Online Fraud
Just as digital payment is becoming popular among people, the incidents of cyber fraud are also increasing. Cyber criminals are also inventing new ways to cheat people. Recently, such cases of cyber fraud have come to light, hearing about which you will be shocked. Neither any OTP nor message will come on your number, yet money is being stolen from the bank account. All this cyber criminals were doing by using the loop-hole of the Aadhaar based payment system. However, to avoid such fraud, people need to take some precautions.
These days, cyber criminals are cheating people in the name of gifts and online delivery. Also, they are cheating people through SIM swap. In frauds caused by SIM swap, people do not even receive OTP on their numbers. Although the government has changed the rules for buying SIM cards to curb SIM swap, but still cyber criminals are succeeding in cheating people.
Just one phone call and your account is empty
Cyber criminals these days call you in the name of festive season offers and offer good deals on a product. For this, a small amount is demanded from you as token money to book the product. Common people get trapped in the trap of hackers and make mistakes in the greed of booking the product. After this, money is emptied from your account and you do not even get to know about it.
Cyber criminals send you a link to book a product at a low price and ask you to fill in your address, phone number, etc. Tempted by the product, you open the link sent by them and give them access to your device. After this, cyber criminals empty your account without any delay.
do not make mistake even by mistake
- Never open any message coming from an unknown number.
- Also, do not open any link sent through e-mail, SMS or WhatsApp messages.
- Apart from this, do not fall into the trap of any offer, discount etc.
In most cases of fraud, it is the mistake of the people themselves. They get greedy and invite cyber criminals to cheat them. Therefore, the best way to avoid fraud is to be cautious. The more careful you are, the more you can avoid fraud.
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