Paytm KYC Fraud
Beware of Fraudulent SMS & Calls about KYC suspension or expiration, Account Block and Fake Rewards! June 20, 2020 Security If you have received any SMS stating: A. Your Paytm KYC has expired B. Or it needs to be renewed C. Or your account will be blocked in 24 hours Please do not trust these communications. These are fraudsters attempting to get your details and defraud you of your hard-earned money. In case, somebody calls you to download any app such as QuickSupport or Anydesk etc to complete or renew your KYC, please do not download such apps as they could be used by fraudsters to take over your Paytm account and steal money from you. Fraudsters have been randomly targeting people by sending scary SMS threatening them their Paytm account would be blocked or KYC will expire etc and asking them to call on a particular number provided in the SMS to resolve the situation. Post which they use two tactics to defraud genuine gullible customers. In the first tactic, they would pretend ...