ICICI Bank : Bank Fraud Alert: Amidst the constantly changing methods of banking fraud, ICICI Bank has alerted its customers about banking fraud in a new way…
With the digitalization of banking services, people’s work has become easier. Many such tasks, for which earlier people had to go to the bank branch, can now be done sitting at home in a jiffy. However, along with this the dangers have also increased. Cases of digital banking fraud are continuously increasing. The most dangerous thing is that vicious criminals constantly adopt new methods to defraud innocent people of their hard-earned money and savings. Private sector ICICI Bank has warned its customers about one such new method.
Bank sent email alert
Dear Customer,
Smishing is a type of phishing attack, where fraudsters send a text message asking you to click on a malicious link or send sensitive information, which goes to the fraudster.
Such bluffs can be given
To deceive you, you may be told that your credit card is eligible for upgrade. After that, to upgrade the credit card and increase the credit limit, you may be asked for card number, CVV and OTP. As soon as you tell them all this, they will free your card. Therefore, never share any personal or sensitive information with anyone.
Report this way
The bank never asks for such information from you. The bank never asks you to transfer money to any other bank account. If you ever receive any suspicious call asking for such information, you should immediately inform National Cyber Crime about it. For this you can visit their website cybercrime.gov.in or call the helpline number 1930.
