Whatsapp Screen Mirroring Fraud: Recently, Onecard has warned its customers about a dangerous online scam called Whatsapp Screen Mirroring Fraud. In this fraud, thugs implicate people to start screen sharing and then steal their personal information like OTP, bank details, passwords and messages. After this, the victim may be a victim of economic loss, losing control on bank account and even identity theft.
How does this fraud work?
- The thugs call themselves as an employee of a bank or a financial company and make an excuse to have problems in the account.
- The fraudsters ask the user to start screen sharing and then take the screen access through WhatsApp video calls.
- When the user enters the banking app, UPI or password, the thugs see everything in real-time and do transactions.
- Many times thugs install the keyboard logger in mobile, so that they reach every typed word, password and OTP.
Use of stolen information
Thugs do unauthorized transactions using these data, bank accounts hack, get access to social media and UPI account, misuse the victim’s identity.
Are banking apps safe?
According to cyber security experts, most of India’s large banking apps have features such as screen capture blocks, secure sessions and timeouts. But if customers inadvertently allow screen sharing, then thugs easily bypass the safety of some apps.
How to protect yourself?
What to do (DOS):
- Always verify the identification of the caller with the official number.
- Do screen sharing only with reliable people.
- Keep the option to install the app from Unknown sources in mobile.
- Block the suspected number immediately and complain on cybercrime.gov.in or 1930.
- Turn on two-factor authentication in all financial and messaging apps.
What not to do (don’ts):
- Do not respond to unknown or suspicious calls.
- Never use UPI, banking or wallet apps during screen sharing.
- Do not rely on the talks of the pressing callers.
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