When you disclose this code, the scammers can see your screen and record your every move on your phone.

They will ask you to provide them a nine-digit remote desk code that will appear on your screen once you have installed the software. But now, people misuse these to cheat online and scam people. These applications are made for remote desktop connectivity and to remotely control the system via Android devices, also called screen-casting applications. These scamsters will ask you to download apps like Anydesk, TeamViewer, or QuickSupport. One is where fraudsters pose as a customer care executive of a bank and the second where the victims themselves call customer care services with queries to solve. There are two ways in which victims are trapped. Listen to the conversation between Goswami and the fraudster: While Goswami asked the caller to stop scamming innocent people and lead a life of dignity, how many of these calls have you come across? NEW DELHI: What happens when you get scam calls asking you to download applications from your play store to eventually run you out of your money? Well, not everyone is as informed and aware as Arvind Goswami, a UP police official who confronted his caller when he was asked to download the QuickSupport app.

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