Delhi Police has safety tips for Google Pay, Paytm, other payment app users

According to reports, there has been an alarming rise in cybercrimes related to e-wallets and payment apps like Paytm, Google Pay etc. Paytm also recently cautioned its users about KYC fraud.

“Pls (please) don’t trust any SMS sent on blocking your Paytm account or suggestion to do a KYC. These are fraudsters…” said Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma in a social media post.

Google has also issued an advisory asking all their Google Pay users to keep their UPI PIN secret, download only trusted apps and only use Google Pay to speak to customer support if necessary.