EXPLAINER: Your bank account can be emptied through your mobile phone, how to avoid SIM card hackers...?

Today, hardly anyone is unaware of cybercrime, but despite this, there are constant reports that bank accounts were emptied in a certain way at a certain place, or thousands-lakhs-crores of rupees were swindled by fooling people. On one hand, technology has made our lives easier in the last few decades, but many problems have also come up with it. Amidst the abundance of stories of using technology to fool even the educated, the less educated getting cheated does not surprise at all, but forces one to think about what could be the way to avoid this.

So know that the easiest and most effective way to avoid fraud is to be informed and cautious. If every person is aware of the possible methods of fraud and acts smartly without getting trapped in greed, then the number of victims of fraud will decrease to a great extent. To make our users aware, we have brought this news to you, in which we will tell you, how you can avoid those fraudsters, who can cheat you by hacking your mobile phone's SIM card.

What is hacking a SIM card...?

Those who cheat online or through mobile phones now hack the victim's phone as well, which is usually called SimJacking (by combining the words SIM and Hijack, it is called SimJacking). After the SIM card is hacked, the fraudsters take control of your phone number, and then they can access your social media accounts as well as your bank accounts.

How is SimJacking done...?

To hack your SIM card, the fraudsters usually first send you an SMS, which also contains a link. If the potential victim clicks on that link, the spyware present on the link will immediately get installed in the phone, and the fraudsters will have access to the victim's messages, call records, and location. Apart from this, all the contacts saved in the phone will also be within the reach of the fraudsters, and all kinds of passwords too.

What happens next...? Transferring the entire amount from all your accounts to any of their accounts in a few minutes is a cakewalk for the fraudsters, and the trick is that all this fraud will look like a transaction done by the victim.

Not only this, the fraudsters can carry on their fraud more easily through this phone that has come into their possession. Now the fraudsters will send the same initial spyware link SMS from the victim's phone to the people in his contact, and the chances of new potential victims clicking on it thinking that the SMS has come from a known number will also increase. ...and as soon as they click, they too will fall prey to the fraudsters.

How to protect your SIM card from hackers...?

Keep reading news that mentions fraudulent activities so that you remain informed about the tricks that cybercriminals can use to obtain or hack your personal information. Be alert and aware of hackers' attacks so that at least you can save your SIM card from being hacked and simjacked.

Always remember, banks or any other kind of institution do not send any kind of link for any kind of verification, so no matter how real the SMS you receive looks, never click on any link sent in it.

Be careful while sharing personal information or photos on social media, or better still, never share personal information on social media platforms. Such hijackers or all kinds of cyber criminals search for their potential victims from social media as well and collect their personal information so that they can attack.

Choose difficult passwords for all types of accounts, and never choose passwords or PINs that contain the names or birth dates of your spouse, children, or parents. Wherever the option is given, choose difficult questions for verification, in addition to passwords. Here difficult means questions whose answers no one can know except you.