My ex has been stalking me from past 5-6 yrs. We dated in 2016 for 6-7 months during our college days (we were in different college). It ended one sided as I felt it wasn't working out. Since 2021 he has repeatedly contacted me through fake Facebook accounts just to find out whether I’m single, committed, or married.

In 2021 I received a text frm an FB account saying "Will u marry me", claiming he worked in a nearby bank and saying he wanted a baby with me. I figured out it was him. I lied that I'm married and blocked him, assuming that he wouldn't disturb me anymore. Again in last year December, he contacted me again through another fake account pretending to be a dermatologist after seeing one of my comments online. He started sending voice notes and asking for personal details. That’s when I became suspicious and realised it was him. He started insulting my appearance, character, and personal life mockingly. He even sent me a link to track my location.

I'm well aware that this comes under cyber stalking and I can complain through cyber crime portal. I’m worried that my complaint might lead to local police intervention. I also don’t want to drag my parents into this (though both of them know about this). I thought of making an anonymous complaint, but not sure how effective it will be. At the same time, I can't keep on ignoring this repeated stalking by him. It's mentally exhausting to deal with this‌, as I'm already going through a lot of other personal issues.

Can someone please explain what happens after filing cyber stalking complaint online. Are anonymous complaints considered serious and how effective that could be? Any geniune advice would be really helpful.

TL;DR: My ex has been texting me from different fake accounts insulting me and troubling for 5+ years. Need advice about filing cyber stalking complaint online.

One of my friend is being blackmailed by another person who got his nudes via omegele , the person is threatening that he will share those screenshots to the knowns , need some advice or somebody who can assist me and help in this matter , please help

One of my gym friends recently became a victim of an instant loan app that looked completely legitimate — and the scary part is that it was even available on the iPhone App Store, which most people naturally assume is safe and strictly verified.

Everything seemed normal in the beginning:

quick approval,

instant money,

minimal verification.

Because it was on the App Store, nobody around him even suspected it could turn dangerous.

Then repayment got delayed.

That’s when the harassment started.

The app had access to his contacts and personal data. Soon he started getting nonstop calls, threats, and blackmail. Then came the worst part — they allegedly morphed his face onto inappropriate images and threatened to send them to everyone in his contact list.

I’ve heard stories online before, but seeing someone panic in real life because strangers were threatening to humiliate him digitally was honestly disturbing.

What shocked me most was how fearless they sounded. When he mentioned police and cybercrime complaints, they barely reacted.

That made me wonder.

How many people are silently going through this right now?

What’s even more concerning is that many people believe iPhone App Store apps are automatically trustworthy because of Apple’s security and review systems.But incidents like this show that being listed on an official app store doesn’t always guarantee safety.

I just got to know that my PPF account has been frozen. I am scared now. I don't know what to do. My main bank account is working. I don't know why my PPF account has been frozen. The last 2 years have been hell for me, and all of it was my fault. When I went to the bank, they told me that someone had filed a cybercrime case against you from Jaipur. But I don't understand why my PPF account has been frozen. I never shared the PPF details with anyone. Maybe my savings account should have been frozen.

Hello, I bought Corsera Plus from some online seller, it has completely stopped working and the seller has stopped responding on WhatsApp. When I call on his number, the person who picks up says he is not the course seller and has sold nothing on WhatsApp. What can I do in this situation?

Guys today there were some promotional messages(media) made from my discord account and also from my sister's instagram account (which is linked to my email id) there was a story and a post was shared in the absence of mine. The password was never shared to anyone and also my phone was switched off at that time (i have my competitive exam tmrw so i have been keeping my phone switched off since last 2-3 months and accessing whatsapp and other neccesities from pc). I told my parents about this and they said that police will put charges on me is this true please help me guys...

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so im a class 12th student just completed my boards and i got 66percent in all 6 but in physics and chemistry i only gave 23 marks so it dosen't take a genius to figure out the checker just passed me out of pity. now im saying that the result ain't fair and the osm checking shit fucked me in the ahh but no one's buying it ,and after all the shit show going im my house it dosen't really matter anymore if i scored 65 or 75 percent now . even im starting to accept that i only studies for 23 marks so can't do anything about it now . before my result came out my plan was to take admission in an engineering college and do btech and while my btech completes i was thinking of doing comptia security plus and offensive security certified professional exam and land a job but now that plan is not looking very good because no good college is there who will give me admission in btech cse on 66 percent and it there is a good college then it goes 10 to 12 lac but i don't think i can afford to spend that money on btech .

for my background i've been a tech savvy kid since i was 12 . i had a lenovo laptop which i3 processor and ohh hell naw specs but that scarcity of specs made my interest grow in linux so im very comfortable with using all these distros since then and im pretty sure this is my thing so i wanted to be a cyber security engineer . i can do some party tricks too and also completed google cybersecurity course of kids . i think i will enjoy this thing because my brain gets fun in problem solving and critical thinking so yeah im pretty sure this is my thing .

now i have some options in front of me and i can't decide what's good for me and there is no one in my knowing who is a cyber security engineer so i thought maybe people who already made it might help me .

so option 1 is to do btech from a tier 3 college and do the certifications side by side and mainly so the btech for the degree so i can appear in the interviews

option 2 is doing bca from the tier 3 college and the same thing because it will be cost efficient and will give me a bit more time to study for the exams because oscp ain't easy .

option 3 is doing bca from online colleges like manipal uni online because i only need degree to appear in interviews so this option is most efficient when it comes to cost and time saving and online degrees are ugc approved to it's the same thing

the last option is going complete off road and doing only what i need to land a job in cybersecurity but as some of you can relate it is not quiet pleasing to live in your parents home doing nothing for 2 years after 12th when you scored marks like me

if there any any other option that you guys can suggest im open and looking forward to it .

i wasted my time on free courses for learning ethical hacking, can anyone suggest me best paid practical hacking course in online or offline in inida anywhere.

I'm dealing with a cybercrime case involving a Russian citizen. I have his old phone number, but it has been deactivated. Is there anyone who can help me obtain any information from the telecom operator? I can provide legal documents if needed.

Even if the subscriber changed or deactivated the number, I was told that information connected through call logs might still exist. The numbers of his family members, people he interacted with over the past 8 years, and possibly even his family address may still be traceable.

I really need someone who can help because I'm not in Russia and cannot handle this personally due to the language barrier. Can someone please help

I'm posting on behalf of my family member who got scammed 4-5 months ago and we're still getting no updates or money back. Please help us with any advice or if anyone has been through something similar.

What happened:

Hacker got access to phone via OTP fraud

Multiple UPI transactions were made from Kotak Mahindra Bank account

Total amount lost: ₹1,19,286

All transactions happened on 21st and 22nd December 2024

What we've done so far:

Filed complaint on cybercrime.gov.in (Acknowledgement No: 31112240212440)

Reported to Kotak Mahindra Bank

Complaint filed under UPI Related Frauds

Transactions went to multiple platforms — Jio Payments, Amazon, NSDL, Paytm

Current situation:

No money recovered

Cyber crime portal not showing status updates

Bank has not taken any visible action

4-5 months have passed

What we need help with:

Has anyone successfully recovered money from similar UPI/OTP fraud?

Which approach worked — RBI Ombudsman, legal action, or something else?

Any lawyers or consumer forums that helped you?

any India-wide advice is welcome.

Please upvote so more people can see this and help 🙏

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I have a barely used smasung galaxy note tablet thatts about 8 years old model i barely used it for some reason.

Now when my current tablet has died i tried this galaxy note tablet but its missed software updates and i cant install youtube or whatsapp.

Speed and working is absolutely fine , but now how do i bring its software up to date and get youtube, whatsapp etc on it because

It just has normal chrome browsers, speed is fine, but playstore isnt showing the apps for this. Very limited apps are getting thru. Says device not compatible.

I dont wanna waste money buying another new tablet, if possible i need to make this one work..