Bhubaneswar Crime Branch advises against online KYC fraud

BHUBANESWAR: The Crime Branch on Wednesday advised bank customers in the State not to click on any link received via SMS or email for updating their KYC. Clicking on these phishing links could lead to loss of your personal and confidential information, it cautioned through its Twitter handle.

In the last four months, the Cyber help desk of Bhubaneswar urban police district has received maximum fraud calls related to updating KYC for debit/credit cards. “Out of the total fraud complaints received by the Cyber help desk, at least 50 per cent were related to links seeking updating of KYC. Customers should remain alert,” said Bhubaneswar DCP Umashankar Dash.