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Be Cyber Scam alert

Be sure before investing anywhere online. What appears to be easy clicking lands you up in a slippery pit of losses. An instance is reported here.  A Kerela based acclaimed Cyber lawyer lost a major sum of hard-earned money fantasising great financial growth as he got lured by cyber duper surfacing from What’s App (newest and popular medium for scamming). He was falsefully directed by a spamming syndicate proposing stock market investments which would render attractive returns. Anticipating great returns as indicated by scammer, he made exorbitant investment of 93 lakhs. The clear target of the WhatsApp incited cheating was the wealthy and popular cyber lawyer hailing from Thiruvananthapuram. There is a wave flowing in the present times where the wiser are being fooled by easy go foul computer users investing their minds most actively on earning easy money or rather looting others’ hard-earned money by of mischievous role playing. But there is always a silver lining behind the dark clouds. It’s always a safer play by not believing quick money promisers and getting carried away. But if the cheaters are smart, rescue from them by the smarter ones is easily gettable. The platform extended by myarjuna.com is one lifeboat like program that would assess and analyse such links and assure to you the credibility and reliability of these. Make use of this platform to ascertain the vulnerability or volatility any such hypothetical promisers.

Scam Messages, Smishing

India Post Message via imessage on Apple Phones

Are you also getting this message ? These are #scam Transnational Alert for iPhone users are learnt to be receiving scam messages via iMessage regarding package/courier. Clicking on suspicious links may be avoided and read receipts may be disabled for such messages. Do not click on the link if you see the following message in your inbox.“Your package has arrived in the warehouse and we tried to deliver it twice. But due to incomplete information of your address, we are unable to deliver. Please update your contact details within 48 hours by clicking on the link. If this is not done, the package will be sent back to the company.” When a user clicks on the fraudulent link and enters their details, they are redirected to a website that mimics the official India Post site. This fake site displays a random tracking ID and a delivery failure notification, urging the user to update their address. The link is designed to work only on mobile devices, not on desktops, which can be a clue to verify its authenticity. To protect against these scams, users should verify the authenticity of the sender by checking the email address, phone number, or other means.

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