Cring…cring….cring…."Hello Sir , I am from cowin portal .you can get a free vaccine by registering over call with us .we wiil inject you at home just give me your aadhar card number and otp sent to your phone."……
Yes it might be interesting for you .You may start praising govt. for this but reality is different.
I think most of you must have known that vaccination drive is going on a full swing in whole world to stop widespread of COVID-19 and to immune people . Now here in INDIA it has started for 18-44 age group .But along with this a new sort of fraud is also emerging in INDIA . During these corona years many people are facing cyber attacks and frauds and this one is a new version of it. In this fraud hackers are collecting your personal data by convincing you for a free vaccine and using that to get personal loan .HERE IS HOW….
In this process a hacker would call you and would address himself/herself as a govt. official or a health official from a nearby hospital .He would then convince you that govt. is organizing a free vaccination program for 18-44 age group people in which they will be inoculated vaccine in their home .Once you say you are interested for this then he/she would say you to register for that purpose by providing your aadhar details.[Especially they are asking for you 12 digit aadhar number] After you provide it he/she would ask you to provide the OTP [ONE TIME PASSWORD] sent to your phone no. After you share that he/she would say that registration is successful and you will be inoculated within 3 days . Everything is OK untill now .BUT tragedy begins after this as that hacker who had called you apply for a personal loan by using your details and you would have to pay for that!!! [ I think they are using instant loan providing app and most of them are fraud apps ] AND you wiil get a message that application for personal loan amount XXXXX has been granted .
So ,plz be aware of such fraud calls .Registration for vaccine for 18-44 is only possible through govt. COWIN portal and app and AROGYA SETU app. Do share it if you like it and also make people aware by sharing it .
Have a good day and Stay home stay safe