Every year a large number of weddings take place in India and this time too it is the same. The wedding season has started, but in the meantime, cases of cheating people with wedding cards are coming to the fore, which has shocked and upset everyone. Recently the Cyber Crime Unit received some such complaints in which people said that they get wedding cards on WhatsApp and Instagram and as soon as they clicked on that invitation card, money was withdrawn from their account. Such cases have come from Himachal Pradesh districts Shimla, Kangra, and Mandi. In such a situation, it becomes necessary that you also stay away from this new fraud because you can become a victim of fraud due to a small mistake of yours. So let's know how you can avoid it...
What happens in this fraud?
First of all, understand what happens in this fraud. Actually, cyber thugs first send wedding cards to people through WhatsApp, Instagram, or other social media platforms. Now the way the wedding season is going on, people assume that someone has sent them a wedding invitation. In such a situation, people click on these wedding cards, which is natural.
At the same time, as soon as you click on these digital wedding cards, a malware virus enters your mobile phone, and an APK app gets installed. After this, hackers hack your mobile with the help of this malware and withdraw money from your bank account.
How can you avoid this fraud?
First of all, keep in mind that these fake messages come from unknown numbers or from any social media account that you do not know. Therefore, never open any message from an unknown number or click on it.
The police have advised people not to open or download any wedding card any other message or any other file from an unknown number.
If you are a victim of any kind of fraud, you can immediately file a complaint on the official National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal https://cybercrime.gov.in/.
You can complain about fraud on the official number 1930.
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