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 Cybercrime unit has warned mobile phone users about a simple dialling trick that can silently redirect bank calls and ...

India’s cybercrime authorities have issued a fresh alert about a rising USSD call forwarding scam that is quietly leading to bank fraud and account takeovers. The warning has come from the National ...

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.

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

The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) recently issued an advisory warning citizens about a rising wave of ...

Cybercriminals are exploiting USSD codes, disguised as delivery agents, to activate call forwarding on unsuspecting citizens' phones. This allows them to intercept bank alerts and OTPs, leading to ...

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

The National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit has issued a warning about a rapidly spreading USSD call forwarding scam that targets users to gain access to their bank accounts. The Indian Cyber Crime ...

The Cybercrime unit has warned mobile phone users about a simple dialling trick that can silently redirect bank calls and lead to account fraud. India’s national cybercrime monitoring agency has ...

A simple delivery call can unknowingly lead to your phone being hijacked through the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) codes.