'Digital arrest' scam: How cybercriminals use fear to empty your bank accountScammers are using 'digital arrest' threats via SMS, email, or WhatsApp, impersonating officials from agencies like the CBI to extort money...
01 Nov, 2024, 10.53 AM IST
The world of digital scams is expanding its base in India; How can you stay cautious?A cyber scam trend sees criminals posing as law enforcement officials, using video calls to intimidate victims into transferring large sums...
30 Oct, 2024, 03.09 PM IST
Salman Khan gets another death threat: Pay Rs 2 crore or else...Salman Khan received a terrifying extortion message demanding Rs 2 crore or face death. A man from Uttar Pradesh, posing as a gangster's br...
30 Oct, 2024, 09.31 AM IST
Army recruitment racket busted, a fake major arrested for running army training campMilitary intelligence and Maharashtra police arrested a man impersonating an army major for running a fake recruitment racket across severa...
13 Sep, 2024, 12.54 PM IST
FIR filed against former Maharashtra DGP and 6 others for alleged extortionThane city police have filed an FIR against seven individuals, including former Maharashtra DGP Sanjay Pandey, for alleged irregularities a...
03 Sep, 2024, 05.24 PM IST
Parody account posts fake message, Maharashtra police book Dhruv RatheeAccording to the state cyber department, the account with the handle @dhruvrahtee had claimed on X that Birla's daughter had cleared the Un...
13 Jul, 2024, 02.27 PM IST
Paper leak row: 'Bihar-linked admit cards' stump Maharashtra PoliceThe sophisticated NEET-UG racket, orchestrated by a Latur gang, exploited vulnerable parents through various tactics like impersonation and...
26 Jun, 2024, 12.29 AM IST
SC refuses to entertain bail plea of Sukesh Chandrashekar's wife in extortion case, says allegations seriousSupreme Court has refused to hear the bail plea of Leena Paulose, the wife of alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar, in a Rs 200 crore extort...
30 Oct, 2023, 03.39 PM IST
Inquiry ordered into alleged voter data theft after apprehension of impersonation: K'taka CEOThe opposition party alleged that the private trust, which was assigned by the Bengaluru civic agency to spread awareness among voters, col...
20 Nov, 2022, 10.12 AM IST
Mumbai: Amit Shah's security breached by a man impersonating MP’s PAThe accused identified as Hemant Pawar of Dhule in Maharashtra has been sent to five-day police custody by the court on Tuesday after being...
08 Sep, 2022, 12.06 PM IST
CBI busts racket falsely promising governorship, Rajya Sabha seats for Rs 100 croreThe agency had conducted searches at seven locations in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka recently in connection with the cas...
25 Jul, 2022, 06.07 PM IST
Fake profiles of IPS officials on Facebook on the riseSecurity experts say IPS officials, other high ranking officers have increasingly complained of account impersonation, other online financi...
14 Oct, 2020, 08.00 AM IST
Your friend in distress could be an e-fraudsterFraudsters have managed to steal from hundreds of bank accounts by either impersonating acquaintances of account holders, tricking tipplers...
28 May, 2020, 10.48 AM IST
Vyapam-linked deaths controversy result of MP police goof-upThe CBI was entrusted to look into the alleged conspiracy to eliminate suspects booked in the admissions and recruitment scam in Madhya Pra...
15 Oct, 2017, 01.24 PM IST
Vyapam scam: Candidates 'lied' middlemen were deadIt is alleged that a large number of bright students were hired by the candidates to take the medical entrance examination conducted by Mad...
26 Feb, 2017, 12.52 PM IST
Vyapam scam: CBI scans records of 9.5 lakh aspirants, traces 121 impersonatorsAfter registering an FIR in July 2015 following a direction from the Supreme Court, the CBI found 300 such impersonators who appeared on be...
13 Feb, 2017, 10.33 AM IST
Man linked to security lapse at PM Modi event quizzed by IB, SPGIntelligence Bureau and Special Protection Group have questioned the man at the centre of the security breach during the swearing-in ceremo...
11 Nov, 2014, 10.29 PM IST