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Indian-origin elderly couple cautions others after ‘fake’ plane tickets con in...

Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo LONDON, Mar 1 : An elderly Indian-origin couple from Leicester, who were conned out of a large chunk of their savings when they booked a flight to Ahmedabad only to discover the tickets were fake, are publicising their experience as a cautionary tale for others. Dinesh, 80, and Shashikala Jansari, 78, realised they had lost over 2,500 pounds to an online fraud at the check-in desk at London’s Heathrow Airport. In an interview with BBC Leicester, the couple revealed their shock and dismay at being told they had been tricked by a fake page that had moved the booking process to a WhatsApp conversation with an account dubiously named “Fly Expedia”.

Indian-origin elderly couple cautions others after ‘fake’ plane tickets con in...

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Key Highlights

  • “It was a very good deal, and the name said Expedia, which my husband had heard about.
  • I don’t know how [the scammer] got his number, but he started chatting on WhatsApp, and my husband booked with them,” Shashikala told BBC Leicester this weekend.
  • From being excited about returning to India after an eight-year gap, the Jansaris were left stranded at the airport until their son looped back in the car to collect them for a two-hour return journey back to Leicester.
  • “We were in shock.
  • I said ‘no, it can’t be’,” recalls Shashikala, on being told the tickets were “fake”.
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