The OLX and Facebook frauds are on the rise with the cyber fraudsters are posting fake advertisements about sale of motorcycles, cars and other valuable articles. SP Cyber Police Tahir Ashraf said, “whenever any customer shows interest to buy the item posted by fraudsters, he or she is made to believe that they are working in army or other security agency and due to their transfer to some other place they are selling articles in lower prices”. “Hence the fraudsters make innocent and unaware people to transfer the amount into their e-wallets/bank accounts and finally cheat them of their hard earned money”, he further said, adding “to prevent cyber frauds and to save general public from these fraudsters, Cyber Police Srinagar is advising general public to follow precautionary measures/ instructions issued from time to time to avoid losing their money, while intending to purchase any article shown in OLX portal or Facebook”. He has advised the people to verify the product posted in OLX portal physically before transferring any amount to the seller; do not believe the ID cards sent by these fraudsters on the name of Army personnel as they are always fake and do not believe these fraudster that the amount will be returned once product is delivered. He has further advised the people to ask for the original documents/bills for the products of the article they intend to purchase, prior to paying any amount and don’t scan the QR codes sent by the OLX fraudsters for transfer money as those transactions are fraudulent one. Stating that Cyber Police Srinagar is continuously receiving complaints regarding Vishing (OTP Frauds) and OLX/Facebook scams, he said that during last two days Cyber Police Kashmir Zone saved Rs 130000 of the gullible people from the fraudsters and also blocked different fake bank account numbers which were involved in the commission of crime.
