Fraud is happening by creating fake websites, government told how to identify real and fake
Recently, the government has issued a warning regarding fraud taking place through fake websites. Scammers steal people’s information by creating fake websites of educational institutions and platforms like DigiLokcer. After this they commit fraud. Scammers have access to people’s Aadhaar card, driving license, voter ID, e-mail address, phone number information.
MeitY has issued an advisory regarding this and warned students to beware of fake websites. The advisory issued from the handle of Digital India on This fake website is misleading people and stealing their personal information, including OTP.
How to identify real or fake website?
Most fake websites look exactly like the real website, which is difficult for most people to identify. If you are not tech savvy then you will not be able to identify this type of website. However, for this you need to pay attention to some basic things, which will help you know whether the website is real or fake.
- First check the URL. If the URL of any website seems strange to you, then immediately become alert. Hackers try to use a URL similar to the original website. However, if the same domain is not available, they use any URL.
- Apart from this, instead of directly clicking any link searched on Google, you type the URL. You should avoid clicking such suspicious links.
- Keep Google Play Protect on to prevent fake apps from being downloaded to your phone. By doing this, fake apps will not be downloaded on your phone.
- Always enter your personal information on the official website only. Always try to type the website URL for the official domain.
- If the URL of a website starts with “https//”, then only it will be considered a secure website.
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