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greed! Now the con has shifted to emails, see if I send you an email
that you are now inheriting a big amount and for that to happen
you have to do a small investment, this is typical Nigerian fraud so
many Indians participate in it and fall prey, then there is a concept
of online friendships and membership to certain clubs and this is
again I’m diverting but I have written a book on social media to rent
rooms so that there is a specific chapter where I have written, don’t
befriend an unknown person and I have a rule on Facebook all my
Facebook friends are my real friends whom I have met or I have
some interaction I don’t accept unknown requests then frauds don’t
happen.
And then the there is another thing of lack of knowledge there was a
I think please understand one thing criminal is an artist but his brain
is going in the wrong direction so there are cyber criminals who
are digital literate people and they are well dressed people like you
and me, their average age range is from 16-25, they are constantly
thinking of committing the crime, there can be cross border crimes
so police nabbing these people is very difficult.
There was these crime four months back and it was regarding
OTP fraud, somebody will phone you and say that your COVID
vaccination is due and you can do this following things then you
give me these details, it started with COVID, many persons despite
many announcements by government that, no bank, no government
institution ever wants anything from you became victims and their
bank balance was wiped out, so, we don’t fall prey to phone calls
which criminals are making.
Government has framework, government has made laws but they
have to be implemented properly, common man has to get educated.
Have you kept your home open? You locked it, so this knowledge
you have, what are you doing to protect your digital account? I’m not
an advocate of Internet banking for last 15 years I don’t use Internet
banking and I’m able to do banking because if you do Internet
banking, see my banker told me because they found out that on my
bank account there were a lot of visitors trying to enter. Even if fraud
happens, it is insured money. Change password frequently, update
your accounts, if fraud happens report immediately. You must be
literate about this.

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