Wardha. The government has recently started a campaign to give booster doses to elderly citizens who have completed 9 months after completing both the doses of Corona, but online fraud is being carried out under the guise of this campaign, for this the telephone call scam racket has become active. Cyber Police has given a call to avoid this type of fraud.
Corona vaccination campaign is being run on a war footing in the state, meanwhile, health workers, frontline workers and elderly citizens who have completed 9 months with both the vaccines of corona, such people are being given the third dose i.e. booster dose. Citizens have been called to register online for this, but taking advantage of this, the racket is being said to be active on the social site, after the Omicron variant of Corona, the government has announced to give booster doses. Free booster vaccination telephone call scam has started.
Provides vaccination information
The caller informs the citizen about the completion of both the vaccinations, after which to take them into confidence, they give information about the date and center of vaccination, after which are you interested in taking the third dose i.e. booster dose, it is asked that done for this Asks to register on a phone call so that you can get a booster dose in the month of January or February, it is said.
Then comes the OTP
Then an OTP number comes on the mobile, another call comes again to get it, as soon as the said OTP number is given, the amount is blown online from the bank account. When you get these types of phone calls, ignore them. Do not trust any unknown person. Register yourself online for the booster dose on the health department’s app itself. In case of doubt, the Cyber Police has appealed to contact the Cyber Cell of the Police.