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Money is being extorted through phishing emails, fake job offers, cryptocurrency scams and fake phone calls. Sometimes the phone gets hacked just by revising the phone. That too in few seconds.
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Recently one such incident happened in India. After receiving the phone, She received a message that 5.24 lac tk was missing from the bank account.
What happened to the whole thing?
A 24-year-old woman from Thane, Maharashtra in India received a call from an unknown number. The person on the other side claimed to be from the credit card division of a local bank.
The scammer says your card has some pending payments. You need to download and pay for an app through an APK file. According to the scammer, as soon as the woman downloaded the file, a message came showing that 5.24 lacs tk had been debited from her account.
How to avoid such scams?
Experts are saying to keep some things in mind to avoid such dangers. The first is to be alert to any unknown emails and phone calls. Never trust anyone on unknown calls. No bank calls like this. If he has doubts, he can go to the bank and talk and block the unknown number.
