Bikaner : Cyber criminals are making people their victims through wedding invitation cards. Rajasthan Police has alerted people by issuing an advisory. Cyber Crime DG Hemant Priyadarshi said that nowadays most of the people are sending invitation cards on WhatsApp. Also attach the link of the location. Cyber thugs also give the link of some such apps in the link attaching the location, as soon as you open it, your data can go to them. Your bank account may be empty. To avoid this, be careful while opening the e-card. If an e-card comes from an unknown number, click on the link only after verifying it.
Kailash of Bikaner cheated of Rs 4.5 lakh
A person in Bikaner became a victim of such cyber fraud. Cyber thugs stole Rs 4.5 lakh from his account. A wedding card had come on WhatsApp from Kailash of Bikaner. The mobile hung as soon as the card was downloaded. Access to the mobile went to someone else. After some time, four and a half lakh rupees were withdrawn from Kailash’s account. Kailash told that he neither received any OTP nor received the message of balance deduction. When I went to the police, I came to know about this type of fraud.
If you receive a wedding card on WhatsApp, click carefully.
Cyber expert Mukesh Chaudhary told the media that new methods of cyber fraud have been discovered. If people are not alert, their bank accounts may become empty. He said to be alert if a wedding card comes from an unknown number on WhatsApp. Don’t click it even by mistake. Cyber fraudsters send links as wedding cards. As soon as you click, your mobile goes under their control. After this the bank account is emptied.
Do not download the APK file by mistake
In Ajmer also, money was withdrawn from a person’s account in a similar manner. If you get an APK file, you should not download it even by mistake. As soon as the APK is downloaded, the control of the phone goes to the hackers. The phone’s call log, contacts, personal photos, email ID, banking app password details and even camera access go to the hackers.
