WhatsApp has more than 50 crore users in India. Meta’s instant messaging app is used by users for chatting as well as sharing photos and videos. Scammers also use this messaging app with millions of users to defraud people. Cyber crimes have increased rapidly in the last few years. Cyber criminals are cheating people in new ways. If you also get these 4 similar messages on WhatsApp, then do not click on them even by mistake, otherwise you can become a victim of big cyber fraud.
Job Offer
Cyber criminals are preying on youth in the name of jobs. A link is sent to the youth to offer them a good job, in which they are asked to fill in their personal information. As soon as you click on the link sent by the hackers and fill your personal information like name, address, mobile number, Aadhar card details etc., it reaches the hackers. After this, cyber criminals can use this information to drain your bank account.
Prize Money/Lottery
People are also being cheated in the name of lottery and prizes on WhatsApp. Scammers send messages to people saying that a lottery has been won in their name or that they have won a prize. Fill in the details to get the prize money in your bank account. Due to the greed for price money, many people share their personal information, after which they may face cyber fraud.
Bank Alert (KYC update)
Nowadays almost all big banks connect with users through WhatsApp chatbot. Hackers send a link to bank account holders to update KYC information. As soon as you fill your KYC details on this link, this information will fall into the hands of hackers and you can get a big scam.
Delivery failure
These days, another new scam has come to light, in which hackers send notifications through WhatsApp to people about product delivery failure and they are asked for many personal information including name, address. After this, hackers use this information for fraud.
If these 4 messages also come on your WhatsApp, then ignore them and report the number from which such messages have been received. In this way you can protect yourself and others from cyber fraud.