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News India Live, Digital Desk: Online Banking Fraud in Digital India and OTP based fraud The incidents are continuously increasing. Fraudsters steal your hard-earned money by sending various types of fake and phishing messages.
In view of this increasing threat, India’s telecom regulator TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has now issued a very important and necessary New rule (New TRAI Rule on SMS) Has been applied. With this rule, it will become very easy to identify your OTP (One Time Password) coming from the bank or financial institution whether it is real or fake!
Identification of real and fake OTP by ‘one letter’!
The purpose of this rule of TRAI is only to increase the authenticity of OTP or transaction alert. New TRAI rules Under this, now all banks, financial institutions and even government departments will follow a special rule for sending their messages, which is ‘SMS Sender Identification’ They say.
What is this special change?
Now you will have access to messages coming from the bank or any official service provider. SMS Header Have to look carefully:
- Fake OTP: This type of messages from scammers. Unique Sender ID Or Capital ‘V’ letter required as per TRAI Will not be visible.
simple thing, Official and correct OTP or message will always come with Verified SMS Sender IDwhich cannot be deceived. it The easiest way to avoid bank fraud Is.
Check these two things also
Apart from this ‘V’ (or special character), note two more things to identify whether the OTP is real or fake:
- Wrong number: Bank to send OTP anytime Random does not use the normal 10 digit mobile number. They always use a specific SMS Gateway or TRAI-designated Sender-ID.
TRAI’s this new feature mobile fraud This is a very big step to control. So the next time you get an OTP or banking alert, look not just at the ‘number’, but SMS Header and his ‘A special letter’ But definitely pay attention.