Airtel has issued a warning to crores of its users regarding increasing online fraud. The country's second largest telecom company has asked users to stay away from calls and messages coming from unknown numbers. The telecom company has asked users to avoid fraud through SMS. Recently, the Department of Telecommunications has issued guidelines to telecom companies to prevent online fraud. Also, many new rules including message traceability have been implemented.
Airtel issued warning
Airtel has warned its users through a message that if they receive any call, message or email related to KYC update, user ID, password, debit card number, PIN, CVV or OTP etc. If the link comes, ignore it. These could be cyber criminals, with whom sharing your personal information knowingly or unknowingly could result in major fraud.
Airtel's warning
Recently, many incidents of online fraud have come to light, in which hackers, after obtaining information from people, have committed major financial fraud on them. Apart from Airtel, Reserve Bank of India and SBI have also issued a warning to users regarding banking and UPI fraud. For this type of fraud, hackers trap people through social engineering and commit fraud by obtaining their personal information.
How to avoid?
- Caution is the biggest weapon to avoid any kind of financial fraud. If you get any such message or call, ignore it.
- Cyber criminals can also trap you in the name of free gifts or rewards. In such a situation, if you get any call or message related to any free gift or lottery, do not respond to them.
- Many people fall into the trap of tempting offers from cyber criminals and share their banking details. By doing this they get cheated.
- According to the Reserve Bank of India, no bank or agency asks you for OTP, or PIN, nor does it ask for your account number and debit or credit card number. In such a situation, if you get any such call, it could be from a cyber criminal.
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