FRAUDALERT
Technology and its innovations are expected to help enhance the quality of life for everyone. However, cybercriminals are often miles ahead of ordinary people when it comes to misusing technology to profit from it. The reason is simple. Cybercriminals leverage technology more than the rest of us because they have specific goals in mind, and the knowledge and skills to achieve them.

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One of the things that all of us must get used to is paying attention to alerts about new computer viruses that are put out by tech companies or technology regulators from time to time. It is one way of being aware, alert and hopefully protecting ourselves from serious damage.

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The world is full of mysteries, and stranger things than we could even dream about keep happening when we are wide awake. Most of you have read about courier scams, where scammers try to extract money from the victim mainly under the pretext of clearing a parcel for them from customs.

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A person eats a meal at a hotel in Muppathadam in Kerala and pays the bill using a unified payment interface (UPI). Unfortunately, the UPI account from which the payment was made is linked with an online fraud. The result? The bank accounts of the hotel, its chicken supplier and the father-in-law of the supplier are now frozen on orders from the police.

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The saying ‘You can't clap with one hand’ applies perfectly to the situation where people are duped after sharing personal details with cyber criminals. In most cases of cyberfraud, the victims have invariably shared some information such as a login ID, password or one-time passcode (OTP).

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Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed.

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A major issue that harasses consumers in India is the pathetic manner in which know-your-customer (KYC) is done by most financial institutions and service providers and the coercive action they initiate without proper notice.

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As I have repeatedly warned in this column, corporates, especially those in the finance and technology sectors, who want to find ways for rapid onboarding of customers,

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Technology is a double-edged sword; unless the user has good intentions, it can end up in a blood bath -- not necessarily in terms of physical harm,

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Alarmed by the increase in phishing SMS messages asking 'customers' to update their permanent account number (PAN) through a short URL or link,

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There are two fundamental reasons why people get defrauded so easily – they are motivated by greed or fear into making wrong decisions or taking misguided action.

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Over the years, the traditional matchmaking process in India has gone through tremendous change. Especially after the COVID pandemic,

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The smuggling of drugs and gold remains one of the most lucrative business activities for criminal gangs.

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Across the world, governments tend to play 'big brother', especially in cyberspace, so it is no wonder that we receive frequent sermons from government agencies about maintaining online hygiene.

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After serious calls to boycott Pathaan, the film and a ridiculous controversy over the colour of costumes, this Hindi film starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham is creating new records at the box office – possibly aided with some well-orchestrated publicity.

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Just like passwords are the first line of defence in securing almost all electronic information, networks, servers, devices, accounts, databases, files, and more,

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In spite of repeated warnings issued by the government, security experts, regulators and media, people continue to become victims of online fraud.

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Security experts have regularly warned that great convenience or ease of use usually comes with serious negative implications for your privacy and security risks.

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As we gear up to welcome 2023 with great enthusiasm and hope, we must remember that criminal gangs also feel the same.

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Even as we all are settling into the digital world, a primary issue that remains unresolved is knowing whether you are interacting with an authentic or genuine person,

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