Faysal Ahmed (pseudonym) found himself entangled in a web of deceit that began with a seemingly innocuous message on WhatsApp. A promise of an online job, offering payment for simple product or service reviews, lured Faysal into a fraudulent scheme that ultimately cost him a fortune.
Gone are the days when extortionists and blackmailers would take advantage of people’s religious beliefs and superstitions and extort money from them by pretending to be “Djinn er Badshah” the king of genies over the phones.