Noida News: Cybercriminals target Noida residents’ bank accounts. A small mistake clears lakhs of rupees from bank accounts in an instant. Cyber thugs emptied four bank accounts on Friday. The police have filed a FIR and are investigating the complaints. Experts stress alertness. Avoid mobile spam. Keep your bank account, PAN card, Aadhaar card, date of birth, parent’s name, and other information private.
Paytm KYC.
A resident of Hajipur village in Noida’s Sector-39 police station had Rs 2,74,341 deducted from his account in the name of Paytm KYC. Police Station Sector-39 Inspector Jitendra Kumar Singh said Gufran filed a report last night. An mysterious caller claimed to be from Paytm Company, he said. He advised KYCing your account. According to the victim, the culprit taken Rs 2,74,341 from his account under his pretence. Police reported the incident.
Second case: Homework theft
A Noida woman at Kendriya Vihar’s Sector-49 police station was robbed of Rs 6,51,500 by unknown youths. Sandeep Chowdhary, in-charge of Police Station Sector-49, said that Kendriya Vihar resident Jyoti reported that some individuals contacted her today. Homework theft. The accused showed them some Telegram app features. The accused gradually duped him into putting Rs 6,51,500 in several accounts. By the time the victim realised she had been tricked, the thugs had taken her money. The station in-charge said police are investigating.
Case 3: Suspicious link/OTP
Greater Noida Beta-2 police received a report. He said cyberthugs stole 75,000 rupees from his account. Inspector-in-charge of Police Station Beta-2 Vinod Kumar Mishra claimed Shivendra’s son Pramod Kumar Singh filed a police case last night. He said anonymous cyber attackers transferred 75,000 rupees from his account online. The victim denied giving anyone his OTP number or bank information. He reported the incident to the police.
Case 4: Big money from home
Cyber thugs defrauded a young man in Surajpur town of Greater Noida’s Surajpur police station area of Rs 2,53,000 by promising him telegraph earnings. Station manager Inspector Awadhesh Pratap Singh said Surajpur resident Shubham Singh reported to the police yesterday night that unknown cyber thugs contacted him. The goons claimed they could make big money from home by joining Telegram. He said cyber thugs repeatedly received 2 lakh 53 thousand rupees from the victim. Later blocked. The station in-charge stated that the victim’s complaint prompted a police report.
to avoid Beware of home-based scammers.
- Avoid Paytm, Phone Pay, and Google Pay KYC calls. No app makes this call.
- Linking bank accounts with PAN and Aadhaar cards is fake. Avoid their traps.
- Electricity bills, credit card bills, credit card points, and free gifts are scams.
- Avoid those who offer ATM card blocking and activation information.
- Avoid supplying name, address, PAN number, and Aadhaar card information to courier companies from India and abroad.
- Avoid bank staff requesting account information.
- Beware of those that request information for bank loans, credit cards, or zero-balance accounts.
- Do not provide information about your electricity bill, water bill, children’s school payments, or other transactions to anyone.
- Don’t help the caller restart a failed online transaction.
