Police caution public against fraudulent bids

SHILLONG, May 6: Police have cautioned the public against fraudulent attempts on various social media platforms as well as over phone calls.
In a statement, the East Khasi Hills Police informed that the scammers, sometimes impersonating as head of the department or employee of various institutions, convince the public to share their credentials and one-time passwords for ill motives.
“In order to gain the confidence of the victims, the fraudsters also put on the display picture of the said HOD/employee,” the statement said.
“Further, for financial fraud transaction, fraudsters circulate messages/call on the cell phone regarding updation of KYC and sometimes pretend as a customer care operators/representatives and ask the victims to install screen-sharing apps like Team Viewer, Quick Support, Any Desk etc,” it added.
In this regard, the police have asked the general public to abstain from entertaining such calls and messages, and not install any screen-sharing application. “Banks/E-Commerce entities etc never ask to install any third party applications for screen sharing,” the police said.