There has been a huge increase in digital transactions in the country. This has led to an increase in online fraud in India. It has become very important to be cautious while making online transactions and taking online services from many businessmen.
It is very important to avoid increasing online fraud. If you are a little lax, you may get cheated heavily. The most popular way to carry out online fraud is through messages. Fraud is done by sending fake messages on SMS, e-mail or WhatsApp or Telegram. Therefore, it has become very important to identify messages related to fraud or scam.
If you receive any bank related message, then you must investigate it. If you show a little caution, you can immediately identify a fraud call or message and avoid becoming a victim of fraud. Here we are giving some such tips. Which can be easily identified.
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How to identify fraud messages
You can identify fake messages by paying attention to the name and number. If you receive a message or call from a personal number, it may be a fraudulent message. The messages sent by the bank come with names like VM-ICICI Bank, JD-ICICIBK. No bank ever sends messages from a personal number.
There is no threat of termination of service
Whenever you receive a call that your service will be terminated or any such threat, you should be cautious. Whenever your service is about to end, a reminder comes from the bank before that. Banks never call and threaten you.
Avoid fake links
Many times such messages also come in which messages are sent with links for updating the account and other information by clicking on the link. These links are sent to you by hackers. By clicking on them, people become victims of fraud.
Many times such a link can take you to a phishing site. Which may contain malware. Through this, hackers get all the bank information. Using which hackers withdraw all the money from your account.
