Started in China in 2016, scamsters target gullible people, build trust over time and convince them to invest in cryptocurrency or some other lucrative scheme and steal their money, says MHA
In this nefarious fraud, fraudsters/hackers manipulate and divert calls and messages of victims to specific numbers to obtain OTPs and then log into their WhatsApp accounts.
The complainant who requested anonymity told police that he saw an advertisement on a social media platform which was offering almost 75 per cent discount on purchase of four items.
A professional Yoga trainer lost Rs 94,998 from her account in just 20 minutes. She filed a complaint with the Ashiana police station and approached the cybercrime unit of Lucknow police for assistance.
Police said, the caller informing the complainant that his debit card and other bank account details need to be updated in the bank records, asked for credentials including the OTP
Hyderabad: A gang of 10 persons, who posted advertisements on a popular e-commerce portal and conned people, were arrested here on Monday. The arrested were identified as Nisar Ahmed, Arif, Suhan, Azhar, Mohd Shahed, Shareef Khan, Sohail, Wasem, Rahul and Barkat. “All the persons are from the Alwar district of Rajasthan and were well versed […]
Police said Pandit and his associates send bulk SMSes to customers saying that the mobile phone network service they were using would get expired within 24 hours
According to the police, the techie, who works for a US-based software firm, recently received a message on WhatsApp from an unknown number, which had his friend’s display picture.
After befriending victims on social media platforms including Facebook, they would move into chatting via WhatsApp and other apps, and using different stories, including sending costly gifts, siphon off huge amounts from the victims.
