How to stay safe from fraud: Part time job, good return in less money, someone in the family is in emergency… etc. Many such messages are sent by cyber criminals to trap people in their trap. Looking at the increasing number of people on social media apps, cybercriminals are more active on these platforms and are making people their victims by tricking them in different ways. Recently, a 27-year-old man from Mumbai handed over Rs 1 lakh to thugs through the Telegram app.
Actually, the person was looking for some schemes online to invest money, when he found two cybercriminals on Telegram app who promised him good returns. The criminals made the person submit his personal details on a fake website and asked him to invest Rs 1,000 initially. After some time, the person got a profit of Rs 650 on the investment and Rs 1,650 started appearing in the account. On seeing this, the person got convinced that both the persons are real. After this both asked the person to invest Rs 1 lakh. As soon as the person invested the money, the balance increased to Rs 2.2 lakh. When the person tried to withdraw this money, he could not do so and realized that he had become a victim of fraud.
stay away from messages like this
Don’t trust all kinds of attractive messages like investment, part time job, youtube video like, I have a job opportunity etc. If you love your money and data, then do not take seriously any message coming online. Silently ignore it. If anything related to the work is known, then directly verify it from the official place, then take some action.
Our advice is that you should use the Internet very carefully and cautiously. Do not share your personal details with the person in front of you under any circumstances and keep your data protected with a strong password.
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