New form of OTP theft prevalent in Bangalore

A new practise of One Time Password con is going out in Bengaluru and many techies have fallen victim to this trap. Officers in the Bengaluru cyber cell say that the culprits are calling people as bank employees and asking for card information. Victims thinking that they are safe with the OTP coming to their mobile devices are being fooled as these culprits are sending encrypted texts which once opened can access the text messages on the victim’s account.

These cases initially rose 2-3 months back but the transaction were between 5000-10,000. Now these scamsters have started conning people of 50,000 to several lakhs and majority of the victims are IT employees.

Being the IT hub that Noida is, there is high possibility that the these scamsters target Noida next. The best way to safeguard yourself and people around you is to avoid giving out your bank details to anyone over phone and create awareness about this scam.

Saurabh

Saurabh Pradhan, Professional photographer, Entrepreneur, Digital Marketer, Food enthusiasts, an event planner who loves exploring the city.