The Indian government has issued an advisory warning against USSD-based call forwarding scam. The advisory has been issued by the National Cybercrime .

India’s cybercrime unit has warned users about a USSD-based call forwarding scam where fraudsters impersonate delivery agents to intercept bank calls, OTPs, and messaging app verifications.

Scammers exploit the fact that standard call-forwarding USSD codes work uniformly across major Indian operators like Jio, ...

A new type of scam is targeting mobile phone users without requiring them to click on any suspicious links. Known as the call forwarding scam, it tricks people into ...

Bank customers are facing a new wave of highly convincing phone scams that mimic real bank outreach and drain accounts in a matter of minutes. According to federal investigators, cybercriminals have ...

Scammers posing as delivery agents are tricking users into dialling USSD codes that silently forward bank calls and OTPs, leading to account takeovers and financial fraud across India.

An alarming trend is being registered increasingly as the cybercriminals are exploiting the call forwarding feature on mobile ...

USSD-based phone scam is allowing fraudsters to steal money and hijack accounts without internet access by secretly enabling call forwarding on victims’ phones.

The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) has issued advisories to citizens regarding increasing cyber fraud, ...

Officials warn that scam calls impersonating law enforcement agencies are on the rise, and artificial intelligence makes it ...