As soon as you tweet anything with the word ‘Paytm’, multiple automated fake bots will reply posing as Paytm customer care executives.
Fake Paytm customer care accounts have flooded Twitter and they all have the same intent: to steal your personal details and steal money from you.
Twitter customer support of popular payments app Paytm seems to have been taken over by scammers in India. As soon as you tweet anything with the word ‘Paytm’, multiple automated fake bots will reply posing as Paytm customer care executives. Fake Paytm customer care accounts have flooded Twitter and they all have the same intent: to steal your personal details and steal money from you.
Usually, people take to Twitter to connect with the official Paytm support handle to get help on failed transactions and other UPI related issues. Most Paytm users share screenshots on Twitter complaining about the issue. These screenshots sometimes contain personal information like mobile number or UPI ID. Scammers steal such personal information immediately and they call users directly pretending to provide assistance.
In most cases, these scammers try to steal money from Paytm users by claiming to offer refunds. Instead of actually returning the money, they use the request money feature on UPI to steal the money. Sometimes, these scammers ask victims to download screen-sharing apps to steal login details, banking information, passwords and UPI PINs.
[Fake Paytm bots try to scam Twitter users with tweets like this shown in the image above.]
After Elon Musk removed the verified blue tick from old Twitter accounts, the official Paytm Care Twitter handle cannot be distinguished from scores of fake accounts with similar names. With the blue tick on the Paytm Care Twitter handle, scammers are trying to make a quick buck using this confusion to their advantage.
Twitter users should be extra careful while tweeting about Paytm as anything they write with the word Paytm in it will immediately attract the attention of scammers. Also, never share any personal information on Twitter or over calls. Recently there has been a huge increase in scam calls across India and the safest way to avoid it is to avoid receiving calls from unknown numbers.
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