: From social media to ChatGPT, cyber criminals quick to adopt new tech #IndiaNEWS #National,Crime/Disaster/Accident By Nishant AroraNew Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Forget Jamtara that has kept on inspiring

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By Nishant AroraNew Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Forget Jamtara that has kept on inspiring cyber thugs to steal your data or money via traditional, OTP-based methods to date. Brace yourself for a new age of hacking via artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools.
A new crop of con artists is now thriving that is utilising newer means from social media platforms to UPI-based frauds and from operating fake gambling websites to now working on AI chatbot ChatGPT to rob you of your hard-earned money.
A woman was duped of Rs 27 lakh last week by a woman fraudster who promised her handsome returns on investment in digital marketing on WhatsApp.
The task was to like and subscribe to YouTube accounts, the victim said in the FIR.
The Delhi Polices Crime Branch last week busted a racket involved in forging documents including Aadhaar cards, PAN card, and driving license for obtaining SIM cards, opening bank accounts and taking loans.
On interrogation, police found that the con group used ordinary persons who dont have any ID documents for preparing these documents and further misusing them.
Cyber-security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia has unearthed a new type of fraud online.
Every day from 5 p. m. , several satta (gambling) websites start trending on Google, which offer quick money upon playing the satta that starts from as little as Rs 100 and goes into thousands.
These websites start appearing in the evening and every website guarantees profits. These gambling websites are being run with tier 1 and 2 city names like Delhi Satta King, Disawar gali Satta, Shri Ganesh Chart, Satta King Delhi Bazar and more, Rajaharia told IANS.
Those who place satta, using various UPI payment platforms, get nothing in return as the winning prize always goes to people these websites had already selected.
There are thousands of such fake gambling websites now operating in the country. They also have Telegram groups and each group has more than 25,000 members, said Rajaharia.
First captured by trendingbot. org, it is impossible to guess which website is real or which is fake and nearly 90 per cent people who place their money dont get anything.
Satta owners announce the only number with the lowest targeted number to make maximum profit and there are hundreds of websites related to one satta market, Rajaharia explained.
In January, a Lucknow woman who had saved Rs 1 lakh for her daughters surgery was duped by fraudsters who offered her prize money in a lucky draw. She said she paid the money through Google Pay app.
According to cyber experts, scammers operating high-yielding investing scams called pig butchering have found a way to compromise Google Play and Apples App Store.

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