Scams in the First Quarter of 2018
This year has once again witnessed a surge in the number of scam cases. In the first quarter of the year, there were more than 20,000 cases of fraud and scams, as per a report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
The NCRB has already reported a spike in the number of cases of fraud and scams reported to it in the first quarter of the year. The scamsters involved in cases of fraud and scams in the first quarter of the year outnumbered those involved in the same period of the year in the third quarter. These frauds and scams were reported by companies in multiple industries.
The scam cases in the first quarter of the year were more than double that in any quarter during the first quarter and were more than double those of the year-to-date. The total cases had more than tripled than seen in the previous quarter. The scam cases also outnumbered those of the year-to-date by more than 15,000.
In the first quarter of the year, the scam cases were reported by organizations in multiple sectors, of which the financial and banking sector was the largest. The healthcare sector, other financial services, retail, IT and real estate were also affected. The scam cases were also reported by banks (as per official reports), educational institutes, insurance companies, government offices and real estate companies.
However, the amount of fraud and scams in the first quarter of the year had a lower percentage share than that of the year-to-date. The total fraud and scam cases had a lower percentage share of the case shares in the period of the year. The share of cases related to fraud and scams in the first quarter has now fallen below 10 percent.
The total cases of fraud and scams of the first quarter were also found to be higher than the case shares in the previous quarter. This comes as a surprise as compared to the share of the case shares in the previous quarter, the number of scam cases in the first quarter constituted higher share than the number of scam caseload of the year-to-date by about 33-35 percent.
In the first quarter, the total fraud and scam cases of the year were around 5,000 higher than the case shares in the second quarter.
Scams in India: Detection and Blocking
In an article published in The Indian Express on January 21, 2018, the writer and two other experts claim that fraudsters do not suffer any kind of remorse in cheating people, and that Indians, on the other hand, lose out in the long run by not taking precautions against the hackers’ attack. They also state that Indians should do what it takes to avoid being hacked. “There is no evidence of such remorse,” says one of the expert cited. “It is like being tricked into giving up all our hard earned money to buy a home and not even know that it has a security flaw.
After reading that, I was a bit skeptical.
I thought this one might be a bit premature, but then I went up and checked the internet. And I was a bit surprised: it was the article in The Indian Express, not the The Hindu which is being quoted. I was sure that I read it in it’s original publication and that the author of the article would have used quotes from someone else to bolster his claims. Well, of course I made the mistake of reading it in it’s original form.
I was a bit surprised. I hadn’t expected that it would be this bad. It was a bit odd. But, let’s have a closer look.
I’ll start with some facts which the writer claims to be referring to in the article, so that we can get a clearer understanding of what he’s talking about.
First, people should check whether they are using antivirus software to check for viruses. Antivirus software helps to detect, block and remove viruses and spyware from PCs. It has to be used with a patch activated before you can really check if it is working perfectly.
The role of financial and personal information – Tech Support Fraud.
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Antivirus and malware, as well as the threat intelligence, security and protection products and services mentioned in this article refer to software that identifies and removes viruses. This article focuses on the issues of detecting and removing viruses. Virus detection, as well as its components, and malware removal, is addressed in the following sections.
In addition to virus detection software, the term antivirus, or antivirus, is used to refer to software that is capable of detecting and removing viruses. An antivirus product detects and removes viruses, whereas a malware product attempts to harm an organization or individual by using a virus to attack its systems.
Antivirus products are typically more expensive than malware products, which have a limited set of features. That is because virus removal is a labor-intensive process that uses computers and data that are not under the owners’ control. Thus, the cost of installing a virus removal software should be limited to the costs required to restore the software in case it is lost or corrupted. The cost of an antivirus program is relatively small and the software may be updated periodically. Typically, a security or virus-removal solution costs less than a month of running time. Antivirus products are often purchased by the business, and are usually bundled with a specific antivirus product. Antivirus software can be purchased in subscription, yearly or quarterly packages; these packages do not change over time.
There are many antivirus products available on the market today. Anti-malware and anti-virus software is generally classified as anti-malware or anti-virus based on the level of the product. Many anti-malware products are classified as “low-level” antivirus or malware detection technology.
Low-level antivirus or malware detection technology consists of detecting and removing viruses from an infected computer. Low-level antivirus or malware detection technology can detect and remove any viruses that have not been upgraded to low-level versions.
How Do Scammers Attempt to Harness the Internet?
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A new technology that works by leveraging the Internet’s bandwidth on demand, and at extremely low latency, has made it possible for crooks to make money selling fake websites with fake malware on them, and to create websites which try to trick customers into visiting them. Antivirus & Malware magazine’s latest issue looks at the new technology’s potential and the scams that have been created by criminals who use these websites and malware. We present the first-ever example of this scam: a company calling itself a digital security firm calling itself ‘Antivirus’ claiming it can protect users against malware, but which instead infects the victim’s computer with a trojan.
Antivirus & Malware has learned from the most successful anti-phishing and malware companies, including Symantec and Avast. Its new feature, ‘Antivirus and Malware Protection Scam’, which enables you to report on any security issues that have been found on a website, has helped to stop thousands of fraudulent threats. The articles in this issue of Antivirus & Malware focus on scams and fraud-related issues such as phishing and ransomware, and provide technical advice for security products and services, and advice on how to avoid scams. The magazine has produced a series of videos in the past that explain these issues in more detail, as well as some of the examples of new scams.
The scams and frauds on the Internet have increased significantly in recent years and are at the forefront of cybersecurity. This is reflected in a number of cybercrime articles in Antivirus & Malware magazine, including this one.
The fact that scammers are taking such advantage of the Internet’s infrastructure to their financial benefit is not widely appreciated in the security community.
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