KATHMANDU:- The Nepal Police Cyber Bureau has urged one and all to adopt caution, citing that cases of stealing money from bank accounts have been increasing in recent periods.

A press release issued on Tuesday by the Bureau Spokesperson, Superintendent of Police Dilip Kumar Giri, mentioned that unidentified and criminal gangs have been using new techniques of cheating targeting mobile users.

Such gangs have been found sending messages from different mobile numbers using names similar to various services, including ‘Connect IPS, reads the statement. The message says ‘Your bank account has been locked’ and asks the account holders for ‘access reason’ to regain access, as well as different suspicious links are sent for this.

The Bureau shared that once the users click those links, the gangs collect personal details and steal a large amount of money by gaining unauthorised access to bank accounts. The Bureau has given some important suggestions to be protected from such cybercrimes.

It has been requested not to click suspicious links, to use authorised websites and apps for banking transactions, not to share banking details to other, to inform the police, cyber bureau and concerned banks if any suspicious activities take place.

Awareness and caution are major measures to stay safe in the context where the risk of cybercrime is increasing day by day, the Bureau has said.