Precautions against cyber criminals:-
1. They often create fake social media profile to befriend potential victims for obtaining their confidential or personal data or gain trust to cause harm in due course.
2. Be careful of online friend requests that you accept.
3. Do not trust online friends, unless you know them and can trust them in real life.
4. Be careful while accepting friend request from strangers on social media, as it could be a trap to cause harm later.
5. Ensure that your personal information, photos and videos, if posted on social media, are accessible only to your trusted ones.
6. Select “privacy settings” on social media accordingly.
7. Don't share your sensitive personal details, such as address, phone number, Aadhaar number, photo, date of birth etc., on social media, as it makes it easier for a stalker to misuse such details to harass you.
8. Be cautious on tiny URLs (appearing like http://tiny.cc/ba1j5y), and don’t click on it as it may take you to a malware infected website.
9. Don't respond to emails like foreign lottery service, offers of money from unknown persons, or requests to transfer funds for a share of the money.
10. These are likely to be false offers to cheat; delete such emails.
1. They often create fake social media profile to befriend potential victims for obtaining their confidential or personal data or gain trust to cause harm in due course.
2. Be careful of online friend requests that you accept.
3. Do not trust online friends, unless you know them and can trust them in real life.
4. Be careful while accepting friend request from strangers on social media, as it could be a trap to cause harm later.
5. Ensure that your personal information, photos and videos, if posted on social media, are accessible only to your trusted ones.
6. Select “privacy settings” on social media accordingly.
7. Don't share your sensitive personal details, such as address, phone number, Aadhaar number, photo, date of birth etc., on social media, as it makes it easier for a stalker to misuse such details to harass you.
8. Be cautious on tiny URLs (appearing like http://tiny.cc/ba1j5y), and don’t click on it as it may take you to a malware infected website.
9. Don't respond to emails like foreign lottery service, offers of money from unknown persons, or requests to transfer funds for a share of the money.
10. These are likely to be false offers to cheat; delete such emails.