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What Is The New Call Merging Scam And How To Remain Safe
Authorities in India have alerted people about a new scam, which involves fraudsters tricking users into merging calls and unknowingly sharing their One-Time Passwords (OTPs).
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New Spoofed Calls Prevention System Blocked 1.35 Crore International Calls in 24 Hours, Says DoT
The new 'International Incoming Spoofed Calls Prevention System' has been made operational and in just 24 hours the system has identified and blocked about 1.35 crore calls as spoofed calls.
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AI Scams Surge: Voice Cloning And Deepfake Threats Sweep India
Scammers gather victims' contact details, names, and other relevant information to make the fake call seem legitimate. They then use social engineering tactics, playing on the emotions of the victim's loved ones.
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No One Can Arrest Through Video Calls: Cyber Security Agency On Scam Calls
The CBI, police, customs, Enforcement Directorate or judges do not arrest people through video calls, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) said in a public advisory
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"Voice-Cloning Scam": US Man Shares Chilling Tale Of How His Parents Almost Paid $30,000
Mr Shooster said that the call came just days after he appeared on local TV for his election campaign.
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Truecaller AI Call Scanner Feature to Prevent AI-Based Voice Scams Launched: How It Works
Truecaller is introducing a new artificial intelligence (AI) powered feature to help users detect AI calls. The caller ID tracking platform is rolling out the AI Call Scanner feature which can detect whether the voice of the person on the call belongs to a human or an AI. The company highlighted the rising cases of AI voice scams, where bad actors ...
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"Jesus Going To Take Me Up In The Clouds": 92-Year-Old US Woman Pranks Scam Callers
Fed up with relentless scam calls, 92-year-old South Carolina resident "Bumma" (as her family affectionately calls her) has become a champion for annoyed phone users everywhere.
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New Cyber Fraud Exposed: How Chennai Woman Evaded 'Drug Smuggling' Scam
After two Gurugram residents were duped of nearly Rs 2 crore by cyberfraudsters, a marketing professional from Chennai on Tuesday said she received a similar scam call claiming her Aadhaar number was used to send drugs to Thailand.
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AI Scam Calls Imitating Familiar Voices Are a Growing Problem – Here’s How They Work
Deepfake AI technology is being leveraged to call and scam people as generative AI becomes easily accessible. AI scam calls that can imitate your voice are becoming increasingly common, and Anyone in possession of audio recordings of your voice could use deepfake algorithms to generate a video or audio recording of you speaking words and sentences ...
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10 Delhi-Based 'Call Centre' Employees Arrested For Duping Job Aspirants
Noida police have arrested 10 employees of a "call centre" from Delhi for allegedly duping job aspirants, officials said on Tuesday.
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"Get Covid Vaccine Early, Register For Rs 500": Scam Calls In Bhopal
A man in Bhopal got a call on Monday asking him to pay Rs 500 to get his family registered to get vaccinated against the coronavirus in the first phase. But on enquiry the family realised it was a scam call.
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4 Indians, 1 Pakistani Plead Guilty In US In Massive Call Centre Scam
Four Indians and one Pakistani have pleaded guilty to the charges for their role in a massive telephone impersonation fraud and money laundering scheme in the US perpetrated by India-based call centres, the Department of Justice has said.
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Call Centre Raids: Police Suspect Involvement Of Gujarat Cop's Son
Investigation into the call centre racket in Thane wherein US-based tax payers were allegedly conned by Indian tele-callers posing as tax officers has led Thane Police to suspect involvement of the son of a senior IPS officer from Gujarat.
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In 'Call Money' Scam, Chandrababu Naidu Deflects Blame To YSR Congress
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu claimed there are more YSR Congress men than leaders of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) involved in the so-called 'call money' sex racket.
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Massive 'Call Money' Scam Takes Andhra Pradesh By Storm, 80 Arrested
A huge blackmail, extortion and sex racket has been exposed in Andhra Pradesh. Operating in multiple districts, with cross linkages between moneybags, politicians and so-called moneylenders, it has become infamous as the call money sex racket.
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What Is The New Call Merging Scam And How To Remain Safe
Authorities in India have alerted people about a new scam, which involves fraudsters tricking users into merging calls and unknowingly sharing their One-Time Passwords (OTPs).
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New Spoofed Calls Prevention System Blocked 1.35 Crore International Calls in 24 Hours, Says DoT
The new 'International Incoming Spoofed Calls Prevention System' has been made operational and in just 24 hours the system has identified and blocked about 1.35 crore calls as spoofed calls.
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AI Scams Surge: Voice Cloning And Deepfake Threats Sweep India
Scammers gather victims' contact details, names, and other relevant information to make the fake call seem legitimate. They then use social engineering tactics, playing on the emotions of the victim's loved ones.
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No One Can Arrest Through Video Calls: Cyber Security Agency On Scam Calls
The CBI, police, customs, Enforcement Directorate or judges do not arrest people through video calls, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) said in a public advisory
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"Voice-Cloning Scam": US Man Shares Chilling Tale Of How His Parents Almost Paid $30,000
Mr Shooster said that the call came just days after he appeared on local TV for his election campaign.
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Truecaller AI Call Scanner Feature to Prevent AI-Based Voice Scams Launched: How It Works
Truecaller is introducing a new artificial intelligence (AI) powered feature to help users detect AI calls. The caller ID tracking platform is rolling out the AI Call Scanner feature which can detect whether the voice of the person on the call belongs to a human or an AI. The company highlighted the rising cases of AI voice scams, where bad actors ...
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"Jesus Going To Take Me Up In The Clouds": 92-Year-Old US Woman Pranks Scam Callers
Fed up with relentless scam calls, 92-year-old South Carolina resident "Bumma" (as her family affectionately calls her) has become a champion for annoyed phone users everywhere.
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New Cyber Fraud Exposed: How Chennai Woman Evaded 'Drug Smuggling' Scam
After two Gurugram residents were duped of nearly Rs 2 crore by cyberfraudsters, a marketing professional from Chennai on Tuesday said she received a similar scam call claiming her Aadhaar number was used to send drugs to Thailand.
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AI Scam Calls Imitating Familiar Voices Are a Growing Problem – Here’s How They Work
Deepfake AI technology is being leveraged to call and scam people as generative AI becomes easily accessible. AI scam calls that can imitate your voice are becoming increasingly common, and Anyone in possession of audio recordings of your voice could use deepfake algorithms to generate a video or audio recording of you speaking words and sentences ...
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10 Delhi-Based 'Call Centre' Employees Arrested For Duping Job Aspirants
Noida police have arrested 10 employees of a "call centre" from Delhi for allegedly duping job aspirants, officials said on Tuesday.
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"Get Covid Vaccine Early, Register For Rs 500": Scam Calls In Bhopal
A man in Bhopal got a call on Monday asking him to pay Rs 500 to get his family registered to get vaccinated against the coronavirus in the first phase. But on enquiry the family realised it was a scam call.
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4 Indians, 1 Pakistani Plead Guilty In US In Massive Call Centre Scam
Four Indians and one Pakistani have pleaded guilty to the charges for their role in a massive telephone impersonation fraud and money laundering scheme in the US perpetrated by India-based call centres, the Department of Justice has said.
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Call Centre Raids: Police Suspect Involvement Of Gujarat Cop's Son
Investigation into the call centre racket in Thane wherein US-based tax payers were allegedly conned by Indian tele-callers posing as tax officers has led Thane Police to suspect involvement of the son of a senior IPS officer from Gujarat.
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In 'Call Money' Scam, Chandrababu Naidu Deflects Blame To YSR Congress
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu claimed there are more YSR Congress men than leaders of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) involved in the so-called 'call money' sex racket.
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Massive 'Call Money' Scam Takes Andhra Pradesh By Storm, 80 Arrested
A huge blackmail, extortion and sex racket has been exposed in Andhra Pradesh. Operating in multiple districts, with cross linkages between moneybags, politicians and so-called moneylenders, it has become infamous as the call money sex racket.
