Online Fraud: I got robbed… I got robbed! This is how scam is going on in the name of credit card reward points..

Banks always say to be cautious, but still, people get trapped in the trap of fraudsters due to a little greed. Recently, a person living in Pune also got trapped in the trap of greed, which was taken advantage of by the scammers and they fled away with Rs 65000 from this person's account. This mistake cost this person dearly, today we are going to tell you about this so that you too remain cautious and do not make such mistakes.

What is the whole matter?

This person who lost Rs 65000 got a call from a woman who introduced herself as a bank officer and said that you could avail discount on their credit card bill by using reward points. This person was convinced by the woman and agreed to redeem the reward points, the woman said that my colleague would call you to complete the process.

According to the Times of India report, after some time a man called to complete the process. This man sent a link to the victim to redeem reward points, after clicking on the link and filling in the required information, 65 thousand rupees were deducted from this person's account.

After the money was deducted, this person immediately called the woman and the man but it was too late because both their numbers were switched off, after not receiving the call, this person realized that a scam had happened in the name of reward points.

Where did the mistake happen?
The victim's mistake was that he believed the unknown woman's call, the second mistake was to click on an unknown link and the third mistake was to give his personal information through the link. If you want to save yourself from such scams, then be careful and think 100 times before making such a mistake.

How to avoid online scams?

Do not share details like bank, personal, OTP, or password with any unknown person. Do not click on unknown links received on message, email or messaging app. Keep in mind that bank staff do not ask for your personal information over phone calls.

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