Scamistan Calling- Press 1 to Panic!

Scamistan C alling- Press 1 to Panic! It must have been just a couple of minutes of me floating in slumberland when I was cruelly woken up by the phone ringing. Now who on earth ever rings me up, that too in the afternoon? As I picked up the device, the voice on the other end said, in an obviously urgent tone, “ Didiji, RA ko police ka phone aa raha hai, le jayenge nahin to paise jama karao .’ (RA is getting a call from the police that they would pick him up or else he should deposit the money.) My sleep vanished, I screamed, “ Use kaho koyi paisa nahin dena, yeh fraud call hai” (Tell him not to deposit any money, it is a fraud call.) and hung up to call RA. He picked up, his voice a mere tremor. He mumbled something for a few seconds and I repeated my instructions. I could hear his kids and wife crying in the background. His reply, “ Nahin didiji, hum aapke pass aa rahe hain dus minute mein . (No sister, I am coming to you in 10 mins.) There goes my jinxed afternoon nap, I th...