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Cybercrooks now pose as IPS officers to cheat people

The Cybercrooks have adopted a new tactic to mint money by posing themselves as IPS officers using their photos on ‘WhatsApp’ and threatening the people of well-to-do families to pay online with fake claims of arresting and detaining their relatives. Being unaware of fraudulent activitie

By Whispers in the Corridors 1 min read
Cybercrooks now pose as IPS officers to cheat people

The Cybercrooks have adopted a new tactic to mint money by posing themselves as IPS officers using their photos on ‘WhatsApp’ and threatening the people of well-to-do families to pay online with fake claims of arresting and detaining their relatives. Being unaware of fraudulent activities, people are falling prey to such Cybercrooks using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to mimic the voice of relatives, dears & nears so as to take the victims into confidence. Artificial Intelligence & other online cyber crimes are posing a major threat to the police to stem the flow of such activities.

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