Bhubaneswar: The following is a word of careful for those who switch to Google for every small thing, directly from the number of customer service products for the company.
The police here said in many cases of cyber crimes reported from various districts in the past, people were cheated by fraudsters after they called a fake number that appeared in the social media giant search engine.
“We have received customer service complaints.
Service fraud involving various portals on Google.
Cyber ​​Fraudster has posted their advertisements and includes it at the top of the search on Google to the Dupe people.
They finally lost their money after calling false numbers This, “said a senior crime branch official when people who are easily deceived to call these numbers, fraudsters pretend to be customer service executives and convince the victims to share debit or credit cards and their PIN numbers.
They even made victims installing remote access applications on cellphones, allowing them to hack the device and steal vital data from the phone.
In one example, Jagabandhu Sahu, a resident of a ferret in Balalangi, lost cyber fraud after he took Google’s help to get contacts of the Manisan company distributor.
On January 17, he filed a complaint with the Cyber ​​Office and an economic violation of the police station at Balalangir .Sheep Kumar Padhi from the city of Sambalpur also fell by the prey of such fraud when searching for the ICICI Bank customer service number on Google.
He lost Rs 1.03 lakh for a cheater after calling a fake customer care number to fix the Mobile Banking problem.
He filed a complaint with the cyber police station in Sambalpur on January 17.
“Not all found on Google search are genuine.
The number of products, companies and banks can be found on their original website or application.
People must trace their website,” said Lalit Mohanty, an expert Cybercrime, said.
In most cases, fraudsters will ask the victims to download applications such as Anydesk, TeamViewer, SMS and Quicksupport on their phone.
The application allows long distance access to a mobile device or computer.
It helps criminals quietly see and access sensitive information such as bank account details, PIN and OTP.