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Scammers targeting users while they file income tax return, beware of new tax SMS scam
- Scammers are taking advantage of the ongoing Income Tax Return completion process in India to target bank account holders through fake text messages that appear to be from popular Indian banks.
- These fraudulent messages claim that the recipient's bank account will be blocked and ask them to update their PAN and AADHAR card information on their accounts.
- The messages also include a link to download an Android Package (APK) file, which, if installed, looks like the real bank application and tricks users into entering their banking details in the fake app.
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Work-from-home scams are rising in India, 100 victims lose Rs 2.5 crore to scammers
- The prevalence of online scams in India is causing significant financial losses and emotional distress for unsuspecting individuals, with victims collectively losing over 2.5 crore rupees to scammers.
- Scammers often use social media to lure victims into fraudulent schemes involving fake crypto trading platforms.
- Victims can protect themselves by verifying the authenticity of offers, being skeptical of unsolicited messages, protecting personal information, being cautious of crypto-related schemes, and reporting suspicious activities.
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Don't download this app on phone: IRCTC issues warning to customers
- IRCTC issued a public advisory not to download the suspicious 'irctcconnect.apk' app sent through messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram.
- The app is harmful, can infect the phone and leak sensitive data. Fraudsters impersonate IRCTC officials to get personal info, including UPI and credit/debit card details.
- Users should only download the official 'IRCTC Rail Connect' app from Google Play or Apple Store and should not share sensitive information with anyone claiming to be from IRCTC.
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Govt shares pic of camera over billing counter at Delhi mall
- Cyber Dost, a Twitter handle managed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, has posted a warning message on its account.
- The message urges people to protect their PIN while using ATM or POS machines and to check for nearby cameras before entering their PIN or OTP.
- The warning was accompanied by a picture of a camera installed over a billing counter in a store at a mall in Delhi.
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Employee receives WhatsApp message from ‘CEO’ in latest startup scam
- A Twitter user has warned of a new type of scam that involves text messages sent to employees pretending to be the CEO of their company.
- Shikhar Saxena, an employee of Meesho, received a WhatsApp message from a con artist pretending to be the founder and CEO of Meesho, Vidit Aatrey.
- The scammer asked Saxena to make a purchase on Paytm for a client, promising to reimburse him later, and asked Saxena to confirm if he could make the purchase.
- Saxena shared a screenshot of the exchange on Twitter to warn others about the scam, and many people in the comments section shared similar experiences with scam messages.
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Woman lost over ₹8 lakh in work-from-home online scam
- A woman from Karnataka was allegedly cheated of more than ₹ 8 lakh in a work-from-home scam involving a YouTube channel subscription.
- The victim subscribed to two YouTube channels for which she was promised ₹ 50 per subscription. Later, she was asked to share her Telegram ID.
- The person who posed as an assistant manager of HR, Aidnet Global Marketing Company, promised the victim that she would earn profits by completing assigned tasks.
- The victim alleged that she was cheated of ₹ 8.20 lakh via these tasks and filed a complaint with the police.
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Fake D-Mart, Big Basket websites used to scam crores of rupees, 6 arrested
- Noida Police arrested six members of a cyber gang for creating fake websites of D-Mart, Big Basket, and Big Bazaar and duping people of crores of rupees.
- The gang offered products at discounted rates and gained information about buyers' credit/debit cards during payment to fraudulently withdraw money from their bank accounts.
- The arrested members are residents of Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar and have duped people from Delhi NCR area and other parts of the country.
- The police have seized laptops, mobile phones, debit cards, cash, and a car from the gang and filed an FIR against them under relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act.
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Hacker steals reporters identity and $10,000 through SIM Swap
- A hacker stole Insider senior reporter Avery Hartmans' phone number and identity while she was on vacation in New York.
- The hacker used a SIM swap to gain control of Hartmans' phone number and proceeded to rack up $10,000 on her credit card.
- The identity theft was made possible due to the negligence of companies and officials who were supposed to prevent it.
- The SIM swap did not require the hacker to physically steal Hartmans' SIM card.
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Fraudsters dupe Gurugram firm of Rs 35 lakh by tampering payment gateway
- Parviom Technologies, based in Gurugram, allegedly suffered a loss of ₹35 lakh in a cyber fraud incident targeting its online payment gateway system.
- The company's National Head of Operations, Ankit Rawat, stated in his complaint that the firm uses services of Cashfree and unauthorised access to the systems resulted in 35 UPI transactions and the money being transferred to different bank accounts.
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Massive data breach of 16.8 crore citizen, gang arrested
- Cyberabad Police discovered a data breach involving sensitive data of government organizations, defense personnel, and 16.8 crore citizens.
- The accused were found selling over 140 categories of information including defense personnel details and mobile numbers of citizens and NEET students.
- Seven data brokers were arrested from Delhi who operated through three companies in Noida and other places.
- The data breach poses serious national security implications, with investigations ongoing to find out how it was leaked and who the insiders are.
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IRS-Criminal Investigations report reveals 3.2B in COVID-19 fraud cases
- The IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) has investigated 975 tax and money laundering cases related to Covid fraud, resulting in alleged fraud of $3.2 billion.
- 458 individuals have been indicted, and 236 individuals have been sentenced to an average of 37 months in federal prison with a nearly 100% conviction rate.
- Types of fraud cases include PPP fraud, EIDL fraud, and UI fraud, where scammers targeted COVID-related relief programs.
- IRS-CI is the criminal investigative arm of the IRS responsible for conducting financial crime investigations, boasting a more than 90% conviction rate.
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Scamsters using mobile payment application to con you; here's how
- Scammers have recently executed a bank KYC and PAN scam resulting in the theft of ₹1 crore from 81 Mumbaikars in just 16 days.
- A new kind of online bank fraud has emerged, where fraudsters send money through mobile payment applications and ask for repayment, leading to potential malware phishing and human engineering scam.
- Pavan Duggar, who is advocate at Supreme Court as well, told Mobile payment application users to ask the caller to come to nearest police station and receive its money instead of giving the money back to the sender.
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French parents could be jailed from sharing pictures of their children on social media
- French lawmakers passed a bill that allows courts to prohibit parents from posting images of their children on social media.
- The bill would allow courts to prohibit parents from posting images of their youngsters online, with both parents being held responsible for their children’s image rights.
- This aims to protect under-age children who have no voice to speak against the images shared online by their parents.
- Parents need to be aware of the risks involved and should set their settings to private and only share images with family and friends.
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