Key Points:
- Fake messages in Allama Iqbal’s name claim that people are being given Rs13,000 or Rs5,000
- The messages arrive at night and carry links that can put bank accounts and personal information at risk
- An awareness alert asks people never to share identity information, bank details or an OTP with anyone
Fraudulent messages circulating in Allama Iqbal’s name are promising residents cash payments of Rs13,000 or Rs5,000.
According to a public awareness alert being shared among residents, the messages are received at night and claim that money is being given out in Iqbal’s name.
The alert addresses all friends and residents of the area directly and calls on them to treat the messages as a threat to their safety.
The alert says the messages are fake and that no resident should treat the promised payment as real.
The alert says the name of Allama Iqbal is being used on the messages and urges people to question any claim that arrives carrying it.
It says two sums are being used to draw people in, Rs13,000 in some messages and Rs5,000 in others.
It warns that the messages carry suspicious links and asks anyone who receives one not to click it.
The alert puts the warning plainly: no suspicious link is to be clicked, whatever the message promises.
It says such links may be phishing or fraud, through which a person’s account and personal information can be put at risk.
The alert warns that a person’s account and personal information are both put at risk the moment such a link is followed.
“Be careful, stay safe and keep others safe too.”
The alert asks people to guard their identity information and never to pass it to anyone who asks through such a message.
It says bank account details must also stay private, however convincing the message may look.
The alert also names the one-time password, the OTP, as something that must never be shared with anyone.
The alert says identity information, bank details and the OTP belong to their owner alone and are not to be given on the strength of a message.
The warning has been issued ahead of Iqbal Day, which falls on November 9, when the poet’s name is marked across the country.
The alert asks all friends to share this warning as widely as possible so that people of the area do not fall victim to online fraud.
It asks residents who have already received such a message to warn others about it instead of passing the link along.
The alert closes with a simple appeal to every reader: “Be careful, stay safe and keep others safe too.”
According to the alert, the only money in danger is that of the person who clicks the link and shares their details.
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