Various scammers and criminals use several tactics to defraud individuals and steal their information. As mobile phones are an integral part of most, these devices often get targeted in such planned attacks, which can be in the form of unsolicited calls, texts, voicemails, etc. Hence, many advisory messages get circulated informing the public to beware […]
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There are many online competitions and promotions, and we notice social media promotions for laptops etc. especially targeting students. Unfortunately, there are a lot of online scams also in the guise of such promotions. This is our investigation related to such online scam for free laptop giveaway for students. Social Media Posts We noticed viral […]
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There are plenty of online hoaxes spreading through social media platforms and often these fake news peddlers identify themselves to be part of Facebook or WhatsApp. In the past we have debunked a few such posts which can be read here and here. Recently we noticed a number of posts, which had tagged mostly verified […]
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There are plenty of online hoaxes being spread through social media platforms, especially through WhatsApp. At Fact Crescendo, we are always on the alert for such online frauds, including this post, which had started circulating through WhatsApp, claiming that LAUGFS Supermarket was giving away a voucher worth Rs. 10,000 for their 19th anniversary celebration. These […]
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