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Government has an ’em ail rip-off warning’ for you: All details
The Indian Computer Emergency Situation Action Team (
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Victims get an e-mail declaring that their computers have actually been hacked
Fraudsters initially send e-mails to people mentioning that their computer systems have actually been hacked.
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The email declares that a video was taken using their PC/laptop’s cam, and that they know their passwords
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To show that PC is hacked which they have victim’s passwords, scammer send out emails with pictures and other personal information
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Sometimes scammer attempt to get victim’s attention by sending them their old passwords in email
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To further encourage the victim, the fraudster makes a story consisting of computer system lingos
Besides sharing old passwords, fraudsters craft a story containing computer jargons to convince that they are extremely proficient hackers.
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The fraudster would then claim that they have compromising pictures and other individual information of the victim
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The fraudsters demands cash i n Bitcoin or threaten to expose these personal images
The scammer usually gives a 24 hours due date to comply and threatens to share pictures/videos with the victim’s loved ones, colleagues etc.
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The fraudster may even teach the victim on how to use Bitcoin to send ransom money
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CERT-In states that these emails are phony and that victims shouldn’t move money
According To the CERT-In advisory, although the listed passwords, shown as proof may be real passwords that you used in the past, the attacker does not know them by hacking your account, however rather through leaked data breaches shared online.
” These e-mails are fake, rip-offs, and nothing to stress over,” it states. “Recipients ought to not send out any payments to the scammers. If the passwords noted remain in use or familiar, receivers are encouraged to alter the password at any site that they are being utilized,” the advisory further adds.
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