Cyber fraud: Cases of cyber fraud keep coming up every day in India. Where fraudsters cleverly deceive people and empty their bank accounts. To protect Indians from cyber fraud, some safety tips have been given by the government agency, which can reduce these cases. Let us tell you that people are suffering huge losses due to cyber fraud. Such cases are increasing continuously in the country, to reduce which the government is constantly making people aware. Along with this, necessary steps are also being taken to control these crimes.
Indian Government’s agency Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) has posted a post on X platform (old name Twitter). This post explains how one can keep oneself safe from OTP cyber fraud. The post explains how people can be cautious with one time password. Along with this, some points have also been mentioned for safety, by following which people can avoid cyber fraud.
Know what are the safety tips
You may receive a call from a toll free number that appears to be that of a bank or other financial authority. After this, they may ask you for an OTP. You need to be cautious about such calls. Never share things like bank details, bank debit card details, OTP, date of birth and account number on calls and messages coming from any unknown number. You can take the help of the official website to verify the bank number or any service. At the same time, never share OTP on phone calls, messages and online links etc. in the greed of cashback and rewards.
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