Today's digital world is growing by winning. New schemes are also being born at the same pace and earlier people used to get tired only through phone or email. But now every platform WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Telegram. People also get fooled because the people working there look so professional that their words are easy to guess. It has become difficult for the common man and they talk in such a convincing manner that it takes time to understand but by then the money is spent.
The biggest scam is a job scan. People are offered attractive jobs like earn 30000 from home or fixed income of 500 daily or earn 40000 per month by working for just two hours in ads and those who click on this site are asked to fill a form in which they take personal information like Adhara card, PAN card, bank details, ask for some money in the name of registration fee or directly steal money from the bank account. There is another very big step. OTP or KYC and the people doing this scan call repetitive bankers of the company in the name of the bank and say that KYC has not been updated. If it is turned on, the account will be closed. Such people are scared who immediately ask for OTP and by giving OTP, they give remote access and their entire account gets emptied and without thinking anything, people share all their financial information just because they think that the call has really come from the bank.
Crypto investment can be increased a lot these days and by creating fake accounts on social media, people keep promising in the name of information from celebrities that if you invest ₹ 10000 then you will get ₹ 50000 within 24 hours and people give money without thinking because everyone gets great and when the money is gone then it is understood that he had faked it but by then it was too late. Romance scam is also a new trend going on. Here this scan happens more on dating app Facebook or Instagram. By creating an attractive profile, the fraudsters make emotionally connected to people. Then after a few days, they ask for money on the pretext of some problem like I am in the hospital. I have to take a flight in emergency. My wallet is lost. Moreover, people get emotional and send money because they have already made an emotional investment.
New scams are also being launched on Telegram and WhatsApp and one popular scam is task-based earning where people are told to pay simple taxes like liking a YouTube video or giving a Google review and get 50 to 100 rupees in cash and first of all they get some money on some task an then so that trust is formed. Then when people in greed of more money and work deposit membership deposit or deposit then their money is taken by that group and then their money is transferred to that group. Another new scam is fraud through AI and deepfake . Now with this scam also you can make a replica of any person's voice or office and think if you get a video call from a bus or a family member. That voice or message comes in which he is asking for money, then you will not even suspect it till now and this defect has become a problem in the cooperative world. Where employees are asked to transfer money in the name of the CEO.
The biggest problem is that despite awareness, people take emotional decisions and even after the scan, many people do not go to the police or get scared due to shame and because of this, case reports are not filed and climbers become bolder and it is not difficult to stay safe in the digital world. Just be a little alert and sometimes do not click on any unknown link. Do not give money to any stranger without verification and most importantly do not share your personal details with anyone. No matter how convincing the person in front of you.
As fast as this world has become, the scams have also become sophisticated and hard-working people whether they are students, retired people or business persons, now scammers are not just a problem of uneducated people. And highly educated people also fall in the scams. In the coming times, new methods will be invented and until we become digitally aware, no one is secure and we should not only know how to use technology but it is also important to understand the dark side of technology and stop trusting every message, every link, every call. Verify, think, understand and then take action, otherwise one day you will become a victim.
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