A message or call looks like a scam Home › Playbooks› A message or call looks like a scam Published by sandeep Urgency is the scammer’s main tool. Nothing genuine is ruined by a ten minute pause.Do not click any link, and do not call back. A real bank, courier or government office never asks for OTPs, PINs or passwords.Take a breath. Scammers manufacture hurry on purpose.Check the claim with the organisation directly, through its official website or app, never through the number in the message.Block the sender and report them on the platform itself.Report suspected fraud calls and SMS on sancharsaathi.gov.in, the Chakshu facility of the Department of Telecommunications.Warn your family group, especially elders. A scam described is a scam disarmed.