If after ordering a product from an online platform, you throw the packing box in the garbage or garbage, then a big fraud can happen to you. Scammers keep adopting new methods to cheat people every day. One such new scam is in discussion these days. Many of your personal information are present on the parcel boxes of products delivered online, which scammers can take advantage of and cheat you.
Whenever you order a product from Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra or any other e-commerce platform, that product is delivered to your home. E-commerce companies prepare a parcel box for delivering the product, on which personal information like your name, complete address, phone number, e-mail ID etc. is recorded. If scammers get hold of your information, they can take advantage of it and commit fraud.
How does fraud happen?
Scammers extract your personal information from the parcel box you throw in the trash. After this we contact you through WhatsApp, e-mail or text message. Using their social engineering skills, they get more information from you or cheat you by luring you into offers, jobs or anything else. Once your personal information reaches scammers, your chances of being defrauded increases.
How to avoid?
After ordering a product online, erase your personal information given on the parcel box or remove the label on it. Discard labels containing personal information only after crushing them. By doing this, your personal information will not reach scammers and you can prevent fraud from happening to you.
If, by mistake, your personal information has reached scammers, then you should exercise caution so as not to fall prey to any gift, lottery or other scam. Ignore calls, messages etc. coming to your number from any unknown number. By doing this you can prevent fraud from happening to you.
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