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One Wrong Click, One Costly Mistake: Police Warn of Rising Cybercrime Threat
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1 min readFrom 1 outlets- Newsfirst reports that police warned about rising cybercrime.
- Newsfirst describes scams involving money-making calls, bank-impersonation messages and deceptive links.
Newsfirst reports that Sri Lanka Police have warned that digital fraud and online scams are evolving and becoming more common. The report is datelined Colombo, but it gives no date for the warning.
Newsfirst says the examples include calls promising easy money, messages presented as coming from a bank and links that appear legitimate but lead to scammers. The report provides no further details about victims, losses, specific incidents or police advice.
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