It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon. We just had left Asansol junction when three ladies entered our compartment. This is the incident of 29th January and I was returning from my Delhi trip. The train was already three hours late but still we were relaxed that we will reach by 7 in the evening.
Anyway, those ladies were collecting donations from passengers and we guessed that they were from some NGO. Soon one lady was in front of us, explaining the reason for her visit. According to her, they were collecting donation for the NGO which works for the patients of thalassemia and they have over fifty children of this category. They arranges medicines and accommodation for those patients until they recover from the disease. Anyway, after her explanation we all passengers donated some amounts to her and collected the receipt.
One of our co passengers who was silent by the time suddenly asked her name and she wrote it on the slip. that person was still not convinced. He took out his phone and dialed the number which was present on the slip given by one of the NGO worker. Unexpectedly, it was saying, "The number you dialed is not valid". He dialed it again and this time his phone was on speaker. Again the same result. It was a total scam in the name of a fake NGO. My co passengers ran to catch those ladies in the other compartments. I too followed them.
The ladies saw us and we I could see stress on their faces. Our leader asked her about the fake phone number and she started giving excuses. She gave another number to talk. we dialed but from the other end what we heard was enough to prove that they were spammers. They said, "We don't have any patient here. we don't provide accommodation to any of them. Yes sometimes some people come for help and we do help them." The phone was on speaker and the so called NGO workers were caught red handed. Everything was false and fake. Some advised to inform the police and some to teach them a lesson. As they were all ladies we came to a conclusion that we must let them go this time after getting our money back.
Today, after almost 5 days I feel that we did a mistake. We must have complaint against them to police. Just because of some fake people people hesitates to help some good people too. We must wake up now and take action against every bad person and every enemy of society. This way only we can make our society better.
Anyway, those ladies were collecting donations from passengers and we guessed that they were from some NGO. Soon one lady was in front of us, explaining the reason for her visit. According to her, they were collecting donation for the NGO which works for the patients of thalassemia and they have over fifty children of this category. They arranges medicines and accommodation for those patients until they recover from the disease. Anyway, after her explanation we all passengers donated some amounts to her and collected the receipt.
One of our co passengers who was silent by the time suddenly asked her name and she wrote it on the slip. that person was still not convinced. He took out his phone and dialed the number which was present on the slip given by one of the NGO worker. Unexpectedly, it was saying, "The number you dialed is not valid". He dialed it again and this time his phone was on speaker. Again the same result. It was a total scam in the name of a fake NGO. My co passengers ran to catch those ladies in the other compartments. I too followed them.
The ladies saw us and we I could see stress on their faces. Our leader asked her about the fake phone number and she started giving excuses. She gave another number to talk. we dialed but from the other end what we heard was enough to prove that they were spammers. They said, "We don't have any patient here. we don't provide accommodation to any of them. Yes sometimes some people come for help and we do help them." The phone was on speaker and the so called NGO workers were caught red handed. Everything was false and fake. Some advised to inform the police and some to teach them a lesson. As they were all ladies we came to a conclusion that we must let them go this time after getting our money back.
Today, after almost 5 days I feel that we did a mistake. We must have complaint against them to police. Just because of some fake people people hesitates to help some good people too. We must wake up now and take action against every bad person and every enemy of society. This way only we can make our society better.
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