Brainwashed and Scammed out of Over $8000
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Thank you to everyone who has donated, and shared this gofundme! All the money ($19,981.46 after the gofundme electronic transfer fees) has been deposited and given to Ganesh. There was also an anonymous donor who gave $500 and that has been received by Ganesh as well. Thank you also to the team who organized and created this event! Once again, thank you, everyone!
I had heard about people becoming victims of fake callers before. However, the news of it happening to Ganesh Khatry, who is also known to my parents, came as a shock to me. He was scammed $8290, after receiving multiple calls from people who posed as police to warn that his SIN card had been compromised and multiple bank accounts have been created by someone else.
He is left with only $9 in his bank account.
Ganesh uncle immigrated from Nepal a few years ago to Canada. While navigating his new environment, he was able to secure a job working as a Walmart employee, where he took a night shift and worked day and night to survive and continued to live his life in Canada. On October 1, he got a call that stated that the caller was from Brampton Police.
Ganesh uncle says he was called in the middle of his work and was told that his SIN card number and bank accounts have been hacked. As a new immigrant, he was worried that he might lose all his savings in the bank and asked several times if he would talk to his friend who was with him at that time but the caller said since there was fraud against both his bank accounts and SIN card, he should not be talking to anyone because it might not be safe for him.
The caller also told him that his card had been used to open multiple bank accounts and the funds had been used for drug trafficking and money laundering. The caller told Ganesh to leave the place without talking to anyone as it is not “safe to do”. The caller then asked Ganesh to withdraw all his funds from his bank accounts. He was then told to deposit his money in a Bitcoin machine, where it would be “safeguarded” until he received a new SIN card the following day. When he called the number, no one picked up.
He then realized he was a victim of a scam.
The next day he contacted Brampton Police and filed a report with Peel police but it's already too late by that time. Without his savings and no job, he is now forced to live with support from his friends. Being far from any immediate family and home, he is depressed and anxious to be able to support himself. Anything can help to get him back on his feet again.
I had heard about people becoming victims of fake callers before. However, the news of it happening to Ganesh Khatry, who is also known to my parents, came as a shock to me. He was scammed $8290, after receiving multiple calls from people who posed as police to warn that his SIN card had been compromised and multiple bank accounts have been created by someone else.
He is left with only $9 in his bank account.
Ganesh uncle immigrated from Nepal a few years ago to Canada. While navigating his new environment, he was able to secure a job working as a Walmart employee, where he took a night shift and worked day and night to survive and continued to live his life in Canada. On October 1, he got a call that stated that the caller was from Brampton Police.
Ganesh uncle says he was called in the middle of his work and was told that his SIN card number and bank accounts have been hacked. As a new immigrant, he was worried that he might lose all his savings in the bank and asked several times if he would talk to his friend who was with him at that time but the caller said since there was fraud against both his bank accounts and SIN card, he should not be talking to anyone because it might not be safe for him.
The caller also told him that his card had been used to open multiple bank accounts and the funds had been used for drug trafficking and money laundering. The caller told Ganesh to leave the place without talking to anyone as it is not “safe to do”. The caller then asked Ganesh to withdraw all his funds from his bank accounts. He was then told to deposit his money in a Bitcoin machine, where it would be “safeguarded” until he received a new SIN card the following day. When he called the number, no one picked up.
He then realized he was a victim of a scam.
The next day he contacted Brampton Police and filed a report with Peel police but it's already too late by that time. Without his savings and no job, he is now forced to live with support from his friends. Being far from any immediate family and home, he is depressed and anxious to be able to support himself. Anything can help to get him back on his feet again.
Organizer and beneficiary
Eliza Rizal
Organizer
Brampton, ON
Conrad Rizal
Beneficiary
