Human traffickers, according to a report by India Today, are luring Indian citizens to Cambodia, offering them job opportunities, and then coercing them into committing thousands of dollars worth of online financial fraud and cyber crimes. A growing number of digital arrest frauds are being experienced in India, and the Home Ministry’s Cyber Wing is identifying Singapore as one of the hotbeds of these scams, along with Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, as other geographic locations where these scams can take place.
The IPDRs (Internet Protocol Detail Records) of the digital arrest fraudsters, which India Today discovered through an investigation of their IPDRs, have revealed that their location is Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Upon collecting the money from such scams, the money is then withdrawn from ATMs in Dubai and Vietnam, where it is then spent.
A cybercriminal sitting in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam orders Indian SIM cards for their agents, who are located within those countries.
It has been revealed that approximately 45,000 SIM cards have been sent to Cambodia and Myanmar as a result of the investigation. There was a few days delay before Indian agencies managed to deactivate the SIM cards.
According to government data, approximately Rs 120.3 crore was lost by Indians to ‘digital arrest fraud schemes’ during the first quarter of 2024.
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
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