The Uttar Pradesh government, led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has started a program to educate girls in council schools about cybercrime prevention.
The effort, which was started as part of its Mission Shakti program’s fifth phase, intends to provide Council schoolgirls the skills and information they need to defend themselves against the increasing risks of scams and cybercrime.
Ten key cyber scams are being explained to the kids, including digital arrests, fake phone calls, scams posing as KYC updates, and parcel hold-up frauds. According to experts, these scams can impact people of all ages; therefore, students are encouraged to warn their families about the risks in addition to protecting themselves.
He further stated that they are being urged to inform people in their immediate vicinity about these dangers.
The TRAI phone scam, parcel fraud, digital arrests, credit card fraud, social media trading scams, banking data scams, and KYC-related scams are just some of the scams that the state government wants girls attending Council schools to be aware of. Scammers, for instance, pretend to be connected to TRAI and threaten to cancel services by mentioning illicit activity involving the cell phone.
Girls are also being told that TRAI doesn’t engage in these kinds of activities; instead, telecom firms do. They are also urged to report such situations right away and to be wary of calls requesting money under the guise of packages being delayed.
Students are also being warned to be on the lookout for scammers who pose as real police officers and try to trick them by threatening them with online inquiries or digital arrests, as the police do not use these kinds of digital operations.
Additionally, scammers call and say they can verify huge transactions with fictitious credit cards, telling victims to get in touch with their bank right away for confirmation. Since the majority of quick-profit schemes on social media are fake, it is imperative to exercise caution when viewing them. Additionally, students are cautioned against answering calls that ask for personal information under the guise of KYC updates.
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