With the advent of the Internet, the use of social media platforms is increasing rapidly. People run different types of social media apps these days. Whether to connect with a new person or to convey your complaint to the government, today everything is done through social media. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are said to be secure platforms. However, they need to be run cautiously. Never share your important information on social media because a small mistake of yours can put you in big trouble. Since the advent of the Internet, the cases of digital fraud are also increasing continuously. Meanwhile, a similar news is coming out in which a woman wanted to send her complaint to Railways through Twitter, but only then Rs 64,000 was stolen from her account by cyber thugs.
What is Case?
MN Meena, a resident of Mumbai’s Vile Parle, had booked three tickets through the official IRCTC website to go to Bhuj on January 14. But all the seats in the train were booked so he got RAC seats. This means that if a confirmed passenger does not board the train, then the passenger with RAC ticket gets the full berth. Failing this, the RAC passenger has to share a seat. To reduce the confusion whether the seat is confirmed or not, 34-year-old MN Meena posted the ticket details and his mobile number on Twitter and tagged IRCTC, asking for help.
Some of this After a while he got a call which his son picked up. The caller introduced himself as a customer support officer of IRCTC and sent a link to the mobile number to confirm the ticket. Along with this, he was also asked to pay Rs. Both Meena and her son felt that since she had posted on Twitter some time back, IRCTC might be helping her. That’s why he paid Rs 2 through the link without thinking much. Shortly after this, he received multiple alerts of back to back transactions and the fraudster siphoned off Rs 64,000 from his account.
How the money was siphoned off? strong>
Because MN Meena uploaded his mobile number on social media. It was through this that the hackers or the fraudsters called them and sent a phishing link and asked them to pay on it in confidence. It was a kind of phishing link on which the fraudster stole his bank account details as soon as he sent the money and took away Rs 64,000 from the account. Note, no organization or company ever asks for your personal details or requests for transactions.
What is Phishing?
< p>Phishing is a method of digital attack in which fraudsters send e-mails, messages, or a link to people posing as trusted sources and steal your personal information by tricking you into trusting them.