The bank recommends repeated caution, but the greed and negligence of a few seconds can make you lose in thousands. Recently, a person from Pune had a similar experience, where he faced a cheating of ₹ 65,000 in the name of reward points. Let us know what was his mistake and what lessons we can take from it.

How did the whole incident happen?

The victim received a call from a woman, who described himself as a bank officer and said, “The reward points deposited on your credit card can be redeemed and discount can be found.” The person got ready after coming to the woman’s words. He told that one of his colleagues would call to complete the process.

After some time, a man called and sent a link to redeem the reward points and said that fill the necessary information in it. The person clicked on the link and filled all the information sought, and in a few moments his account was deducted from his account.

The scam was discovered when…

As soon as the amount was deducted, the victim tried to call both, but the numbers were switched off. Then he realized that he had fallen victim to a cyber fraud.

Mistakes that overshadowed

• Relying on the woman who calls unknown.
• Click on the unknown link sent.
• Filling personal details in the link.

This is how to protect against online scam

• Never give banks or personal information on the call of an unknown person.
• Do not click on any suspicious link.
• Remember, banks never ask for OTP, password or personal details on the phone. “Do every click thoughtfully, otherwise your account can be empty.”