Aadhaar Fraud: How to prevent misuse of Aadhaar card details, Govt shares tips

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

UIDAI) has cautioned users about staying aware of fraudulent links and only clicking on genuine links of Aadhaar.
“#BewareOfFraudsters For any kind of information related to the Aadhaar Update, always trust the UIDAI official website ( http://uidai.gov.in), #mAadhaarApp and #myAadhaarPortal or official social media handles only," UIDAI posted on Twitter on September 6, 2023.

This cautionary tweet from UIDAI is very significant since there have been cases in the past in which people got scammed upon clicking on phishing links. What happened was that scamsters set identical-looking websites and conned people into thinking that their look-alike website was the real UIDAI website. This led to people revealing their sensitive information to the look-alike (phishing) website.

Cyber security experts advise that people should check the URL of the website that they are visiting. For example: UIDAI’s website URL is http://uidai.gov.in. So if someone forwards you a link like this http://uidai.gov.com or http://uidai.gov.org, etc. then you should know that these are not genuine URLs. Take time to read the entire URL including the extension (.gov.in, .com, .net, etc)

It should be noted that UIDAI periodically tries to alert users about staying aware of the correct links of UIDAI including its Android and iOS apps. In the mentioned tweet, UIDAI also included quick response (QR) codes for all its websites and Android and iOS apps.

Use your Aadhaar freely but be careful

“You should use your Aadhaar without any hesitation to prove your identity and do transactions, just like you use your bank account number, PAN card, debit card, credit card, etc., wherever required. What UIDAI has advised is that an Aadhaar card should be freely used for