Offer Fraud: 62% of Indians are victims of fraud during festive season by luring them with lucrative

Offer Fraud: 62% of Indians are victims of fraud during festive season by luring them with lucrative offers, know the ways to avoid it.

 During the festive season, customers remain busy in shopping and do more shopping. They wait for the best offer on the product, or even the e-commerce company keeps waiting, but under the guise of this, there are some scammers who take full advantage of it, but many times. People get lured by deals, offers and gifts and get trapped in the web spread by these scammers.

 In a survey conducted by a software company in India, it was seen that in the year 2022, 62% people have become victims of online scams during the festive season and it has also been seen that scammers are super active during the festival. So for this, there are some tips by adopting which you can avoid wrong scanning. The fake website is designed to look like the real one in such a way that it looks more real than the real one, hence before making the online payment, check the website. Check the URL number.

 Be careful while purchasing from a new website.

 Nowadays, it is being seen every day that new e-commerce companies are opening, but during the festival season, new websites get promoted a lot. But there is a need to be careful because all these e-commerce platforms are not genuine and some are working only for the purpose of fraud. Through this website, the details of the product are shown one thing and are sent something else. People get trapped in their tricks the most because they lure them with long offers and discounts up to 80-90%.

Keep these things in mind while shopping from a new app/website.

 1. Do proper research about the company from which site you are shopping, such as how old the company is, what is its sales, turnover etc.

 2. To know whether any article or review has been written about the company on any authentic media platform. Or you can also check the rating of the app on App Store or Play Store and read reviews.

 3. Whenever you are ordering for the first time, keep the value of the first order minimum. Along with this, also read the reviews of the product carefully, and definitely read its return policy.

 4. If you are ever making payment by card, do not save the card details on the website or app.

 Identify fake products, be careful.

 Nowadays, incidents of fake products and fraud have increased during sales where it happens that fake goods that look exactly like the original are delivered. Anyone can be deceived after seeing these because they look exactly like the real products.

 Fraud through messages and links.

 Beware of fake delivery messages or calls, and fake links

 Sometimes it happens that a message related to delivery comes in which it is written that you have not paid the delivery charge and hence your packet is being sent back. A payment link is given along with the message, by clicking on such a link you get the option to pay Rs 200, so it is obvious that paying Rs 200 in exchange for the surprise packet does not seem like a big deal and you can make the payment. But by doing this you do not get anything because this is a message sent through a fraud company which has defrauded you of Rs 180 in the name of delivery charge.

Know some dates to avoid festive season fraud.

 First of all, do not click on unknown links and avoid suspicious delivery messages or calls, if you see any offer or deal, definitely check the URL of the website.

 If you receive a gift card or voucher via email, check the sender's email address. Also, check the seller's rating while purchasing the item. Always keep bank alerts on, if you are shopping from a new website for the first time then the payment mode should be cash on delivery.