Bank Fraud Alert: Amidst the constantly changing methods of banking fraud, ICICI Bank has alerted its customers about banking fraud in a new way…
With the digitalization of banking services, people’s work has become easier. Many such tasks, for which earlier people had to go to the bank branch, can now be done sitting at home in a jiffy. However, along with this the dangers have also increased. Cases of digital banking fraud are continuously increasing. The most dangerous thing is that vicious criminals constantly adopt new methods to defraud innocent people of their hard-earned money and savings. Private sector ICICI Bank has warned its customers about one such new method.
Bank sent email alert
ICICI Bank has alerted all its customers through email this time. In the email sent to the customers, the bank has told that the criminals are cheating people by claiming to be bank employees. The bank has cautioned the customers that criminals can contact them posing as bank employees or officers and ask for sensitive information. If you make the mistake of sharing information with them, you get defrauded immediately.
According to ICICI Bank, fraud criminals may ask for personal or sensitive information from you, which no bank employee ever asks from the customer. In the email, customers have been told what precautions need to be taken to save their hard-earned money.
One mistake will cost you dearly
It has been said in the email, that just one mistake can cost you dearly in order to lose your hard-earned money, that is, you give information to the criminal who calls you posing as a bank employee. You may get such calls, in which the person in front will introduce himself as a bank employee. To win your trust, he can also tell you his name and employee ID. After taking you into confidence, he can ask you for information like OTP, CVV, card number, password.
Such bluffs can be given
To deceive you, you may be told that your credit card is eligible for upgrade. After that, to upgrade the credit card and increase the credit limit, you may be asked for card number, CVV and OTP. As soon as you tell them all this, they will free your card. Therefore, never share any personal or sensitive information with anyone.
Report this way
The bank never asks for such information from you. The bank never asks you to transfer money to any other bank account. If you ever receive any suspicious call asking for such information, you should immediately inform National Cyber Crime about it. For this you can visit their website cybercrime.gov.in or call the helpline number 1930.
