A rising trend of USSD scams taking place across the country where scammers take control of a user’s call and messaging systems, the National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit under the Indian ...

Cybercriminals are exploiting USSD codes, disguised as delivery agents, to activate call forwarding on unsuspecting citizens' phones. This allows them to intercept bank alerts and OTPs, leading to ...

USSD-based call forwarding scam enables account takeovers and financial fraud Scammers impersonate delivery agents, tricking victims into dialing USSD codes Avoid dialing codes 21, 61, 67 from unknown ...

India’s cybercrime authorities have issued a fresh warning about the new fraud tactic that is affecting many individuals in India. The scammers are quietly draining bank accounts and hijacking online ...

The Cyber Crime Wing of the Tamil Nadu Police has issued a public advisory regarding a new and emerging cyber fraud, where criminals impersonate courier or delivery service agents to fraudulently ...

The Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has officially announced the commencement of the End-User Billing (EUB) model for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed Deposit Money Banks to start deducting charges for unstructured supplementary service data transactions directly from users’ mobile airtime.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced an important change on the deduction of charges for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) transactions. Starting Tuesday, June 3, ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed Deposit Money Banks to start deducting charges for unstructured supplementary service data transactions directly from users’ mobile airtime.

In compliance with a new directive from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), United Bank for Africa (UBA) has announced a change in the billing method for Unstructured Supplementary Service ...

Did you know that smartphone penetration in South Africa was estimated to be around 82.5% in 2024, but nearly 28% of users frequently avoid using their devices due to high data costs, limiting ...