Nowadays, some payment app is available in everyone’s phone. Google Pay is a very popular app among these payment apps.
It is easy to use and it is connected to UPI, so money is deducted directly from your account and received in the same. Google Pay is a very good app in itself but another app present in your phone can spoil your work. This is screen sharing app.
Due to screen sharing app, you may have to give and take. Fraudsters take advantage of this app to enter your phone. Google itself has warned its users in this regard. Google has said that people who use their app should avoid downloading or using any third party screen sharing app. If you are going to use Google Pay app and there is any screen sharing app present in your phone, then first make sure that that app is not running. Google has said that if it is not necessary then remove such apps from your phone immediately.
How screen sharing app is used in fraud:
Through screen sharing app, any fraudster takes control of your phone. After this, he keeps an eye on any transaction taking place on the phone. When you enter in your bank account or UPI app, they instantly transfer your funds somewhere else. Since you are entering the PIN of your account yourself, the fraudster does not face any problem in entering your UPI.
Examples of screen sharing apps:
Even if no one has heard anything about these apps before, when work from home started during the Corona period, the use of screen sharing apps had increased a lot. Now this app has become quite common in people’s phones or laptops. Screen sharing apps like Screen Share, AnyDesk and TeamViewer have become quite popular.
