#Online Fraud

[degenezijde]

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[marandsviet]

Beware of Scammers! Lost 3000 euros with just one stupid click!

I want to share my experience to warn you all and hopefully prevent you from falling into the same trap. Recently, I was scammed out of 3000 euros through a single careless click.

It all started with an email that seemed totally normal. I thought it was important and clicked the link without thinking twice. Unfortunately, soon after, I noticed money disappearing from my account.

My advice to you:

1. Never click on links from unknown senders.

2. Double-check URLs and avoid sites that look suspicious.

3. If something seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Don’t let this happen to you. Stay cautious out there!

[digitalxnode]

Digital fraud growth in India – Threat to digital transformation

India is considered by many as a digital testing center for innovators to hackers. The unprecedented digital inventory w.r.t connected device, digital assets such as social media, and digital content consumption is attracting many to offer products and services.

India is second to China in terms of mobile internet users, mobile users, application users, and application downloads with loosely coupled regulatory & policy enforcement offering golden opportunities to fraudsters. Digital Fraud is increasing day by day in India.

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[andromedarune]

Notice on Comments

Hello! Just popping in real quick to say that I’ve gotten a couple suspicious comments with nonsense & a link. For reference, they look like this:

I am deleting comments like these without regard because they are likely spam or malicious links. As such, please refrain from posting any links on my fanfics -- of course, exceptions can be made with thorough explanation and verification that the links aren’t malicious or spam, but if they seem suspicious I will 100% delete comments from here on out that strike me as bots or as potentially dangerous.

That being said, allow me to run through a little Online Scam PSA. If you are unsure of the warning signs of a scam, hazard links, etc, please click to read more :)

 I highly recommend all my followers to study up on ways to prevent yourself from being hacked or scammed -- be wary of any suspicious/unprompted emails, comments, or messages promising some kind of financial support or “free” gift. If you can, avoid even clicking on a message (especially DMs or texts) as these can potentially lead to your computer or account being hacked. Absolutely, under no circumstances should you ever send money to people you are unfamiliar with, unprompted and unreasonably. If they are accusing you of debt and are demanding payment through gift cards or Bitcoin, it is a 100% a scam and you will not be able to receive your money back.

I am not a legal reference, but my dad is a fraud detective who specializes in Embezzlement, Pyramid Schemes/White Collar Crime, and most common forms of Fraud, so I try to offer that knowledge whenever possible to protect others. If you’re ever unsure if something is a scam or if an offer seems too good to be true, it’s likely bad news :D But seriously, don’t be afraid to drop in my DMs any questions/comments/concerns if y’all have any questions on the matter bc the world is crazy rn and none of us can afford to lose more money than we already are XD

I’m more active on my main Tumblr @danni-dollarsign, so send DMs there if you can! Thank you and pls be careful out there!!!

[bopinion]

2023 / 06

Aperçu of the Week:

"We wanted the best, but it came as usual."

(Viktor Chernomyrdin, former Russian prime minister, in 1993)

Bad News of the Week:

The image of the "People's Democratic Republic" of North Korea is often described as Stone Age communism. While the majority of the population suffers from extreme poverty and, in some cases, famine, Kim Yong Un stages himself as a monarch and operates a strange cult of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, which he sees as life insurance for his own despotic regime. All of this is done under the eyes of China, a protective power that is difficult to understand, and in distinction from the economically successful brother nation of South Korea.

For a long time, North Korea existed like a country on another planet. Hardly any information penetrated to the outside or the inside, the communicative isolation seemed perfect, the media control total. This still works internally, but in recent months it is the World Wide Web, of all places, on whose map the country is no longer a blank spot. On the one hand, North Korea operates extremely successful hacker cohorts who, in addition to various espionage and disinformation campaigns, also managed to collect at least $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency through online fraud and data extortion. In other words, a concretely lucrative business that flushes foreign currency into the state coffers.

What is unclear, however, is the objective of what is currently the second notable North Korean Internet phenomenon: an apparently broad-based social media offensive. In a series of channels, which according to CNN are new and have been astonishingly successful in a short time, the country is staging itself as a pleasant home for seemingly normal teenagers. Who speak perfect English with a British accent. Who, for example, enjoy popsicles and love to read Harry Potter. Only the former is hardly available and the latter is even officially banned. Why is this done? Good question.

The videos "look like a well-prepared play" scripted by the North Korean government, said Park Seong-cheol, a researcher at the Database Centre for North Korean Human Rights. The scenes shown from the alleged everyday life of youngsters are not completely fake, but staged. For example, there is a water park, a movie theater and an amusement park in Pyongyang. Only these facilities are reserved for an elite class of party officials, military officers and government employees. Like the Internet access these strange influencers use - just like the smartphones that aren't actually available. What's the point when, according to the CIA fact book, only 26% of the population even has electricity? It would be nice if the North Korean tourist office, which wants to open the country's borders to international tourism, were behind this.

More likely, however, it is a red herring. With which the regime wants to influence the current narrative: North Korea is not an isolated country that could attack its neighbors and the United States with nuclear weapons. But rather an ordinary East Asian country where ordinary people like you and me live ordinary lives. Combined with the recent spate of missile launch tests, the latest expansion of the Nyŏngbyŏn nuclear facility documented with satellite imagery, and a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) unveiled just last Wednesday at the 75th anniversary of the founding of the armed forces, this leaves a queasy feeling.

Good News of the Week:

Probably the death toll of 28,000 from the earthquake in the Turkish-Syrian border region is out of date by the time I post this. The worst series of quakes since scientific records began has devastated an area where nearly 20 million people live. And as events unfold, a whole series of negative findings are coming to light.

The Turkish government is not implementing the regulations that actually apply to buildings in the latently earthquake-prone region. Neither Syria's ruler Bashar al-Assad nor the rebels in the north of the country are allowing solid disaster relief by foreign forces. Enemy nations cannot be stopped from attacking each other even in this situation. Even in the Near East, there are sub-zero temperatures at this time of year. And the Kurds remain constantly the biggest loosers of them all anyway.

Fortunately, many humanitarian highlights are also showing up in the face of adversity. For example, even Sweden, reviled by Erdogan, is sending aid workers to eastern Anatolia. So is the beleaguered Ukraine, which surely would have been admitted a different set of priorities. And those that don't have appropriately equipped aid workers, like the United Arab Emirates, are opening their wallets. And every day there are - still! - improbable miracles, such as the rescue of a heavily pregnant woman who was rescued yesterday after 115 hours under rubble.

What somehow makes one optimistic despite the terrible circumstances is humanity. When people stand by each other in times of need, even though the religion they believe in actually dictates enmity. When official requirements are suspended in order to allow family members who have become homeless to travel to their relatives in Germany, for example. Or when the international community thinks not only about the current rescue, but also about reconstruction afterwards - the EU has already announced a donor conference for those affected.

Even the self-proclaimed crown of creation, which likes to define itself in terms of greed, resentment, jealousy or hatred, is capable of empathy. It's nice that the term "humanity" still has a positive connotation. Even though we so often seem to go out of our way to change that. The heart is probably more than just a blood-pumping muscle after all. And conscience more than a transmission in the synapses of the brain.

Personal happy moment of the week:

I broke a bottle of red wine while shopping the other day. And moistened various purchases in the carrier bag. I noticed most of it and was able to clean and dry it. That the red wine also flowed into a box of cigarillos, I did not even notice. Not until I wanted to smoke one and had a damp, soft stem in my hand. So I put the box open on the heater in the office. And discovered two pleasant side effects of my mishap: the smell of red wine and tobacco at work has an comfortable calming effect. And the taste of the cigarillos gets a pleasant additional flavor. From that perspective, I was able to profitably recycle some of the spilled red wine.

I couldn't care less...

...whether the former head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maaßen, who is increasingly conspicuous for his racist and conspiracy-theory tones, can be officially expelled from the conservative CDU. Or whether the high good of freedom of speech also protects him within the party from accountability for his unspeakable statements. The fact that an obviously extreme right-winger could rise as a political official to become the head of the most important authority for upholding the state of lawfulness, of all things, weighs considerably more heavily and calls for more consequences than which membership card he carries around with him.

As I write this...

...I'm drinking a beer not even five hours after I got up today. A tough week in many ways takes its toll. And I tackle the challenge of relaxing Bavarian style.

Post Scriptum

In the German capital Berlin, the House of Representatives will be newly elected today - as a repeat election. This is because the regional election that took place in the fall of 2021 parallel to the federal election was declared invalid by the Administrative Court due to numerous mishaps - from ballots running hout to polling stations closing too late. Realpolitically less relevant, since no result of the election would change e.g. the majority conditions in the Bundesrat, is a look on Berlin nevertheless interesting. On the one hand, out of sarcasm, since this debacle also fits perfectly with the prejudice that simply nothing works in this city. On the other hand, out of curiosity, since in the end every conceivable party constellation is indeed possible. The extent of my tendency toward the former will depend on the first projection in less than an hour on the latter.

[todayworldnews2k21]

Hyderabad businesswoman duped of ₹2.29 lakh in credit card limit update scam

A businesswoman from Hyderabad was duped on the pretext of updating limit of credit card. The image is used for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images A 53-year-old businesswoman from Hyderabad fell victim to a ₹2.29 lakh credit card limit update fraud. The victim received a phone call from an individual claiming to be a Union Bank of India employee. The caller offered to…

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آج کل کے نوسر باز اور ان کا طریقہِ واردات

آج کل ملک میں جس تیزی سے نوسر بازوں، فراڈیوں، چوروں، ڈاکووں اور دھوکے بازوں کا اضافہ ہوا ہے اور ان کی وارداتوں کے نت نئے طریقے سامنے آرہے ہیں جس کو دیکھ کر ایسا لگتا ہے کہ شاید من حیث القوم اب یہی ہمارا قومی ذریعہِ معاش بن گیا ہے۔ تمام مالیاتی ادارے بشمول بینک بار بار اپنے صارفین کو یہ پیغامات بھجواتے ہیں کہ وہ اپنے رابطہ کرنے والے نمبر سے خود کال یا رابطہ نہیں کرتے اور دوم یہ کہ اپنی خفیہ معلومات میں کسی اجنبی اور غیر متعلقہ شخص کو حصہ دار بنانا اپنے ہی کھاتے میں نقب لگوانے اور اپنے ہی پیروں پر کلہاڑی مارنے کے مترادف ہو گا۔ اس سے پہلے کہ ہم ان چوروں اور دھوکے بازوں کے طریقہِ واردات پر آئیں، پہلے ہم دھوکے کی تعریف پر ایک نظر ڈال لیتے ہیں۔ ’’دھوکا ایک دانستہ غلط نمائندگی ہے تاکہ کوئی شخص غیر منصفانہ یا غیر قانونی فائدہ حاصل کرے یا حقدار/ مظلوم کو کسی قانونی حق سے محروم کرے۔‘‘ اب جبکہ ہم نے دھوکا دہی کی تعریف بیان کردی ہے اب ہم ان کے طریقہِ واردات پر آتے ہیں۔ 

سب سے پہلے تو آپ یہ سمجھ لیجیے کہ ان کے پاس آپ کے بارے میں بہت محدود معلومات ہوتی ہیں اور اس معلومات کے ذریعے ہی وہ آپ کی نفسیات سے کھیل کر آپ سے اپنے مطلب اور ضرورت کی معلومات حاصل کرنا چاہتے ہیں تاکہ واردات کی جاسکے۔ اگر وہ یہ ظاہر کرتے ہیں کہ وہ آپ کے متعلقہ ��ینک یا مالیاتی ادارے کی جانب سے آپ کو کال کررہے ہیں تو وہ سب سے پہلے آپ کو آپ کا شناختی کارڈ نمبر بتائیں گے (جس کا حصول آج کل کچھ بھی مشکل نہیں رہا) پھر وہ آپ کو آپ کی رہائش گاہ کا پتہ بتائیں گے، جو کہ آپ کے شناختی کارڈ پر ویسے ہی درج ہے۔ اس کے بعد وہ آپ کو آپ کا ہی موبائل نمبر بتائیں گے جس پر وہ پہلے ہی آپ سے بات کررہے ہیں۔ اب اگر آپ ان کی بتائی معلومات سے مرعوب ہو چکے ہیں تو پھر وہ آپ سے آپ کے اے ٹی ایم کارڈ کے آخری آٹھ نمبر (پہلے آٹھ نمبر ان کے پاس ہوتے ہیں جو وہ آپ کو کال پر بتاتے ہے) بتانے کا کہتے ہیں۔ آپ کے کھاتے کا پن نمبر مانگتے ہیں یا اگر آپ کے فون پر کوئی او ٹی پی (OTP) آیا ہوتا ہے تو وہ طلب کرتے ہیں تاکہ آپ کو آپ کے اپنے پیسوں سے محروم کر سکیں۔ وہ معلومات جو وہ آپ کے سوا کہیں اور سے حاصل نہیں کر سکتے وہ آپ کی والدہ محترمہ کا نام ہے جو آپ نے کبھی فون پر کسی اجنبی کو نہیں بتانا۔ 

جس طرح پرانی کہانیوں میں جادوگر کی جان طوطے میں ہوتی تھی بالکل اسی طرح آپ کی معاشی فلاح و بہبود اور حفاظت اس معلومات میں ہے اور جیسے ہی آپ نے ان معلومات میں کسی کو حصہ دار بنایا تو اب آپ ان کے رحم و کرم پر ہیں۔ اب وہ جب چاہے غاصبانہ طریقے سے آپ کو آپ کے ہی پیسوں سے محروم کرسکتے ہیں۔ اس لیے بھرپور احتیاط کریں اور یہ معلومات کسی کے ساتھ بھی نہ بانٹیں۔ ایک اور اہم بات، عام طور پر یہ کال انتہائی نامناسب وقت پر آئے گی۔ صبح اس وقت جب آپ اپنے دفتر کے لیے تیار ہورہے ہوں گے۔ دوپہر کو آرام کے وقت، غرضیکہ ایسا وقت کہ جس وقت آپ یا تو مصروف ہوں یا ذہنی طور پر مکمل بیدار نہ ہوں۔ اب اس سے کیسے بچا جائے؟ سب سے پہلے تو اگر آپ ان کے فون نمبر کو بھی غور سے دیکھیں گے تو آپ کو پتہ چل جائے گا کہ یہ کال آپ کے مالیاتی ادارے سے نہیں آئی ہے۔ ہرچند کے نمبر ملتا جلتا ضرور ہوگا لیکن اصل نمبر نہیں ہو گا۔ آگر آپ کے واٹس ایپ پر کوئی پیغام بھی آیا ہے تو بھی پریشان نہ ہوں، غور سے پیغام کو دیکھیے آپ کو اس میں بھی جھول نظر آجائے گا۔ یہ پیغام کہ اسٹیٹ بینک نے آپ کا اے ٹی ایم کارڈ منجمد کر دیا ہے، سو فیصد جھوٹے ہوتے ہیں۔

ایک اور جعلسازی جو آج کل بہت ہو رہی ہے کہ ایک انجان نمبر سے کال آئے گی اور ایک شخص اپنا تعارف پولیس انسپکٹر کے طور پر کرائے گا۔ وہ تحکمانہ انداز میں آپ کو بتائے گا کہ اس نے آپ کے بیٹے، بھانجے یا بھتیجے کو کسی بھی جرم کا نام لے کر کہ اس جرم میں پکڑا ہے۔ جرم عام طور پر سنگین نوعیت کا ہوگا اور تھوڑی بات چیت کے بعد وہ آپ سے کہے گا کہ آپ نام بتائیے تو میں آپ کی اس سے بات کراتا ہوں۔ یہیں آپ نے اس کو پکڑ لینا ہے اور نام نہیں بتانا بلکہ آپ اس سے اس کا تھانہ، اس کا متعلقہ ڈی ایس پی اور ایس پی کا پوچھے وہ خود فون بند کر کے بھاگ جائے گا۔ اگر کوئی آپ کو مستقل لائن پر رہنے کو کہے تو سمجھ لیجیے کہ وہ آپ کے گھر کے کسی اور فرد سے بات کررہا ہے اور نہیں چاہتا کہ آپ کا اور آپ کے گھر کے اس فرد کا آپس میں رابطہ ہو۔ آپ فوراً کال کاٹ کر اپنے گھر رابطہ کر کے اپنی خیریت کی اطلاع دیں اور اپنے فون کو مصروف نہ رکھے تاکہ جو بھی آپ سے رابطہ کرنا چاہے وہ رابطہ کرسکے۔

ویسے تو ان جعلسازوں اور نوسر بازوں کے بے شمار طریقہ کار ہیں جن میں چند کا احاطہ اس تحریر میں کیا گیا ہے۔ ایک آخری بات اور جس پر اس تحریر کا اختتام ہو گا کہ یہ سب چور آپ کے حواس سے کھیلتے ہیں۔ آپ نے اپنے حواس قابو میں رکھنے ہیں اور حواس قابو میں رکھنے کا سب سے بہترین طریقہ یہ ہے کہ آپ اس سے تابڑ توڑ سوالات کر کے اس کو حواس باختہ کیجیے اور آپ خود دیکھیں گے کہ دو تین سوالات کے بعد آپ کے حواس بحال ہونے لگیں گے اور اس کے حواس رخصت ہونے لگیں گے، کیونکہ آپ کے سوالات کے جواب اس کی محدود معلومات کے پاس نہیں ہوتے۔ جیسے کہ ایک فلم کا مکالمہ ہے کہ ’’ٹینشن لینے کا نہیں دینے کا ہے‘‘۔

سہیل یعقوب 

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