Money got duped from an Elderly Couple for the Pretext of providing them Employment in Senior Positions. This actually happened when his Wife uploaded Resume in Online Job Portal. Fraudster approached her in 2017 to give her Vice President Position with Annual 1.1 Crore Salary. As she agreed, she been [...]
Recently there have been lots of payment-related scams reported by users. In this Blog, you will gonna learn how the Fraud will take place and the Lesson You should Learn from it.
In Mumbai, Fraudsters had listed fake numbers in an online platform under an NGO’s name and tricked a Mumbai resident by asking her debit card details by Anydesk, a remote software tool that shares your complete screen to any third party. She wanted to transfer funds to the NGO. Instead, her debit card details got compromised and Fraudsters steal around Rs 30,000 from her bank account.
Do not seek help from a third party or any stranger, they may use your data for their own purpose. Download Official apps and stay away from unofficial ones.
In this, scammers prey on individuals who aren’t able to determine the difference between Fake and Real Portals. A counterfeit portal on the name of irdai with fake URL www.irdaionline.org was selling sell fake policies to insurance seekers, later Irdai issued an alert and the Url got blocked.
Irdai does not sell insurance policies originally. Stay away from portals misuse domains in name of the official ones.
An Employee from a Mumbai-based Private Company received a link from the income tax department, saying about a tax refund that he was eligible for. After Clicking the Link, the Application got installed on his phone, Tricksters obtained his account access and siphoned off money.
The income tax department directly credits the refund without contacting you as mentioned in your I-T Return Form. Do not trust any links, messages, online forms, or calls asking for additional account details.
An IAS officer in Udaipur lost over 6 lakh when she clicked on a fraudulent link that was asking her to update her KYC. She was prompted by the fraudster to enter her account details and after OTP received, she also received a message from the bank notifying 6 lakh debited.
Do not click on any links received through SMS. Rely only on official websites or bank branches to complete any process.
Here, victims allow hackers to hack themselves effortlessly. NCSC released a list of ‘most hacked’ passwords. According to it, over 23 million accounts that were breached worldwide were having 123456 as their password which is easy to crack by hackers.
Always change your password and don’t use easy to guess passwords to keep hackers at bay.
Fraudster asked a Pune-based trader, to transfer a nominal amount of Rs 10 to a mobile number from his digital wallet. They presented it as a ‘registration fee’ to initiate the online purchase of a scooter. He received payment links where he filled his UPI ID and OTP received and sent it back to the fraudster. The information cost him over 1.53lakh to his bank account.
Transact only through the official BHIM UPI or bank UPI apps. Do not use any links sent by unknown entities, even if it looks authentic.
Myriad Twitter handles masquerading as @NPCI_BHIM official helpline handle has mushroomed on the micro-blogging site. The fake accounts target customers who are new and are looking for help to reveal their wallet, card, and account details.
Look for verified Twitter blue ticks while interacting with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), bank, or payment wallet helplines.
Recently a Pune resident willing to sell his air-cooler got tricked by a prospective buyer who made an agreement with him that he will pay `9,000 through UPI but didn’t make it. However, the letter sent a ‘pay’ request to the former, who promptly authorized it without realizing that the amount would be debited from, not credited to, his account.
The use of newer technologies calls for additional caution. Since UPI-based apps enable users to pay/send and receive/collect transactions, newer users could get confused about the meaning and difference. Understand the processes before using them.
Ronaldnen on January 15, 2022
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