UPI Fraud: In the first half of 2024, 25,25,924 cases of UPI fraud have been registered in Delhi. These cases could have been even more severe if you had not been alert. Delhi Police has shared some tips to avoid UPI fraud for the people living in Delhi-NCR and other states.
If you follow these tips when using UPI, you can avoid UPI fraud. Also, no matter what trickery the scammers show, you will easily understand their trickery.
Investment Fraud
Scammers share screen shorts of profit investment returns on social media and many WhatsApp groups. This screenshot gives some details of the amount and bank account. Seeing the screen short of profit investment returns, many people get trapped in their trap.
Demand For Money By Becoming A Friend
Scammers create fake accounts of your friends on social media and then demand money from you by making an excuse of getting into some problem. Many people easily get trapped in this fraud.
Fake UPI Code
Scammers often put fake UPI codes on e-commerce websites and departmental stores. Through this, these people get payment from you and steal your financial information.
Screen Monitoring Apps
Scammers often cleverly install apps on your device that record its screen so that when you make a payment through a credit card, debit card, or UPI, your information reaches the scammers.
Fake Identity Payment
Scammers often cheat you by posing as government officials and weaving such a web that you get trapped like a spider. Many times, scammers even blackmail you.
