Screenshot of the Fake Consultancy Site through which fraud happens
Now a days Cyber criminals coming up with a new strategy to cheat people seeking for jobs through consultancy sites. Some non reputed sites silently reveal user information to cyber frauds. Subsequently, cyber frauds attract users with jobs as per their requirements. In such cases, custom pages and advertisements are designed as per requirement of the users and links to those pages are shared in their personal phone number. Sometimes, users are directly called by Cyber frauds to make them believe about authenticity of the jobs shared with their personal phone number or email.
Later on users are asked to pay a very negligible amount say ₹10 as convenience charge etc. Since, the amount is very less, no users deny to pay the amount. At this point Cyber frauds confirm via phone whether the user is paying money through Net Banking or through card. Here's the link shared by the cyber fraud for making payment through card.
Link of the fake payment page. Please don't click but you may remember the text-
http://www.careerswork.in/debit.php
The snapshot of the fake payment page
When the user enters card details in such pages and select the submit button cyber frauds on the other side are actually seeing all the details in real time. Simultaneously, Cyber frauds enter the details to recharge their online wallets like Mobikwik etc. At this point, the user receives OTP not against the amount of ₹10 but actually against the amount entered by the fraudster. When the user enters the OTP and select submit button it actually read by the cyber fraud on the other side. And the fraudster without wasting a single moment enters OTP to fill their wallet with desired amount. Now, the user receives a message like transaction cancelled. But actually concerned users bank account deducted not by ₹10 but by the amount entered by the fraudster. Since, the transaction get cancelled repeatedly, users try for several times and all the times Cyber frauds extract money with the details shared on those fake payment pages.
It is to be noted here that such financial frauds happen in real time because OTP lasts for around 15 minutes. So, there must be someone who was actually entering the OTP for such transaction to be successful. That is why users are requested to pay a negligible amount so that cyber frauds need not have to wait for long and the user easily get agreed to pay the amount.
In the above transaction alert messages, it can be seen that the user tried for second time since it was meant for ₹10 only. So, the user didn't bother about the messages. Further, it is seen that the user received messages that he had spent money to recharge Mobikwik wallet. Actually, with the details shared by the user on fake payment page fraudster spent Rs. 14,999 per transaction fraudulently to fill his wallet. It is very common that fraudsters never use their Bank accounts but use various wallet services to receive such amounts.
In the above context, we have seen that the fraudster did not do any tweak to the banking system. He just impersonated to transfer the said amount to his wallet.
In such cases, for immediate remedial victims must get the transaction IDs from Bank . Secondly, with reference to the transaction IDs, talk with customer service executives of such wallet services to freeze the amount transferred to the wallet.
Here, freezing the wallet is important because very soon fraudster may end up spending all the money out of the wallet.
If possible victims may try to get the wallet ID against which amount was remitted from his / her bank A/C and the phone number/email through which payment link was shared with the victim. Finally, lodge a complaint to Police.
Lastly, please be careful on weekends and the day before holidays. Because fraudsters know that victims will not be able to approach banks... 😆
Stay Safe and Stay Healthy...😊
Courtesy: Assam Police Cyberdome, Guwahati
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