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Common scam messages
Real examples, each taken apart line by line so you can spot the shape.Real messages, explained line by line, so you know what to look for.
Example message: Dear Customer, your SBI KYC expires today. Update immediately to avoid account being blocked: http://bit.ly/3xKyc9
Example message: This is CBI. An FIR has been registered against your Aadhaar for money laundering. Transfer Rs 25000 to verify your account or face arrest warrant today.
Example message: Your package is held at our facility due to incomplete address. Pay Rs 25 redelivery fee: http://tinyurl.com/parcel9
Example message: Congratulations! You have won Rs 25,00,000 in the KBC lucky draw. To claim, transfer Rs 5000 to verify your identity.
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The fake KYC update
Wants your accountYour bank account will be blocked today unless you update KYC through this link.
What gives it away
- Dear Customer
- KYC expires today
- account being blocked
If you act on itThe link opens a page that looks like your bank. Whatever you type there is captured and used within minutes, while the page shows you a spinner.
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The digital arrest
Wants your moneyA caller poses as police, CBI or customs and keeps you on a call while you transfer money to clear a case.
What gives it away
- This is CBI
- FIR has been registered
- Transfer Rs 25000 to verify
If you act on itThe caller keeps you on the line and isolates you, often for hours, telling you not to speak to family. The pressure is the method.
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The held parcel
Wants your moneyA package is held for a small fee, usually one small enough to feel safe paying.
What gives it away
- Your package
- Rs 25
If you act on itThe payment page takes the fee and the card number. The fee is small so that you do not think hard about the form.
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The prize you never entered
Wants your moneyYou have won a large sum, and releasing it costs a small one.
What gives it away
- You have won
- Rs 25,00,000
- transfer Rs 5000
If you act on itThe first fee is followed by a second, for tax, then a third, for clearance, for as long as you keep paying.
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- 48Warning signals
- 10Kinds of scam
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Practice
Can you spot the scam?
12 real messages, and 4 of them are perfectly ordinary. Telling those 4 apart is where the skill actually is.12 real messages. 4 are safe. Can you tell which?
- 12messages
- 4are genuine
- 0sign-ups
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