Delhi Police has a warning for residents. It has warned individuals in opposition to a WhatsApp message that misuses MTNL identify and brand. It’s one other type of KYC rip-off. The message has MTNL e-KYC Ltd written on prime with ‘Necessary Discover’ under in brackets. The picture within the message reads: “Pricey buyer your MTNL SIM Card Aadhaar e-KYC has been suspended. Your SIM card can be blocked instantly.” It’s adopted by a buyer care quantity. There’s additionally an handle of CGO Complicated with a PIN quantity and signature of the alleged official to make the message look genuine.
“AND Beware! There’s a sharp spike in fraudulent incidents whereby @MTNLOfficial’s identify & brand are getting used to commit cyber fraud. Cellular prospects obtain WhatsApp messages from miscreants on the pretext of KYC updation to retrieve confidential info,” reads the message from Delhi Police on its Twitter deal with.
https://twitter.com/DelhiPolice/standing/1549329104968617984?s=20&t=v79uZ6xcvMYOnTyMfOgeVA
Delhi Police has additionally shared suggestions for individuals to be vigilant of such scams. These embrace:
* Do not share private info.
* Do not click on on unverified hyperlinks.
* Do not obtain any apps.
* MTNL doesn’t perform KYC verification over WhatsApp.
Replying to the Delhi Police’s warning tweet, a number of Twitter customers wrote that they did obtain an identical faux message from MTNL concerning KYC updation. A consumer has additionally shared the sender’s quantity. However it’s fairly seemingly that such faux messages are despatched from totally different numbers.
KYC scams are one of many most-common scams utilized by cyber criminals to dupe harmless residents. Telecom service suppliers, together with Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance Jio have warned subscribers in opposition to such KYC frauds. Scammers use varied modes to ship such fraudulent KYC messages. These embrace SMS, WhatsApp and calls.
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