New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- A Reddit user has exposed a new kind of scam perpetrated by a man whom she described as 5'10" tall, who seemed kind-hearted but later pulled a con. In a Reddit post, the user detailed that the incident took place on Sunday at around 7:30 PM while she was waiting at the departure lobby of Chennai Airport.

She said the man, carrying backpacks and a trolley, approached her and started a casual conversation. The man asked if she had some cash because he supposedly needed to transfer money via UPI, but claimed his UPI wasn't working at that moment.

"I immediately got suspicious and told him I didn't have cash, but he started trying to build trust saying things like 'You're from the same religion,' 'My cousin has the sam...