Cyber Fraud News: Cyber crime is spreading rapidly in the country. A female teacher from Mumbai lost an amount of 80 thousand rupees from her account. Let us know how you need to be alert.
Online Scam with EPFO Account Holder: Online scam is spreading rapidly in the country. Recently, Jim Honor of Mumbai had lost Rs 1.99 lakh. At the same time, a 53-year-old woman lost Rs 87,000 by getting trapped in the trap of fraud while ordering food. Apart from this, a user was duped of Rs 1.14 lakh while selling a juicer on the OLX app. These are some examples showing that cyber criminals are adopting new tricks to cheat people.
In this sequence, a new type of scam has come to the fore. 80 thousand rupees were cheated by the scammer from the PF account of a teacher. If you also have a PF account or are a member of EPF, then you must know this news, so that such an incident does not happen to you.
Female teacher was targeted like this
A 32-year-old female teacher teaches in a private school in Navi Mumbai. According to a TOI report, the female teacher was looking for the contact number of the PF office online. He contacted that number, after which he was cheated of Rs 80,000. The fraudster had called himself the staff of the PF office. Fraud asked PF account holder to download AirDroid app. After this, the criminal somehow gained access to the account and cheated the female teacher of Rs 80,000.
Account detail demand information
According to the report, the fraudster asked the female teacher to enter her account number and MPIN on this app. After getting access to the bank, the scammer made 16 transactions and transferred Rs 80,000 to his account. This incident took place during the last week at 1.30 pm. On April 6, the victim lodged an FIR in the nearest police station.
You have to be careful
If you want to get information about any number, then during online search, you should get the contact number only from the official website. Taking numbers from a third party website can be dangerous. On the other hand, PF account holders can visit the official website or branch of EPFO for any work related to PF. Before downloading any app, verify it.
If you are using Aadhaar card or any other document, then check the authenticity of that platform. Also, it should be checked before ordering food, jobs, buying and selling anything and any other temptation.
