Fake ‘pop-up’ warning scam: ED conducts searches in Delhi, U.P., Rajasthan
The Hindu
The pop-ups prompted many users to install unwanted programmes and tricked them into paying online for resolving the fictitious problems.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted searches at multiple locations in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan in connection with a case against six private companies which allegedly sent pop-ups to personal computers with bogus warnings about serious technical issues. The pop-ups prompted many users to install unwanted programmes and tricked them into paying online for resolving the fictitious problems. The ED probe is based on a First Information Report registered in September last year by the Central Bureau of Investigation, which had also searched premises of the companies and the associated individuals in Delhi, Noida, Mainpuri, Gurugram, Faridabad and Jaipur.
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