Hyderabad cybercrime police warn citizens against sharing OTPs

With incidents of cyber fraud on the rise, the Hyderabad Cybercrime Police has cautioned citizens against sharing One-Time Passwords (OTPs) under any circumstances.

Police said fraudsters were using phone calls, text messages, WhatsApp chats, fake customer care numbers and phishing websites to deceive people into revealing OTPs, leading to unauthorised access to bank accounts, digital wallets and online



platforms.

“Scammers often pose as bank officials, customer care executives, delivery agents, or job and loan facilitators to create urgency and extract OTPs,” Cybercrime officials said, adding that in several cases, victims are also being tricked through fake UPI collect requests, online refund offers and SIM swap frauds.

Citizens have been advised to ignore unknown calls or messages seeking OTP.