Big loot is being done in the name of traffic fines, identify fake SMS from transport and save your hard earned money.

News India Live, Digital Desk: Nowadays, we all spend most of our time with our phones, and fraudsters are taking advantage of this. Has it ever happened to you that suddenly the phone rings and a message appears that “Your challan of Rs 1000 has been deducted, click on this link to make payment now”? Anyone can get nervous at first and in this nervousness we click on the link without thinking. But wait, this may prove costly for you.

Actually, cyber criminals are sending fake messages similar to the name of ‘Transport Department’. The link inside these messages takes you to a fake website that looks like the real one. As soon as you enter your card details or UPI PIN there, your entire account may become empty.

Now the question arises that how do we identify whether the message is real or fake?

The first thing is that such strange links for making payment are never given in government messages which ‘bit.ly’ Or ‘tinyurl’ As if. Always at the end of government websites ‘.gov.in’ It is applied. Secondly, the original challan message must contain part of your vehicle number, engine number and chassis number. If the message contains only threatening language and is being asked to make immediate payment, then understand that there is something dark in the story.

The safest way is that if you really think that your challan will be deducted, then instead of going to any link, go directly to Google. ‘e-Challan Delivery’ Search the official government site of. Go there and enter your vehicle number, if there is actually a challan then it will be visible there and from there you can also make a secure payment.

A little advice while leaving: Show such messages to your elders and friends too, because they are often not so aware about digital payments and these new tricks. A small alert from you can save someone’s hard-earned money.