It’s a story that would confirm my mum’s long-held belief that my generation of British Asians are not very bright when it comes to dealing with real South Asians as they are far too chalaak (clever). An Indian man, his wife and his brother have been arrested in Delhi for befriending people of Indian origin in the UK to find out what property they owned in India and forging documents back in India so he could sell their property without their knowledge after appointing himself power of attorney.
This family was so brazen and shocking with their talents that no wonder the people they conned in the UK didn’t suspect anything, who would? You don’t make friends with people thinking they are gathering information to commit fraud on this scale! It’s quite a betrayal of friendship considering Mr Singh was close enough to the people he conned to be able to fake their signatures.
Are we Brits too open and would this story make you think before opening your mouth?
Bubbly
