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

Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) codes are strings of characters primarily used by developers and technicians to troubleshoot smartphones. You can use these codes to learn more about ...

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

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

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.