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In towns where most earn less than $300 a month, online scammers are stealing millions

Por: Los Angeles Times Business March 15, 2023

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Ravindra Gaikwad did what is expected of cyberpolice chasing an online scam: He followed the money. But what initially seemed like an ordinary fraud case in his small town in western India ended up sending him on a 2,000-mile trip across three Indian states. Only then did he begin to understand how sophisticated such criminal enterprises were becoming in his country. “Scamsters across India are exploiting gullible people in small towns and... + full article



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