Page 5 - Cyber Byte August 2023

2. CYBER FRAUDS

A) Kerala Police returns money of a person as liking videos and reviewing apps.
who was duped of Rs 40,000 using AI The cheating took place between May
deepfake technique 31 and June 6. The techie submitted a
Kerala police said complaint last month and a FIR was
that its cyber operation wing registered on Saturday. According to the
tracked and returned FIR, the fraudsters contacted him via
the money which was a messaging app and used multiple
swindled through usernames. “Initially, he received
Artificial Intelligence small amounts of money for his
technology. The first online work. This was done to win
cheating case using AI his confidence. They then
technology in Kerala was asked him to do some
reported by Kozhikode prepaid tasks and promised
native Radhakrishnan. him handsome returns on
A video of his investment as well as
Ra dha kr ishna n’s on the payment against
friend was created the work executed,” a police
using Deepfake. A message was communicated officer said. “They shared bank account details
through a WhatsApp call, stating that he and the techie transferred a total of Rs36.4
required Rs 40,000 for emergency treatment lakh.” In another such fraud, a woman techie
of his sister. He said that he was calling from (36), transferred Rs15.2 lakh to fraudsters.
Dubai airport. Though Radhakrishnan was She received multiple messages on her
initially reluctant to believe the request, the messaging application between April 28
video call and personal information shared and May 1, an officer from Wanowrie police
through WhatsApp convinced him. However, station said. Her FIR too was registered on
another request for Rs 35,000 was made after Saturday.
he sent Rs 40,000. This made him question
the intention of the caller. According to a
statement by the police, the cyber operations
wing tracked the swindler’s account and
recovered the money. Police urged people to
register such complaints at the number 1930.
The service will be available 24×7. Police
urged users to inform them regarding any
fraudulent request for money through social
media accounts.

B) Two techies in Pune lost over Rs 50 lakh
at the hands of miscreants in e-task scam

The city cybercrime police have
initiated a probe against online fraudsters for
cheating a Wadgaonsheri based techie (40) of
Rs 36.4 lakh by promising him good returns
in exchange for performing online tasks such

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