Foreign media: The number of scams in Indian cyberspace surged, and young people gathered in the fields to engage in fraud

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] The unemployment rate caused by the epidemic of new crown pneumonia and the changes in network coverage, the number of Indian cyber frauds has increased, and there is a tendency to shift from cities to rural areas.After the investigation, Singapore's "Straits Times" reported on the 25th that in rural areas in central India, many young people gathered in the fields and used mobile phones and computers for several hours.The work is actually engaged in online fraud.

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The 28 -year -old Mumbai photographer Wadacca received a suspicious mobile phone information last month. The sender claimed to be a representative of the power company and asked him to pay the arrears of the power company, otherwise the power was disconnected.The scammers even provided a consultation call to ask Wadaka to contact and pay for it. Fortunately, he knew the scam, but not everyone had the ability to distinguish it.Such cyber fraud activities are common in India. Many unemployed young people are recruited by the fraud gang by the seduce of "returns".(Han Lin)

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