Cybercriminals constantly adopt new methods to rob people. While accessing the lounge at the airport, hackers robbed thousands of rupees from a woman's account. You will be shocked to know about this big cyber fraud that took place at Bengaluru airport. This can happen to anyone, so you need to be cautious or else it can lead to a situation of 'lack of caution leads to an accident'.

What is the matter?

A woman named Bhargavi Mani has told about this fraud that happened to her at the airport on the social media platform Instagram. The woman has asked to avoid such scams through a video message on Instagram. The woman named Bhargavi said in her video that while accessing the lounge at the international airport of Bengaluru, she was scammed of Rs 87,000 and she did not even have a clue about it.

The woman said that she was not getting a physical credit card to access the lounge at the airport, due to which she showed the photo of the credit card to an airport staff. The staff asked the woman to download an app through which the lounge pass would be generated. Trusting the airport staff, the woman downloaded the app on her phone. However, later the woman changed her decision to use the lounge and went to the coffee shop present there.

Incoming call blocked

After some time, the woman realized that there was no incoming call on her number. She thought that this could be due to a network problem. However, seeing the people present there using the phone, the woman felt that someone else was receiving the phone call instead of her. By the time the woman found out about this, Rs 87,000 had been transferred from her credit card account through PhonePe.

The woman said that the app suggested by the airport staff had malware i.e. virus, due to which scammers got access to her phone. The hackers were also accessing the OTP i.e. a one-time password used for transactions. After knowing this information, the woman reported to cybercrime and requested the bank to block the credit card.

How to avoid fraud?

The biggest reason for this fraud of the woman is sharing a copy of her credit card with the airport staff. After this, downloading the fake app suggested by the staff on the phone is also a big reason. The staff made the woman download a fake app. Through the app, hackers also got access to the sensitive information on the woman's phone. After this, the hackers diverted the calls and messages coming from the woman's smartphone and carried out this fraud. If you also want to avoid such frauds, then do not share your credit card, debit card, etc. information, or photos, etc. with anyone, and do not download any app suggested by anyone on the phone.