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Over 17,000 WhatsApp accounts blocked in crackdown on digital arrest fraud

In a crackdown on digital arrest frauds, the Ministry of Home Affairs has blocked over 17,000 WhatsApp accounts. 'Digital arrest' involves fraudsters impersonating law enforcement officials to deceive gullible people and pressuring them to transfer large sums of money. Sources in the Home Ministry's cyber wing said scammers were siphoning off around Rs 6 crore every day through digital arrest …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Iranian hackers targeted WhatsApp accounts of staffers in Biden, Trump administrations, Meta says

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The same Iranian hacking group believed to have targeted both the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns tried to go after the WhatsApp accounts of staffers in the administrations of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, Meta Platforms said Friday. Meta said it discovered the network of hackers, who posed as tech support agents for companies including …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

WhatsApp blocks 7.1 million accounts for violating policies in India

India TV News

WhatsApp, a Meta-owned instant messaging platform reportedly banned over 71 lakh bad accounts in India in November 2023. One of the widely used instant messaging platforms has over 500 million users in India and has received another record of 8,841 complaints. The company said, "This user-safety report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by …

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2 years, 2 months ago

WhatsApp bans over 23.28 lakh Indian accounts in August

Deccan Chronicle

NEW DELHI: WhatsApp banned over 23.28 lakh Indian accounts in August, of which over 10 lakh accounts were proactively taken down before any report from users, the messaging platform said on Saturday. Over 23.87 lakh Indian accounts were banned by WhatsApp in July. Over 22 lakh Indian accounts were banned by WhatsApp in June on the basis of complaints received …

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2 years, 4 months ago

WhatsApp bans over 22 lakh Indian accounts in June

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: WhatsApp has banned over 22 lakh Indian accounts in June on the basis of complaints received via its grievance redresal channel and through its own mechanism to detect violations, according to the messaging platform. The new, tougher IT rules, which came into effect last year, mandate large digital platforms to publish compliance reports every month, mentioning the details …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Over 19 Lakh Bad Accounts Were Banned In May By WhatsApp India: Here's Why

News 18

WhatsApp on Friday said that it banned over 19 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of May in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. In April, WhatsApp received 844 grievance reports within the country, and the accounts “actioned” were 123. “This user-safety report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by WhatsApp, …

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3 years, 6 months ago

47 people questioned in relation to WhatsApp scam

NL Times

The police in the Oost-Brabant district have questioned 47 suspects over potential involvement in pulling "friend-in-need" WhatsApp scams. And despite the many warnings and prevention campaigns, people still fall for it every day and lose hundreds if not thousands of euros,” the police stated. ”In addition, in various ongoing investigations, another 10 suspects are in the picture and arrests will …

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3 years, 11 months ago

WhatsApp OTP Scam: Official URLs in Use to Steal Accounts, Identity and Cause Financial Fraud

News 18

WhatsApp has a major security issue of having open URLs, which appear to show a prompt suggesting that an OTP has been delivered to a user. Scammers can also access WhatsApp Banking chat windows and extract sensitive information from there, and cause identity theft that can lead to further financial scams, blackmail efforts and many other nefarious activities. “Online thugs …

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4 years ago

Farm to Facebook: Stir at borders gets online push

Hindustan Times

Village-wise WhatsApp groups for mass sharing of photos and videos, numerous Facebook live sessions, Instagram posts and creative Twitter hashtags -- the farmers’ protesting at Delhi’s borders are making optimum use of social media to connect with people back home and to spread the “correct” message about their ongoing movement against the new farm laws. A tractor trolley turned into …

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