Scammers in guise of Anganwadi workers: Cops

The state police have advised people against disclosing their bank and personal details to scammers who are duping pregnant women by posing as Anganwadi workers.

The scammers lure gullible women into sharing their personal and financial information. They will then ask for one-time password (OTP) and get access of the bank details, after which they will dupe women of their money.

Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Cybercrime, Mohit Chawla said there had been a surge in the number of such complaints.

“The Anganwadi workers neither call anyone and nor seek their bank account details from people,” he added. “If anyone receives a phone call in which the caller claims to be an Anganwadi worker and tries to extract personal and financial information, the person should immediately inform the police,” he said.

The police official said to get any information regarding the Anganwadi workers, the people should either visit the official website or contact local Anganwadi centre.

The DIG advised the people to refrain from sharing personal as well as financial information to unknown callers and, if possible, desist from taking calls from unknown numbers.

He said the people in case of fraud, the affected person should contact cybercrime helpline at 1930.