News India Live, Digital Desk: There is a very important news for more than 50 lakh central employees and 69 lakh pensioners waiting for the 8th Pay Commission. Taking advantage of your curiosity, cyber fraudsters have woven a new and dangerous web of fraud. Cyber Wing of Home Ministry ‘Cyber Friend’ has issued a big alert regarding a fake mobile app.
What is ‘Salary Calculator’ Scam?
These days on social media and WhatsApp “8th CPC Salary Calculator” A message named is becoming increasingly viral. It is being claimed in this message that through this app, employees can calculate their increased salary and arrears after the implementation of the 8th Pay Commission.
Thugs have launched this app on Google Play Store instead of APK file (Side-loading link) Sending as. As soon as an employee clicks on this link and installs the app, complete control of his phone goes to the hackers.
How does this dangerous app work?
According to cyber experts, this app becomes active in the background as soon as it is installed in the phone and steals the following sensitive information:
OTP Access: Fraudsters read the bank OTP received on your phone without your knowledge.
Banking Details: Passwords and net banking information saved in the phone get stolen.
Data Theft: Hackers get access to your contacts, gallery and messages.
What did the government say?
The government has clarified that the Finance Ministry or any government department has not launched any official app to calculate the 8th Pay Commission. Official suggestions for 8th Pay Commission only Requests have been made through the website only. Any APK file or WhatsApp link is completely fake.
How to protect yourself from fraud?
Avoid unknown links: Do not download any unknown link or file received on WhatsApp or Telegram.
Use Play Store only: Use only the official Google Play Store or Apple App Store to install any app.
Factory Reset: If you have accidentally installed such an app, immediately turn off your internet, change the banking password and turn off the phone. Factory Reset Do it.
Register complaint: In case of any kind of cyber fraud, immediately call the national helpline number. 1930 Call at.
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