#CyberScam : Beware of suspicious #Paytm Links.
#CyberScamAlert.. Don't click if you get a message that says, "..your Bank wallet is inactive!"
#CyberScam fraudsters have found a new way of looting bank accounts using suspicious Paytm Links that claim your bank wallet is inactive. Here’s another red flag by Team Cyber Edify exclusively for the readers of http://www.indiainput.com
Read & stay alert.
By Team Cyber Edify
#CyberScam is happening every minute somewhere in the world, in this Cyber Era. Here’s a latest #FraudAlert. Suspicious #PayTM Links. Yes, you read it right! The Cyber scamsters arent sparing the growing community of #PayTM users.
Today, more and more users are switching to online payments. Online transactions are handy, hassle free and much lesser time consuming. Moreover, you don’t need to rush asking for a change, now and then. Just a few clicks on the app on your smartphone, and the payment is made. The online mode payments has grown multi folds in popularity, due to this click it and forget it nature.
Precisely this is the reason, why scamsters have been targeting the online payment mode and cheating the unsuspecting victims. Here is the latest.
#CyberScam : Beware of suspicious #Paytm Links.
Many of the people who have installed a UPI app such as a GPay, Paytm or Bhim App in their smartphones are off late receiving messages that suggest their account is inactive and ask to click an adjoining link. Especially, the Paytm wallet users are being targeted this way. The message goes on these lines..
“Dear User, Your Paytm Payments Bank wallet is inactive. Kindly Tap Here to reactivate..”
This is followed by a link in the message. many a times it has been found that these links have letters like PYTMBK or PPBL or both. It also refers to a website address that looks similar to Paytm bank. However, there have been reports of scams when the adjoining links are clicked, resulting in withdrawal of large amounts from the victim’s account. Yeah, if you do not think before hand and click the link hastily, chances are your money gets transferred to another account.
Hence, it would be always advisable not to click such suspicious links and instead, report the matter to the Paytm itself, for more clarity. Staying alert means safeguarding your hard earned money. You must quickly escalate the matter to the relevant bank or app and also contact the nearest Cyber Police station. This would mean, you are a responsible and alert Cyber citizen.
For more, visit http://www.paytmbank.com
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