this hair thing is a highly profitable business, zero investment, full return. Gals blessed with thick and beautiful hair can opt this as an alternate source of income... just kidding . 

₹28k wig reminded me of O. Henry short story “The Gift of the Magi” where Della sells her long and beautiful hair for $20 to buy Christmas gift for her husband. 

What do you think ... did I buy it ?