The Satellite That Isn’t There: Inside the Fake Internet Scheme Quietly Hijacking Phones Across India By: Javid Amin | 27 July 2026 There is a particular kind of confidence trick that works precisely because it promises to solve a problem everyone actually has. Millions of Indian households, especially outside major cities, genuinely struggle with slow, patchy, or non-existent broadband. So when an advertisement appears showing a satellite dish perched on a picture-perfect hillside home, promising internet “anywhere in India — from cities to villages,” with no fiber and no cable…
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