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Beware of WhatsApp account hacking! Police raise fraud alert

26Jul

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Beware of WhatsApp account hacking! Police raise fraud alert

[ad_1] After complaints from a student and businessman were filed about a WhatsApp account hacking fraud, the Kolkata Police have warned the general public to be more careful when they are online. These scammers have come up with new tricks and the growing number of cyber scams has now become a big concern. In the digital age, it is increasingly difficult to identify if we are being scammed or if someone is watching us through our devices or whether they are planning to steal our money.The Kolkata Police have issued a warning to WhatsApp users about the latest scam. According to a Gadgets Now report, the scam started on Facebook Messenger, where the scammer impersonates someone and contacts their friends. The Kolkata Police shared the news from their Facebook handle with a screenshot sa...

Economic Offences Wing arrests man in Pune for running online ponzi scheme, defrauding thousands of people

3Apr

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Economic Offences Wing arrests man in Pune for running online ponzi scheme, defrauding thousands of people

[ad_1] The Economic Offences Wing, Bhubaneswar arrested an accused on March 30 from Pune for running an online ponzi scheme and defrauding thousands of people, said an official.According to the officials of EOW, the accused identified as Vishal Sakharam Utkar, a resident of Latur, Maharashtra was arrested from Mundwa, Pune following a complaint filed by Dibyajyoti Kar, a resident of Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The complainant in his complaint alleged that he got himself added to a WhatsApp group through a person identifying as the Manager of a company namely GETSO which was doing the business of crypto mining. Complaint Dibyajyoti was induced to invest with the company for getting high returns like 6 pc daily on the invested amount apart from daily withdrawal facility. An account wa...

Woman bank employee in Gurugram duped of ₹3 lakh over WhatsApp call

6Feb

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Woman bank employee in Gurugram duped of ₹3 lakh over WhatsApp call

[ad_1] A woman bank employee was duped of ₹3 lakh after a fraudster tricked her into believing that she was sending the money to a friend in distress, the Gurugram police said on Friday. The woman, a resident of Sector 43 of Gurugram, said she received a WhatsApp call Thursday from a number which had the display picture of her friend. "The audio was not clear on the WhatsApp call and soon after I got a message from his side that a tragedy had happened in his house and he needed monetary help. He sent two UPI IDs and asked me to transfer money. I transferred a total of ₹3 lakh in six transactions from my own account and that of my brother and sister," she said in her complaint. She realised that she had been duped when she made a normal call on his friend's number later and was...

Fake WhatsApp message dupes auto company of Rs. 1 crore; don’t let this horrible crime get you, just do this

19Sep

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Fake WhatsApp message dupes auto company of Rs. 1 crore; don’t let this horrible crime get you, just do this

[ad_1] An automobile company named JBM Group has been duped of Rs. 1 crore via fake WhatsApp messages. Here is all you need to know about this WhatsApp crime and how to stay safe. WhatsApp is now increasingly being used by fraudsters to carry out horrific crimes. Earlier this month it was reported that fraudsters duped Serum Institute of Rs. 1 crore by sending WhatsApp messages posing as CEO Adar Poonawalla. And now as per the latest reports, an automobile company named JBM Group was allegedly duped of over Rs. 1 crore by a fraudster who sent fake WhatsApp messages to the firms chief financial officer Vivek Gupta in the name of its vice chairman and got the money transferred in seven bank accounts. As per the information, t...

WhatsApp fraud ALERT! Andhra Pradesh woman duped of Rs. 21 lakhs through message link

24Aug

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WhatsApp fraud ALERT! Andhra Pradesh woman duped of Rs. 21 lakhs through message link

[ad_1] A woman from Andhra Pradesh recently lost Rs. 21 lakhs from her bank account due to a WhatsApp fraud. Here’s what happened. In a bizarre turn of events on August 22, a woman was duped of Rs. 21 lakhs from her bank account after she received a link on WhatsApp from an unknown number. The woman, named Varalakshmi, is a retired teacher and a resident of Annamayya district in Andhra Pradesh. She lost Rs. 21 lakhs from her bank account due to the WhatsApp fraud, according to the local police.Varalakshmi received a link on her WhatsApp from an unknown number. She unknowingly clicked on the link. Soon after, a number of withdrawals were made from her bank account, according to Varalakshmi. The combined sum of money withdrawn ...