India, June 10 -- A Reddit user claiming to be a Rapido driver from Chandigarh alleged that he lost nearly four days' earnings after a customer scammed him. The man posted that he thought he was helping a person whose wife was in the hospital, but he ended up losing Rs.4,000 to a QR code scam.

The man wrote on Reddit that he got a ride request from a passenger who said his wife was inside a hospital and needed to be dropped off at the railway station. "He is paying 4200, and I can take my amount and repay it at her ID as it was not getting done from his account (sic)," the customer allegedly told the driver.

"Then he said he sent 4000 and I checked my account there was 4000 received but I didn't check the date of receipt. He said his wi...