Gujarat Cyber ​​Police has taken strict action against Chinese loan apps. Based on the complaints lodged so far 2824 against Micro Lending App Chinese app has been banned. These apps have been removed from the Android Market. Police 903 had identified such mobile application. Gujarat Cyber ​​Police may soon take action on remaining other Chinese applications. ,Users’ data is misused

An Inspector of Cybercrime Wing told that cyber thugs send messages to people that if they want to avail microloan then download mobile app. Mobile users have to give consent for the app to access their contacts, images, videos and all other digital content in order to get loan approval. Still not everyone gets the loan. Cyber ​​thugs scan through photos and messages of mobile users. Once they are convinced that the personal data can be used to withdraw money, they proceed with the loan application.

Apps are hosted from Hong Kong and China

Police told that from March till now 0736 Complaints have been registered. People’s data is being compromised through Chinese and Nepali apps. Taking quick action in this situation, apps have been banned and removed. Police said that these apps were being hosted on servers in Hong Kong and many other cities of China. Is

14 By increasing the loan of thousand rupees becomes thousand

The police officer told that the loan amount is usually starts from Rs. From 13 is given at % interest. When the target returns the amount on time, the swindler ,003 give a loan of Rs. and then increase it by , Taxes Rs. Now the extortion has started. The app’s host then morphs the photos or videos and sends them to people in the user’s contact list to coerce them into paying.

Every time Chinese apps get listed in Google with a new name

Through the app, cyber fraudsters implicate friends and family of users for blackmail, extortion and abuse. The police officer said, “Every time we ask Google to remove Chinese apps from the Play Store, they reappear under some other name. For example, if an app called GoRupee is deleted, it will come back as GoRupiya.

GujaratChinese app bannedPublished Date

Fri, Mar 24, 2023, 8: 28 PM IST