A Bengaluru man lost ₹6.79 lakh after clicking a fake RTO e-challan WhatsApp link, in a cyber fraud case that has prompted a police investigation
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🏦 Underground marketplaces continue to openly advertise fraudulent banking ecosystems involving:
• Bank account creation
• “Fullz” identity packages
• eSIM abuse
• Credit-ready accounts
• Business account onboarding
• Account takeovers (ATO)
• Financial mule infrastructure
The listing shown here advertises:
• “Fresh and old accounts”
• Accounts with “large credit balances”
• Bank card assistance
• eSIM-enabled T-Mobile identities
• “Business Fullz”
• CashApp/BTC laundering paths
• Multiple US banking brands
This is not just credential theft anymore.
What we are increasingly seeing across underground ecosystems is the industrialization of:
• Synthetic identity fraud
• Banking-as-a-service abuse
• Telecom account compromise
• eSIM hijacking
• Mule account networks
• Fraud-ready onboarding kits
One of the most important indicators here is the mention of:
“eSIM T-Mobile with fullz.”
That combination is extremely dangerous because it suggests potential preparation for:
• SIM swapping
• OTP interception
• MFA bypass
• Mobile banking takeover
• Cryptocurrency theft
• Recovery-channel hijacking
Telecom compromise has become one of the most effective enablers of financial fraud operations.
Threat actors increasingly target:
• Mobile carriers
• Banking onboarding flows
• Digital wallet ecosystems
• Neobanks
• Remote identity verification systems
rather than directly attacking hardened enterprise environments.
The listing also references:
• Wholesale discounts
• Custom bank registration
• Buying existing accounts
which reflects how mature these criminal ecosystems have become.
These are no longer isolated scammers.
Many operations now function like structured service providers with:
• Customer support
• Escrow systems
• Fraud guarantees
• Bulk pricing
• Specialized operators
• Dedicated suppliers
• Access brokers
• Money laundering facilitators
The inclusion of banks such as:
• Capital One
• Citi
• TD Bank
• Santander
• KeyBank
• Fifth Third
• Navy FCU
• Chime
• CashApp ecosystems
suggests targeting of both:
• Traditional financial institutions
• Fintech/mobile-first ecosystems
because fintech onboarding flows are often optimized for speed and growth, which can increase fraud exposure.
Another critical trend is the abuse of:
• Business LLC formations
• Virtual credit cards (VCCs)
• QuickBooks integrations
• Square merchant onboarding
to support:
• Fraudulent merchant accounts
• Payment laundering
• Chargeback fraud
• Crypto cashout operations
• Mule payment routing
The operational language in these advertisements strongly resembles “Initial Access Broker” models seen in ransomware ecosystems — except adapted for financial fraud.
Instead of selling network access, these actors are selling:
• Financial identities
• Banking infrastructure
• Verified accounts
• Telecom control
• Recovery mechanisms
This creates highly scalable fraud pipelines.
Defenders should pay particular attention to:
• eSIM change monitoring
• Device fingerprint anomalies
• Synthetic identity indicators
• Rapid account onboarding behavior
• Multi-account behavioral overlap
• Telecom-provider integrations
• Recovery-flow abuse
• KYC bypass patterns
• SIM swap telemetry
• Cryptocurrency cashout signals
because modern financial fraud increasingly operates as a cross-sector attack chain involving:
Telecom → Identity → Banking → Crypto → Laundering.
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Shiva Prasad, Junior Assistant O/o the Deputy Educational Office, Bandlaguda, Hyderabad was caught red-handed by the Telangana #ACB officials, while demanding and accepting a #bribe of Rs. 10,000/- from the complainant at his office for doing an official favour i.e.." for not removing the complainant school from the list of SSC board examination centres.
In case of demand of #bribe by any public servant, you are requested to contact #Anticorruption Bureau Telangana "Toll Free Number 1064" for taking action as per law. You can also be contacted through the WhatsApp (9440446106), Facebook (Telangana ACB) and Website: ( https://t.co/359g4K3W0H )
The details of the Complainant / Victim will be kept secret.
హైదరాబాద్లోని బండ్లగూడ డిప్యూటీ విద్యా కార్యాలయంలో జూనియర్ అసిస్టెంట్గా పనిచేస్తున్న శివ ప్రసాద్, ఒక అధికారిక పని అయిన, ఫిర్యాదికి చెందిన పాఠశాలను ఎస్ఎస్సి బోర్డు పరీక్షా కేంద్రాల జాబితా నుండి తొలగించకుండా ఉండటం చేసిపెట్టుటకు గాను ఫిర్యాది నుండి రూ. 10,000/- #లంచం డిమాండ్ చేస్తూ, తన కార్యాలయంలోనే దానిని స్వీకరిస్తుండగా తెలంగాణ #అవినీతి నిరోధక శాఖ అధికారులు రెడ్ హ్యాండెడ్గా పట్టుకున్నారు.
ఒకవేళ ఏ ప్రభుత్వ సేవకుడు అయినా #లంచం అడిగినట్లయితే ప్రజలు దయచేసి తెలంగాణ #అవినీతినిరోధకశాఖ వారి "టోల్ ఫ్రీ నెంబర్ 1064 కు డయల్ చేయండి". అంతే కాకుండా వివిధ సామాజిక మాధ్యమాలయిన "వాట్సాప్ ( 9440446106), ఫేస్ బుక్ (Telangana ACB), ఎక్స్ (@TelanganaACB) మరియు వెబ్ సైట్ (https://t.co/359g4K3W0H ) ద్వారా కూడా తెలంగాణ #అనిశా ను సంప్రదించవచ్చును. "ఫిర్యాదుధారుల / బాధితుల వివరములు గోప్యంగా ఉంచబడును.