Despite the convenience of smartphones, scam calls and texts remain a universal annoyance, disrupting our daily lives with their relentless frequency. However, a Gurgaon-based software engineer flipped the script by outsmarting scammers in a witty exchange that has now gone viral on social media.
It all started when Gaurav Sharan received a message from a scammer who pretended to be a representative of HDFC Bank. The fraudster attempted to dupe Mr Sharan into updating his PAN details via a fake link. However, recognizing the scam, the techie cleverly turned the tables by offering to revamp their fake website to mimic HDFC’s net banking site for a hefty fee of ₹20,000.
”Easy to find it is a scamming website. I am a software engineer, I can help you redesign the page. For 20K, I will help you redesign exactly like the HDFC net banking site,” he wrote. The scammer then asked him to provide a sample and share it on WhatsApp.
Mr Sharan shared screenshots of the amusing encounter on social media platform X, with a caption that read, ”Lesson: Never mess with a developer.”
See the tweet here:
Lesson: Never mess with a developer pic.twitter.com/GSmtrdDo4A
— Gaurav Sharan (@GauravSharan09) July 27, 2024
The conversation left social media users in splits, while many were eager to know what happened next. Some users jokingly asked if he had received the ₹20,000 payment from the scammers while others recommended forwarding the exchange to HDFC, suggesting that the bank could benefit from hiring him to improve their UI/UX design and prevent similar scams in the future.
One user wrote, ”Why did you censor the phone number? Protecting the privacy of a scammer?”
Another commented, ”Bro can never be unemployed at any point in his life.”
A third joked, ”Playing with the innocence of scammer! This is not correct.” A fourth added, ”Take the 20k and disappear #ScamTheScammer.” A fifth wrote, ”Bro’s business is to scam the scammers.”
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