Cyber fraud: On one hand, the digital world has made people very smart in the country, on the other hand, scammers have also become smart who are now cheating people in new ways. One such case has come to light where scammers (Cyber Fraudsters) are cheating people in the name of online shopping. In this, a message is sent which contains the details of the order. After this, a link is given on clicking which you get cheated. Let’s know what is the whole matter.
A new method of scammers
- For your information, let us tell you that scammers have now discovered a new way to cheat people. In this, they are cheating people in the name of online shopping.
- In this, the criminals send a message to the people in which the order details are given and it is told that as soon as your order is shipped, you will get a link.
- After this, people receive a link through a message in which it is told that through this link you can track your order.
- Now as soon as people click on the link, their smartphone gets hacked and all the information present in it reaches the scammers.
- In such a case, if you receive any such attractive message in which a link is also given, then do not even reply or click on such message and link.
This is the way to avoid it
To avoid cyber fraud, the government as well as telecom companies keep alerting people. That is why people should now stay away from such messages received on their smartphones.
- First of all, do not reply to any unknown message.
- Don’t fall into the trap of tempting messages.
- Do not click on any unknown link at all.
- Do not pay cash for any order received in the name of cash on delivery.
- Do not give OTP to any unknown person in the name of order.
- Also, do not receive WhatsApp calls from unknown numbers.
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