![]() The account asked for a job code from the India Today journalist. This account had a picture of a girl and named Aisya Devi. India's top cyber expert Pawan Duggal says that the moment these messengers ask you to provide details on Telegram, that is when one need to be conscious because it is highly likely that if you provide your bank details there, it will lead to a transaction of all your savings to these messengers.ĭuggal says once you expose your financial details to these scamsters, that is going to be beginning of a new chapter as your financial details could be misused against you.Īs suggested by Shivani, we opened the Telegram link which connected us to another account on Telegram app. Nilesh Purohit says that Telegram still helps you to remain anonymous and its data at large is not available with Indian agencies and because of its encrypted format and vulnerability, it helps users remain anonymous and untraceable. ![]() To find out the answer for this, we spoke to an ethical hacker and cyber technology expert, Nilesh Purohit, who is based in Rajasthan and works for several investigative agencies. We completed the task and set the screenshot to the WhatsApp number and within minutes, Shivani asked for his Telegram account. She asked Mishra to like videos and subscribe to a channel and send a screenshot of the job done on WhatsApp. ![]() Shivani offered Ashutosh Mishra a part-time job involving liking and subscribing to YouTube videos. We began our investigation in this quick money offer by interacting with those numbers.Ī girl introduced herself as Shivani from a WhatsApp number +503 7886 5524 and said she works in the human resource department of Info Edge Ltd. India Today Journalist Ashutosh Mishra received this scam message on WhatsApp from three different numbers. Shrivastava says that not only did he receive the message on WhatsApp to make quick money by liking YouTube videos but that his photo was also misused for digital fraud. The director general of National Testing House which is part of the union food and consumer affair ministry, Dr Alok Kumar Shrivastava, is also a victim. Not just ordinary people but these random messages have even reached bureaucrats and top executives in the union government. Sahil was aware enough to understand it was a scam and he blocked the number. A similar message on WhatsApp was received by Delhi resident Sahil where he was offered to make more than Rs 3000 per day.
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