In today's time, almost every other person has a mobile. Apart from making calls, mobile is also very useful for many other things like social media, playing games, and online banking including entertaining yourself. You can send money to anyone through mobile and you can do most of the online payments only with the help of OTP, which comes on your registered mobile number. But in the midst of all this, you need to be a little careful, because the fraud of SIM card swapping is going on a lot. This can happen to anyone. That's why you should take care of some things, otherwise, you too can become a victim of this SIM card swapping. So let's know about it in detail. You can learn about this in the next slides...
What is sim card swapping?
Actually, in this, the fraudsters replace your SIM card with one of their fake SIMs. After this, they get the telecom service provider to issue a second SIM of your number. After this all the OTPs related to your bank account start coming on it and with the help of OTP, they cheat you.
How can we avoid this fraud?
Number 1
Know one thing well if you want to avoid this SIM card swapping, then do not give your mobile to anyone. Always keep it with you. This is also important because this fraud can happen to you anywhere.
Number 2
Many times people get many types of calls, due to which they get upset and switch off their mobile phones. If you do this, you help the fraudsters unknowingly, because that is what they want and your mobile being switched off gives the fraudsters time to activate the number.
What to do if the SIM card is inactive?
If your SIM card suddenly becomes inactive, the first thing you should do is change your banking password
Get the credit-debit card blocked immediately
After this, you have to register your complaint by visiting this official link cybercrime.gov.in.
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