Airtel CEO Vittal warns customers against cyber frauds

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel CEO (India, South Asia) Gopal Vittal has warned the telco’s 321 million plus subscribers against increased number of cyber frauds wherein the customer is duped into installing apps that can track all accounts installed in the device. Vittal also warned against frauds related to digital payments where a subscriber’s one-time password (OTP) and UPI details are accessed to make payments.

“With the growing second wave of the pandemic and lock downs in various parts of the country, there has been a massive increase in online transactions. Unfortunately, there has also been a corresponding increase in Cyber fraud,” Vittal said in a letter to Airtel’s subscribers on Thursday .