High-tech thugs are trying new things every day to carry out cyber fraud. Most of the fraudsters involved in online fraud are Nigerian gangs. Cyber fraudsters are now using WhatsApp as their new weapon to carry out the fraud.
By Bharat Mandhanya
Publish Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 12:04:34 PM (IST)
Updated Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 12:04:34 PM (IST)
HighLights
- Fraud happening in the name of share trading
- Fraud is done by adding to the group
- Other gangs including Nigerians are active
Naiduniya Representative, Raipur Cyber Fraud. New cases of cyber fraud are constantly coming to light. Fraudsters are making WhatsApp groups and adding people and then making them victims of fraud by luring them to do share trading in a professional manner. For this, people are being identified and suddenly added to groups and being cheated in the name of investment, review etc. Apart from Nigerians, many gangs are active in this type of fraud.
Hundreds of people are already connected to the group, due to this people do not doubt the WhatsApp group. People who are added to the group are given information about the share trade currently going on in the market.
Removed from the group for asking for money
Fraudsters are cheating people by making them invest in the share market and promising good profits soon. When a group member asks for his deposited amount along with the profit, he is thrown out of the group. Many such cases have come to light in different police station areas of the capital. From bank employees to businessmen, everyone has become their victim, who have been cheated of lakhs of rupees.
Fraud also happened through Telegram group
the con Whatsapp After the group, Telegram platform is being used the most for cheating. According to the cyber police, fraudsters of Nigerian gang are most active on Telegram group. Fraudsters of Nigerian gang add people from India and abroad in Telegram group, so that people believe that their company has branches all over the world.
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keep these things in mind
- If someone adds you to any unknown WhatsApp group or Telegram group, it is better to leave the group immediately.
- Messages in such groups will confuse you and you may become a victim of cyber fraud.
- No company can give huge profits immediately or in a short span of time. Check such offers.
- Do not trust any graph chart related to any stock exchange seen on unknown groups.
- Also fully verify the bank account or UPI ID in which you are going to make the payment.
Groups are formed with names similar to the stock market
The fraudsters keep the name of the group similar to any organization or institution related to the stock market. The person who is added to the group is given many kinds of information. For example, training is given through graphs and charts on daily fluctuations of the stock market. In this, people are deceived by giving information about all the details of the stock market from the Sensex to the stock market.
