Cyber love scam otp honey trap up police safety alert How to Protect YouSelf 2025

Theater clips of the film ‘Saiyaara’ are now on social media. Somewhere people are becoming emotional, so love is being expressed, and many places are also fainting. On this, a X post of UP Police is also becoming increasingly viral. UP police says that real unconsciousness will come when OTP will be sought after ‘I Love You’ in the name of love and after that the bank account will be vacant.

UP Police wrote in its X post, “‘Scam from Saira’, Yara,” It was further written that people are fainting in theaters after seeing ‘Saira’ … but real unconscious will happen when ‘I love you’ will come after ‘I will come’.
And the balance of the account will show ₹ 0. “

Actually, the police are trying to warn the youth and the public with the fast growing scam nowadays. Cybercrime like online love scam and honey trapping remain a headache for the police. In today’s digital age, where relationships are now made on chats, Instagram DM and WhatsApp, such smart fraudsters are also active, who implicate people in a big trap in the name of false love and fake romance.

What is this love cybercrime?

Those who fraud in honey trapping bring themselves closer to the target person through attractive profiles, fake photos and emotional stories. Relationships become deep after some chatting, trust increases and then gradually the matter reaches personal information, photos, videos and then a financial request. The real shock seems to be when all the money of the victim is cleaned by making any request like “I Miss You”, “I Need Help” or “OTP tell” or “OTP”.

OTP Trap: The most dangerous cheating of the digital era

When many people share OTP, passwords, bank details due to the presser in a relationship or in friendship, the real fraud begins. Scams ask for an OTP, citing fake links, prizes or emergency on the user’s mobile number. People send OTP in sentimentality or in a hurry and the next moment their account gets empty.

How to avoid this?

• Immediately alert the message, link or OTP request received from an unknown person.
• If someone asks for bank details, UPI, password or OTP on the pretext of love or friendship, block immediately.
• Take care when having a relationship on dating apps, social media or chat.
• Fake profiles, sudden emotional drama, quick online money demand, are all alarm bells.
• Do not hurry to share digital physical meetings or personal photo-videos.
• Never share financial details, personal photos, home addresses or sensitive information with anyone.
• Check every link or call that comes in online friendship or affair.
• Many times fake customer care, police officer or bank employees also ask for OTP.

If you have been victims…

If you have such a cyber fraud with you, do not panic, you can immediately file a complaint on the 1930 helpline or www.cybercrime.gov.in. The sooner you report, the more chances to recover the account or save money. Keep all your details, such as chat screenshots, call history, transaction details safe so that it can help in the investigation.