Cybercrime Awareness: Useful Messages From The Government For Online Safety In This Digital Age

This is the digital age. Cybercrime is also increasing in this modern age. Cybercriminals who contact you through messages, phone calls and then fraudulently steal your bank account and personal details and put you in trouble. So it is very important to be very careful about such illegalities. This is why CERT-IN has provided some important details about such attacks to protect yourself from falling prey to such deceptive techniques and to make people aware and avoid falling prey to lured emails and messages. It is also very useful information to protect against cyber crimes.

You may receive some luring or frightening messages, calls. This government agency claims that extreme caution is necessary in such a situation. Accordingly, here are some of the tricks criminals use to fool the innocent. Don’t be afraid of these…just be careful…

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Update Bank Details: Users have to update their bank account in Ati Shreegra. Otherwise you may face the consequences of account cancellation. Thus, the user receives an email or message saying that you need to update your bank details immediately to avoid the consequences of account cancellation etc. This is definitely a scam message.

Click this link to update: A message will also be sent to update your information. However, these messages sent to update information contain links that direct you to fraudulent websites. Clicking on this link is dangerous.

Update KYC Details : Cybercriminals send messages impersonating banks or legitimate companies. Also, you are advised to update your Know Your Customer (KYC) details immediately.

Free Gift Offers Expiration: These are luring messages. In which the user is told that the free gift offer is about to expire. Plus you’ll be motivated to act quickly to claim your reward.

Your account will be blacked out: Even then you will be intimidated. The scammer will inform you that if you don’t follow their instructions quickly, your account will be blocked.

Debit Card Black : If the user does not provide the requested information, they will be sent an email or message that their debit card will be blocked.
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How to stay safe from all these…?
Staying safe from such online scams is in our hands. As good as we are careful. So how can we stay safe from such online scams? Here are the tips.

Beware of Calls: Do not for any reason answer calls that resemble toll-free numbers of banks or authorized companies without verifying them. Because, scammers cleverly manipulate caller IDs to make them look real.

Do not give out personal information: Under no circumstances should you share sensitive information like credit/debit card details, CVV, OTP, account numbers, date of birth or debit/credit card expiry dates with unknown callers.

Check out the official sources: Always visit the official website of your bank or authorized company to verify the number from which you received a call or SMS.

Do not share OTP : Avoid sharing OTPs with anyone. Don’t be fooled by schemes that require you to share one-time passwords (OTP) over phone calls, emails or SMS. These messages may contain cash back, reward points or any other similar offers. Don’t be fooled when you see this. The more careful you are, the better.

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