E-challan scam: How vehicle owners are being targetted via SMS and how to stay safe
Scammers are sending text messages that resemble e-challans sent by traffic police. As per NDTV, the fraudsters are sending text messages to the phones of vehicle owners. In May, a LocalCircles report stated that around 39 per cent of families surveyed claimed to have experienced financial fraud in the last three years. Only 24 per cent of them got their funds back The largest group of 23 per cent respondents in the survey indicated to have experienced credit or debit card fraud while 13 per cent indicated fraud by buying, selling and classified site users. As per the survey, 13 per cent were defrauded by websites taking money for products that were not delivered, 10 per cent indicated ATM card fraud, another 10 per cent indicated bank account fraud and 16 per cent mentioned other frauds.




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