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Rajouri - BSF 163 batallion - said so..

Our institute received a call stating that a BSF man in Rajouri, JK, needed IELTS coaching for his 2 children. This person spoke in hindi and appeared to be a jawan . He wanted to know the fee details. The calls were thereafter made on whatsapp with an army man's DP. It was mentioned to him that I would need to speak to his children to know their level of English. So, within a few hours one boy identifying himself as his son asked for online IELTS classes. Later the supposed BSF man [Manjeet.., [protected]] chatted in hindi on whatsapp, asking the fees etc., He called me thereafter, the very same evening telling me that since he had to go to Kargil in 2 days time, he would like to pay the fees immediately and being on the border, he could not make payments and his command office would be doing it and would be contacting me soon. He did not flinch at the amount and I told him he could pay in installments. Later by 8pm, I received a call from the command office, who asked me the phone number to which GPAY could be made, stated the amount in the guys account, checked my name and said the call was being recorded etc., as it was in the warzone and so on. He also told me [in hindi ofcourse] that as part of the checking process they would be sending me 1 Rs. This account had an army logo on GPAY and the words ARMY MACHINE or some such thing. He even asked me how much I had in my account. I refused to say, and he asked for the last two digits, he told me to note it down, so he could send 1 Rs and the amount would change. However, I received a PAY REQUEST for Rs 1 and since I was unwilling to send anything I told him that this process was too complicated for me, and for the children to come to our institute and that I would take the payment form them personally and thereafter start class. They were willing to come on video call, to prove their authenticity too. Later I checked this up on the internet, as I am myself an exservice personnel and this was very fishy. I found that they have swindled many people of a lot of money over the past three to four years in the name of house rentals, olx procurements, etc. This is a new venture into learning I think.. I wish the authorities would take necessary action against these individuals who are maligning the trusted name of the defence [army/navy/airforce] and robbing hardworking citizens of hard earned money. Beware of this fraud army machine...