Police asks public not to fall prey to online frauds

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMay 7, 2021

The state police on Friday issued an advisory requesting the public not to fall prey to tricks adopted by online fraudsters to extract money in the name of COVID-19 Relief Fund.

East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police (SP) Sylvester Nongtnger informed that there are URLS (sites) that are being circulated on social media platforms by fraudsters for extracting money from the general public in the name of COVID 19 Relief Fund.

“It is hereby advised to the public not to fall prey to such tricks by online fraudsters,” he said.

The pages of some of these online frauds are http://bit.ly/COVID19_SUPPORT-FUND which read:-

CONGRATULATIONS

To receive the Covid-19 Relief Fund provided by the Federal Government. [1]

[1] Answer the following three questions to Continue!

Question 1 of 3: Choose Your Age Range?

15-30

30-40

40-Above

 Another one is http://p8knz.wevidi.com/jp/1620366006.html

It also read:-

Congratulations!

Today, you will have the opportunity to get a COVID-19 financial aid plan : New Coronavirus Outbreak Relief Fund of INR50,000 to 100,000 rupee.

In response to the global new crown epidemic relief plan, we choose 10,000 people every day to give them a chance to get cash!

You only have 4 minutes 51 seconds to answer this survey!

Hurry up, the amount of cash is limited!

Question 1 of 4: are you male or female?