No concept of digital or online arrest under PMLA: EDThe Enforcement Directorate has issued a crucial clarification regarding arrests. It states that digital or online arrests are not part of ...
08 Oct, 2025, 03.47 PM IST
Ex-Trinamool leader Bibhas Chandra Adhikari arrested in Noida ran similar fake ‘Interpol’ office in KolkataFormer Trinamool Congress leader Bibhas Chandra Adhikari, arrested in Noida for running a fake “International Police & Crime Investigation ...
11 Aug, 2025, 08.07 PM IST
IRCTC deploys AI-based solution to curb illegal booking practices, blocks 3.5 crore fake IDsIndian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has taken action against unauthorized ticket agents. The IRCTC used Artificial Intelligence...
04 Jun, 2025, 10.51 PM IST
A new weapon against cyber fraud: Govt’s I4C database enables search for known scamsters, can help prevent digital arrestGovernment's I4C database: The National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal maintains a database of know scammers which you can search using UPI I...
06 Jan, 2025, 06.26 AM IST
Govt blocked 1,700 Skype IDs and 59,000 Whatsapp accounts used for digital arrest fraud, says ministerOver 6.69 lakh SIM cards and 1.32 lakh IMEIs have been blocked by the government as of November 15 according to police authorities. In orde...
03 Dec, 2024, 08.22 PM IST
Karnataka Examination Authority proposes Aadhaar-liked registration for all examsThe Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) proposes Aadhaar-linked registration for professional course aspirants from next year to prevent...
29 Oct, 2024, 01.42 PM IST
How HDFC Bank customers can identify fake SMS messagesCountless people have been cheated by fraudulent SMSs. Numerous bank customers have received texts from strange numbers informing them that...
17 Mar, 2023, 10.45 AM IST
COAI warns mobile users against fraud messages, calls relating to KYC detailsThe industry body urged the general public not to fall for any fraudulent messages and calls, and to stay vigilant. It asked mobile users n...
30 Jul, 2021, 02.04 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
As people stayed home, cyber fraud tripled during lockdown in DelhiSeveral accounts and IDs through which people were defrauded in the name of Covid-19 donations were also blocked in the recent past. Over 8...
30 Jun, 2020, 11.29 AM IST
Pakistan Army fishes in troubled waters of Sri Lanka via fake twitter idsPakistan based and Pak Army supported twitter handles are busy spreading propaganda against India using fake Sri Lankan ids, ET has learnt.
30 Apr, 2019, 02.21 PM IST
NPCI stops UPI pay within same account, effective August 1NPCI said that all such transactions will be blocked in the UPI central system and has also asked payment service providers and banks to bl...
23 Jul, 2018, 10.19 AM IST
Pakistan gave national ID card to slain Taliban leader: Chaudhry NisarThe minister said the incumbent government paid enough attention to the issue of fake CNICs and passports,it is impossible to work honestly...
30 Dec, 2016, 09.03 PM IST
- Fake Twitter accounts in name of PMO still operational
Fake twitter accounts in the name of PM's office continue to remain operational today even as the Govt pushed the micro-blogging site to re...
23 Aug, 2012, 09.00 PM IST
Government asks Twitter to block fake 'PMO India' accounts; site fails to respondIndia's Minister for Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal said, "Twitter has not responded to our requests in a satisfacto...
23 Aug, 2012, 06.00 AM IST
Beware of another Facebook spam !The phishing scam is being run through the spam messages which steals the sensitive information of the Facebook users.
25 May, 2009, 09.59 AM IST
- Pak to curb sale of mobile connections to unverified users
Pakistan's telecom authorities may soon block some seven million unregistered mobile phone connections after issuing repeated warnings to c...
21 May, 2008, 08.33 PM IST