9 Tips To Keep Your Aadhaar Card Safe From Frauds In India

It is a well-known fact that digital fraud is on the rise in India. Fraudsters have developed new and sophisticated methods to cheat people of their hard-earned money, and the growing threat is also making it difficult to secure national identities like Aadhaar and others.

Here we tell you about the most important steps you can take to protect yourself from scams that use your Aadhaar data to carry out their operations.

These consist of a few must-dos and a few things you need to be careful about at all costs, and it goes without saying that practicing good digital hygiene can protect you from most threats.

What you should do:

1. You can lock Aadhaar biometric authentication to secure your information and prevent malicious parties from using it to perform various tasks that can cause you losses.
2. Delete copies of Aadhaar card from other computers that do not belong to you and keep digital copies safe.
3. Make sure your latest available mobile number is linked with your Aadhaar details.
4. If you suspect fraud or identity theft, report it to the authorities afterwards.
5. Track your Aadhaar usage on the UIDAI website to track where your identification is being used.

What not to do:

1. Never share your Aadhar number with random people who ask for it during delivery and verification. If you have to share, share a disguised Aadhar card that hides all your details.
2. If someone claiming to be a government official, bank employee etc contacts you to ask for OTP, never share anything with them. no official representative would ever ask for it.
3. Avoid sharing Aadhaar cards on social media and with random people. This can lead to identity theft and has been a major contributor to the fake army officer scam, which works by earning the trust of unsuspecting victims by sharing official Aadhaar cards of genuine army/police/CISF officers.
4. Do not log into the UIDAI portal on random, vulnerable computer systems. These can store your login details and can later be used to access your Aadhaar details and of course get your sensitive information for security.