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15,000 Indians duped of over Rs 700 crore in Google Review, YouTube Videos likes Scam

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 Editor

“Highly paid software professionals” are among at least 15,000 Indians victims of a recently busted cryptowallet investment fraud worth over Rs 700 crore that was run by Chinese operators, Hyderabad Police Commissioner CV Anand said on Monday. According to officials, victims were tasked with simple assignments, like liking YouTube videos or writing Google reviews and were remunerated upon completion. The Hyderabad police on Saturday announced the detection of a cryptowallet investment fraud amounting to Rs 712 crore by Chinese operators. In connection with this case, nine people have been arrested…

Kerala Man Loses Rs 40,000 in Sophisticated AI-Based ‘Deepfake Scam’

July 20, 2023 Editor

Day by day, as the digital world continues to expand, cyberscams and frauds are also keeping pace with technology and thus rising. And with artificial intelligence (AI) being the latest craze in the tech world, fraudsters are funding new ways to use it to their benefit. One such case has recently come to light. PS Radhakrishnan, a resident of Kozhikode in Kerala, lost Rs 40,000 after cybercriminals used deep fake AI technology and posed as a former colleague in a WhatsApp video call and sought money for his sister’s surgery.…

Pune-Based Company Falls Victim to New Email Scam, Loses Rs 22 Lakh

July 20, 2023 Editor

Emails are an essential part of professional communications and also serve as an identification address. Therefore, to ensure that communication is encrypted and safe, it is always important to verify the email ID. Otherwise, you might end up facing cyber attacks, such as scams. This is exactly what happened to a Pune-based engineering supplies firm, which reportedly lost 24,000 EUROS after failing to notice a single letter change in the email address they were supposedly in contact with for business. According to a recent case reported by The Indian Express,…

Online Scam Alert: Man Loses Rs 40 Lakh After Receiving Rs 150 for Liking YouTube Videos

July 17, 2023 Editor

The work-from-home scam has become comman way for scammers to cheat people. In the past few months, thousands of individuals have lost lakhs after falling for the lucrative offer of working and earning extra money from home. Cases are being reported from all around the country. Recently, a man from Moraiya, Ahmedabad became the victim of this online scam and ended up losing Rs 40 lakh to scammers. In a recently reported case by TOI, Devang Chauhan who works as a 3D designer lost Rs 40 lakh after falling for…

Artificial Intelligence Voice Cloning Scam: A Growing Concern

June 11, 2023June 11, 2023 Editor

What is an AI voice cloning scam? An AI voice cloning scam is a type of scam in which criminals use artificial intelligence to create a convincing replica of someone’s voice. This can be done with as little as three seconds of audio. The criminal then uses the cloned voice to make phone calls, send text messages, or create other types of communications that appear to be from the victim. How does an AI voice cloning scam work? There are a number of different ways that AI voice cloning scams…

Lost Your Mobile Phone? Register Complaint on CEIR for Quick Action and Recovery

April 11, 2023 Editor

If a mobile is stolen or lost, the users have to register the complaint on a portal and inform C-Department of Telecommunication through helpline number 14422. Thus, the central government will now help the users to find and block the lost or stolen mobile phone through IMEI verification. Department of telecommunications, Government of India has launched the new website named Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR), allowing users to quickly lodge a complaint on a lost electronic gadget with an IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number such as a smartphone at…

5th time in a row, India tops world in Internet Shutdowns : Report

March 1, 2023 Editor

Out of 187 internet shutdowns globally recorded by Access Now, 84 took place in India, including 49 in Jammu and Kashmir. India imposed by far the highest number of internet shutdowns in the world in 2022, internet advocacy watchdog Access Now said on Tuesday, as the country topped the list for the fifth successive year. Out of 187 internet shutdowns globally recorded by Access Now, 84 took place in India, including 49 in Jammu and Kashmir, the New York-based digital rights advocacy group said in a report published on Tuesday.…

Sextortion & Obscenity: The case of unknown video calls in Kashmir, Modus operandi & Precautions

November 10, 2021 Editor

Sextortion or obscene video-calling scam has become a new malady for money-minting in Kashmir. Nude video call trick to extort money; fraudsters blackmail WhatsApp users in India By Bhat Yasir Aijaz Baba was sitting with his family one fall day this year when an unknown number rang his cellphone. It was a WhatsApp video call he often receives from his friends and acquaintances. He unwittingly received it and saw darkness with occasional blinking of light in the background. It seemed as if someone was calling him from a dark room. He…

WhatsApp Without Internet: WhatsApp testing new prototype that will allow sending and receiving messages without internet

November 9, 2021 Editor

WhatsApp is testing a new feature that allows users to link their account to a second device and continue sending and receiving messages without having to connect it to the primary smartphone over the Internet. This new feature came into force for users of the WhatsApp application, after activating the latest updates of the application on phones running “iOS” or “Android”, according to the “GSM Arena” website. Previously, the user had to ensure that their primary smartphone was still connected to the Internet before any conversations could be carried out…