Scam Alert: Post office account holders became the target of scammers, the government had to tell them the way to avoid it..
Post Office Pan Card Scam: If you have a bank account in the post office, then be careful immediately. Cybercriminals have their eyes on your hard-earned money. Many India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) customers have received a message to update their PAN card. This is a conspiracy to trap innocent people through PAN cards so that they get caught in the clutches of cybercriminals. Now the government has told the post office bank customers how to avoid this.
Scammers claim in messages to people that their accounts have been blocked due to the non-updating of PAN cards. Scammers are doing this to cheat money from Post Office Bank customers. The fact check team of the government agency Press Information Bureau (PIB) has clarified the message to update the PAN card.
Fraud in the name of PAN card
According to the fact check team of PIB, the messages that are coming to post office customers to update their PAN cards are fake. The fact team claims that India Post never sends such messages. Let us know how post office bank account holders are being trapped, and how to avoid it.
This is how cyber scam happens.
Scammers have resorted to phishing to trap post office account holders. An attempt is made to extract their personal details by sending messages on the pretext of PAN card updates. Apart from this, dangerous ransomware is also installed, which hacks the phone and the hackers get control of the phone.
Post Office Bank (IPPB) told tips to avoid scams.
India Post told the way to avoid it.
According to India Post Payments Bank, passwords should be updated regularly to avoid cyber fraud. Apart from this, calls and messages coming from fake customer care numbers should be ignored. Avoid public Wi-Fi and verify the authenticity of bank messages. Clicking on any suspicious link should be avoided.
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