Meesho Scam: In today’s time, cases of online scams are increasing rapidly, scammers are inventing new tricks every day to defraud people. In such a situation, it is our responsibility to protect ourselves from such scammers and protect our hard-earned money from falling into the hands of these fraudsters. Today in this story we are going to tell you about one such scam. So let us know about this scam in detail.
All work is being done with the help of smartphone: At present, all the work is being done with the help of smartphone, whether it is bill payment or shopping, all the work is being done with the help of smartphone. Now your bank account is also linked to your smartphone. In such a situation, it becomes even more important for you to remain alert. Your one mistake can ruin you completely.
Are you also a Meesho user?: We all know about the online shopping platform Meesho and have used it at some point in time. In such a situation, if you are also a Meesho user then this news is going to prove very useful for you. Let us tell you that currently a new scan has started on Meesho. The fraudsters involved in this scam are duping the users by promising them free Maruti cars.
They are laying the trap like this: To defraud, these fraudsters first send a form and scratch card to any online shopping customer at their home address. This scratch card is being given to the user in the form of a prize envelope. In this form present inside the envelope, they are being told that they have won this prize worth lakhs of rupees.
Asked to fill the form: To get the reward, customers are being asked to fill all their details in that form. In this form you will also get to see the customer care number. If you call on this then the information about this lucky draw will be told correct.
QR Code Scan: Customers are also asked to scan a QR code with their smartphone. Customers are told that if they do not do so quickly, the prize will be given to someone else.
There will be loss as soon as you scan: As soon as any user scans this QR code given in the name of Meesho, the user’s Google Pay and phone pay all get hacked. After this the user gets a message that the bank account is empty.
How to avoid scams: If you also want to avoid such scams, then do not scan any QR code without thinking. Avoid clicking on any unknown link and if there is any news related to the reward, then first verify it from the official Twitter handle of the company.