cyberfraud
By Kaisar Andrabi In what could possibly be a movie script, scammers held a woman, a resident of Noida, under ‘digital arrest’ over a Skype call for an entire day by pretending to be cops. The result: they duped her of Rs 11 lakhs. On the morning of November 13, the woman received a call from the scammer who identified as a police officer from Mumbai. Reetu Yadav, in-charge of cyber crime police station Noida sector 36, where the woman eventually filed a complaint, narrated to Decode on how the events unfolded. The scammer told the woman that her Aadhaar card had been used to buy a SIM card, w...
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By Titha Ghosh Harshita had planned to fly to Varanasi for Diwali. But as is usual during the festival season, hotels were either all booked up or not within a suitable range. That is until she came across the ‘MyTravaly’ website. From the looks of it, the website resembled other travel companies. There were reviews from customers, an assortment of hotels to pick from and community posts that talked about traveller’s journeys. In a rush to have something ahead of time, Harshita went ahead with a package deal of hotels worth Rs. 23,000. The process was smooth and there seemed to be no scope for...
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By Hera Rizwan Devendrasinh Gohil, a resident of Rajkot and owner of Dealing Beneficial Financial Services Pvt. Ltd, discovered the fraudulent scheme when he received a frantic call from a distressed woman in Mumbai, pleading for mercy. The woman, who was in tears, said that she had borrowed a little amount of money through CandyCash, a loan app apparently run under Gohil’s company name, but was unable to return the enormous interest she had been charged. She showed her desperation, threatening to commit suicide if the harassment continued. Gohil reassured her that he did not run a mobile app ...
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By Hera Rizwan India has the highest number of people who fell victim to AI-generated voice scams, a study titled 'Beware the Artificial Impostor' by McAfee has found. About 83% of Indians have lost money to such scams, the report said. Additionally, 69% of Indians are not confident if they could identify the cloned AI voice meant for scamming, from the real human voice. Amidst the increasing cybercrimes exploiting AI, attackers are now using AI-based voice technology to defraud people. The recent study conducted by global computer security software McAfee found that fraudsters are using Artif...
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By Surbhi Sharma A woman in Arizona received a call from an unknown number recently. When she picked it up, she heard her daughter's voice who was sobbing and crying for help. A man on the other end said that her daughter has been kidnapped and demanded a ransom. A few minutes later, it was found that her daughter was safe and it was all part of an AI phone scam, faking her daughter's kidnapping. Recounting the terrifying experience, the woman said, "It was completely her voice. That’s the freaky part that really got me to my core." This is just one example of how powerful, well-equipped and t...
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By Hera Rizwan OpenAI’s ChatGPT has taken the world by storm with its potential to generate content and conversational responses to users' queries, since its launch in November 2022. However, cybercriminals are now exploiting the AI chatbot to commit cyber fraud. Kaspersky researchers have recently found a counterfeit ChatGPT desktop programme that contains malware that can steal users' social media login credentials. Kaspersky provides cybersecurity and anti-virus services and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia. It is operated by a holding company in the United Kingdom. According to the cyber...
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