Scammers are using new methods to cheat people. Sometimes in the name of customer care and sometimes by digital arrest. Now they have started cheating people in the name of India Post. Scammers are sending messages to people in the name of India Post.
In this message, it is being claimed that a parcel has arrived at the warehouse in your name. You are not being contacted. Please confirm your address on the given link. Otherwise the parcel will be sent back. There is also a link with this message.
Many people have become victims
If reports are to be believed, hundreds of people have fallen prey to this scam. According to PIB (Press Information Bureau) Fact Check The team has given information about such scams. The organization has warned people against such frauds. They have shared this information on social media platforms.
PIB has said that India Post never sends such messages in which users are asked to update their address. If you also get any such message, do not click on it.
The message coming in this scam says, ‘Your package has arrived at the warehouse and we have tried to deliver it twice, but due to incomplete address we are unable to complete the delivery. Please update your address within 48 hours, otherwise your parcel will be returned. Click on this link to update the address. After the address is updated, the parcel will be delivered again within 24 hours.’
How can you protect yourself from SMS fraud?
Scammers target people not only in the name of India Post but also in many other ways. In such a situation, do not click on any link received in any unknown message.
Before clicking on any message, verify its source. If a message has come in the name of the bank, then you must have received other messages in the same name earlier as well.
If you receive any such suspicious message, you can report it. By reporting it, many other people will be aware of such frauds.