India, Feb. 7 -- A cautionary tale of a WhatsApp scam has sparked a heated debate online after a Pakistani man shared how his wife was targeted by a fraudster. The incident, which took place during a busy afternoon as the woman prepared for a school festival, resulted in a family friend losing money.

"Probably going to be a bit of a detailed post. My wife is a simple person. Not tech savvy and definitely not scammer savvy. It does exasperate me at times, this 'seedha-pan'. She doesn't text - at all. Strictly a call or voice notes person," the man wrote.

The man explained that one day, when his wife was busy making preparations for a festival at her kid's school, she received a call from a scammer asking for an OTP to deliver some items....