Man lands in Bengaluru airport and shares how he got scammed by fake cab driver: 'Felt helpless'A Bengaluru airport passenger faced deception. A man posing as an Uber driver tricked the passenger. He asked for OTP and demanded more mon...
Crypto tourist nightmare in London: fake Uber driver allegedly drugs American and steals $123K in Bitcoin and XRPAn American tourist in London says a fake Uber driver drugged and robbed him of $123,000 in crypto. Jacob Irwin Cline, 30, claims he lost B...
After Uber, CCPA probes Ola & Rapido over ‘Advance Tip’ for faster ridesThe Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has launched an investigation into Ola and Rapido for allegedly pressuring users to pay ad...
ETtech Explainer: Why Uber is in hot water over ‘advance tipping’In a post on X, union minister for consumer affairs Prahlad Joshi wrote, "The practice of 'Advance Tip' is deeply concerning. Forcing or nu...
Bengaluru man books Uber at airport, gets cab scammed at 3 AM. Netizens point out where he went wrongA Reddit user shared how he was scammed by a fake Uber driver at Bengaluru airport after straying from the designated pickup zone around 3 ...
Bengaluru man alleges he had to pay 7 times fare in airport taxi scam, driver forced him to delete phone numberA Bengaluru man experienced a frightening scam after agreeing to a ride from the airport to his PG for Rs 450. The journey turned distressi...
Cabbie cons NRI with fake app at Mumbai airport, charges Rs 2,800 for 10-minute rideAn Australia-based NRI businessman was duped by a Mumbai taxi driver, paying Rs 2,800 for a short ride using a fake fare app. After he file...
Bengaluru Taxi Scam: Social media user exposes new trick cab drivers are using to cheat customersCab drivers in Bengaluru are reportedly scamming passengers, particularly women, by stopping midway and asking them to pay for fuel. This t...
DHFL scam: Money trail takes CBI to underworld's doors; Chota Shakeel link under probeThe central probe agency has found material showing that public funds were diverted to people allegedly linked to Shakeel. The officials sa...
Tiger mints another unicornAlso in today's ETtech Top 5 newsletter: Chargebee becomes unicorn after Tiger Global funding; Mobile Premier League buys GamingMonk in onl...
US prosecutors charge three people for their roles in Twitter hack, Bitcoin scamProsecutors in Florida said they filed 30 felony counts against 17-year-old resident of the state identified as the "mastermind" of the cyb...
Twitter says about 130 accounts were targeted in cyber attack this weekIn its latest statement, Twitter said that the hackers were able to gain control to a "small subset" of the targeted accounts, and send twe...
C Sivasankaran is back with smart homes business planSivasankaran opened model showcases of the single-room-balcony homes at an unveiling in Chennai today.
Govt to regulators, India Inc: Shape up or else…The pile of cases at the country’s bankruptcy courts and the continuing exposure of shady financial transactions show how deep the rot is.
No need for more than 3 PSU banks, says Rakesh JhunjhunwalaSooner or later, there will be a political will to privatise banks, Jhunjhunwala said.
Who is Nirav Modi, the man at the centre of PNB scamHe was among the first to supply diamonds according to client specifications in the 1990s.
Organisations in India should be transparent with user data: McAfee's SamaniThe chief scientist at cyber security firm McAfee, Raj Samani, said enterprises, government bodies and SMBs in India will need to be wary o...