Aadhaar Card Scam: Avoid Big Fraud, Lock It Before It’s Too Late

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New Delhi: A new scam has landed in the market of frauds, where scammers have found a loophole in the Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS). The scam can lead your bank account to zero balance, without the scope of OTP authentication. No, you won’t even get SMS notification from the bank when your money is getting debited, which makes the scam even worse. In the fraud, the scammers use fingerprint details of the Aadhaar card users to steal their money, with the help of your Aadhaar Card number and name of bank where you have an account.

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Scammers steal Aadhaar card numbers from photocopy shops, cyber cafes, etc. and then stalk people to obtain their Bank name. To gain access to victim’s biometrics, fingerprint data is stolen from registry offices or other places. These fingerprints are then used to attempt transactions using AePS and at this stage, victim’s money gets stolen.

To be safe from scams like these, Aadhaar card users should lock their biometric data by using mAadhaar app or the UIDAI website. The Aadhaar card user’s biometric data is unlocked by default as AePS is enabled for all Aadhaar card holders by default. Follow these simple steps to lock your Aadhaar card biometrics through mAadhaar app.

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How to download mAadhaar app on your phone?

1. Open the Google Play Store for android users and App store for iPhone users in your mobile and install mAadhaar app.
2. To download mAadhaar app, allow the required permissions

1. Once, the mAadhaar application gets installed on your phone, set in a password for the app. (Note: Password is of 4 digits and all numerals)

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How to lock biometrics through mAadhaar app?

1. Open the mAadhaar application, and log in using your user id and password.
2. Click on profile on the application.
3. Tap on the Menu option, placed on the top right corner of the app
4. Click on the ‘Biometric Settings’ and tick the ‘Enable Biometric Lock’ option on the application.
5. Tap on ‘OK’ and an OTP will be sent to the mobile number registered in aadhaar
6. As soon as the OTP is entered, the biometric details will immediately get locked.