New Delhi: India is the center of the Call-Center talent entered into criminal use, said Microsoft’s new research report.
This survey of 16,254 adult internet users in 16 countries found that almost seven of the 10 consumers in India were targeted by the technology support scammer in the past year.
‘Global Tech Support Scam Research’ shows that India experienced a relatively high level of scam meeting of 69% in 2021, almost the same (70%) with it in 2018.
On the contrary, there was a decrease in the overall five points in a global scam meeting with a level 59 % Compared to the same period.
In India, one in three (31%) of those surveyed continued to attract and finally lost money, an increase of 17 points compared to 2018.
Millennium (aged 24-37) was the most vulnerable, with 58% of those who continued scam caused losses monetary.
A total of 73% of men in India who continue to interact with scammers tend to lose money, the survey said.
Every month, Microsoft receives around 6,500 complaints globally from people who have become victims of technology supporting fraud.
This fell from 13,000 reports in one month on average in the previous year.
Posing as an executive of technology majors, such as Microsoft or Google, Scammers contacts users and makes psychosis fear or convince them to install software.
After completion, it gave the illegal ‘long distance access’ cheater to their victim’s device.
Scammers then drain the victim’s money.
Technology support scammers reach 70% of Indian users: Microsoft
