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Beware!! Vodafone sending recharge amount request on phone pe

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First of all sorry to post in hot deal section.. I couldn’t find image upload option while posting in dost and dimes

I was shocked to see this message..

VODAFONE IDEA LIMITED has requested money from you on PhonePe. Rs.459 will be debited from your account on approving the request – phon.pe/**** (link to approve requests)

Now that I’m just recharging my number 35 / month.. And this number is registered on phone pe.. And Vodafone has started doing this? I mean.. Really.. Would you believe?

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Vanguard Vanguard
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Then don’t pay. What’s the matter?

Deal Newbie Deal Newbie
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he is being helpful, that’s the matter, appreciate it.

Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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Report the recharge request.

Budding Star Budding Star
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Without entering upi pin,money will not deducted from your account

Deal Newbie Deal Newbie
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It’s AutoPay option that you have selected, try to deny it, there are 2 options clearly mentioning approve or deny.

Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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OP is making this point – why would Vodafone ask for such an amount in the first place? Whether one pays or does not pay is another matter. Vodafone is cheating people here – that is the point.

Deal Newbie Deal Newbie
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May be it’s not vodafone….may be it’s someone who’s trying to recharge for vodafone via upi payment method and accidentally or intentionally put ur phonepe upi id.

Benevolent Benevolent
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most possibly it was initiated by someone else trying to recharge his own number and not vodafone

Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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It must be autopay in phonepe. Not sure

Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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Bro as per my info there are some hackers who looting money from upi app. I read about this issue 2 day ago. So i suggest chang pin or uninstall for some time app.

Deal Newbie Deal Newbie
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Same happened with me today simpl aks me to pay using Google Pay there Rs 210 amt which I have use paylater but I received a text message and notification on Google Pay

Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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Anyone can save name as any name in any upi app and then request money. I believe it is that simple. PhonePe or Vodafone has no role in this. So never approve any such request.

Talk-Of-The-Town Talk-Of-The-Town
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May be Some of ur frnds may send it….

Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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It’s pretty simple u must have done vodafone recharge previously so that u r getting that to recharge again.

Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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Vodafone cannot do this.
They do not cheat

Deal Newbie Deal Newbie
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It can either be a previous request if it from Vodafone, otherwise it’s a common scam now a days

Deal Hunter Deal Hunter
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There was no previous recharge done, no auto pay or no recharge intimated on Vodafone/ phone pe app or any other app using api.. Or any shop using api .. .. I always do it from Amazon /paytm… I wouldn’t have posted if it was done previously.. And I always recharged 35..

They only connection is the number is same.. Nothing else..

Pro Shopping Friend Pro Shopping Friend
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As many others have already mentioned, may be
1) someome trying to recharge there no. from some other app/site, accidentally put ur upi id.. since phonepe UPI ID is just [email protected], its possible.

2) someone trying to do option (1) intensionally to see if someone accepts the request.

Option-1 Happened with me 2-3times when I accidentally put a wrong UPI ID, on verification got another name.. sometimes got it corrected.. sometimes out of habit I proceeded with it, because I know which option to select upon verification, And exercise the option as soon as verification result comes before realising the mistake.. then had to cancel transaction.

Generous Generous
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Might be that someone else has sent payment request on your id.

Flame Flame
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Talk with cc

Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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Bro most probably its Autopay that u might have opted in phonepe

Pro Shopping Friend Pro Shopping Friend
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I haven’t used autopay.. but isn’t autopay supposed to carry on with transaction without authorization.. that is why autopay is used, so one doesn’t need to go through same process everytime

Tech Guru Tech Guru
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The message OP got has any number on it ?

VODAFONE IDEA LIMITED has requested money from you on PhonePe. Rs.459 will be debited from your account on approving the request – phon.pe/**** (link to approve requests)” – any phone number mentioned on message ?

If no it could be someone else has put Op’s phonepe UPI address instead of his / her hence Op getting the request. Common for UPI addresses with simple phone number only or it could be someone who knows OP.

Deal Hunter Deal Hunter
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That could be one reason.. Still i would check this on Twitter…

Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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Anyways, this is scary but not for well-aware dimers of course !! But think parents or those not very technology savvy. Better ask the older generation to not use such modern methods at all. People had been losing money through netbanking. UPI is too easy for a scammer in comparison. Once I got a call from somebody in Bihar wanting to gift me money. When asked how he got my number he says everything is available for sale. He even knew how many accounts, cards, and life insurance I have. And all this while I thought I am safe because being 15 years in IT I knew all scamming methods and how to stay safe !! I was wrong.

Tech Guru Tech Guru
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whenever you get such calls just hang up the phone – I mean you know you did not won any gift or participated in some competition so just hang up the phone. This is what I do whenever I get such calls – mostly telcos and our e-commerce sites / their employees sell such data to these scammers but they just can not do anything without an input from our end.

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