I received a call from +923479545764 on my phone number today. I was told that the call was from Kirti Nagar, Delhi Vodafone office and that I won Rs. 25 lakh in a Vodafone Lottery. He gave me the number of his "supervisor" in Worli, Mumbai office whose name was one Brijesh Balaji (00923455703338). I was suspicious at the first call itself as the code was of Pakistan, but I still called back.
I am stating a detailed account of my conversation because this might be helpful for others from getting caught in such scams.
The so-called Balaji told me the lottery was nation-wide with prize money ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs 50 lakhs. I kept inquiring about their genuineness and he said the lottery numbers had been flashing on TV for the past three days and they finally called me as they didn't receive any response to their TV flashes. I asked the TV channel and they said it was shown on Sahara One at sharp 9:30 pm. I asked if I can get details of the lottery on the Vodafone website or through Vodafone Care and he said the results were fresh and so they won't get updated anywhere yet. I asked why is this a Pakistan code and he said this was a routed number to their server and wasn't an international call. But it was evident that the call charges were according to ISD rates when I hung up.
"Balaji" asked me my account number so that they could transfer the prize money. I said I will collect it from Vodafone office but he said this was not possible as the money would be dispatch from a separate server or something like that. He finally gave me the option of giving my address so they could drop the cheque instead. I said that goes fine since I would have given my office address. He has told me to call tomorrow morning at sharp 9:00 am.
I even asked "Balaji to give me an alternate number of Mumbai since the network was hard to get through but he denied to give any personal numbers. I told him I will call him tomorrow morning at 9.
I obviously won't. But if someone at Vodafone is listening right now then please check the numbers that I mentioned and inquire into this issue. This is a serious issue where our personal numbers have been accessed from Vodafone database and we are receiving calls from Pakistan. If anything, I might get into some serious trouble as I consistently was in conversation with some unknown Pakistan number at 9:30 in the night and even spat out Rs. 120 on those calls. Please note that both the callers were conversing in Hindi, which was very fluent and sounded local.
Hoping for assistance from Vodafone since I observed other complaints with exactly the same issue.

Paranjoy
(I will share my Vodafone number personally if requested by Vodafone)