The pre-launch 'offer'
This is a real pattern, written out as it arrives. Read the message first and see how many of the tells you catch before the answers.
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The pre-launch 'offer'
Sir, PRE-LAUNCH offer for select customers only. Book with ₹5 lakh token before RERA registration and get 20% below market rate. We also have assured returns scheme — 12% guaranteed returns till possession. Only 3 units left, price increases Monday.
If money has already gone
Call 1930 and tell your bank, in that order, as soon as you can. The first hour is when a transfer can still be frozen. This is a crime that happened to you, not a failure on your part — and the people who answer that number hear it every day.
Every number, and what to sayWhere this came from
Builder red flags, and rent vs buy honestly
A lesson in Buying a home without getting played. The drill teaches the tell; the lesson teaches the rule underneath it.