A genuine fake Thana that almost got awayTake the case of the police station in Banka, Bihar, which last week was found to be not a police station after all. For eight months, a ga...
Former Religare promoters Singh brothers’ wives duped of crores by conmenThe Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police has registered two separate FIRs on the complaints of the wives of the embattled Singh bro...
RBI, CID warn of frauds using remote access appThe cyber crime police have filed 30 cases of such a fraud in the past two months.
Beware of conmen collecting money claiming to represent us: Infosys FoundationInfosys Foundation requested the public to alert police and write to the foundation if they have information about such fraudsters.
More and more fall for the ancient prize money trapAccording to data from the cybercrime police station, such cases are classified under the category of ‘advance fee scams.’
- Swindlers pose as Army men online, dupe people
The cyber crime station in the city has received about 15 complaints in the past month of conmen posing as defence personnel, said deputy c...
Conmen seed fake phone numbers in Google to trap people looking for customer care detailsAbout 20-odd people have been duped in this manner in the past month in Bengaluru, according to the city’s cybercrime police.
ED raids 5 locations in Jharkhand in first cyber conning PMLA caseEnforcement Directorate said multiple teams of the central probe agency raided locations in Jamtara district and adjoining areas as part of...
First time: PMLA case on banking conmen who stole savings from remote Jharkhand townThese banking crimes perpetrated over phone and using stolen e-database has seen a phenomenal rise in the last few years prompting banks to...
The customs of conmenForget the Nigerian Prince scam. Now, confidence tricksters posing as Customs officials are defrauding people of crores of rupees using a c...
Kiwi’s ‘surviving India’ videos go viralHis videos have been widely shared across social media and traveller groups. Richard Bowles, an Australian who visited India recently, wish...
Indian embassy in UAE thwarts 700 fake job offers to IndiansBetween January and June 2017 alone, we have got 792 inquiries about employment offers, and only 66 turned out to be genuine, India's Ambas...
CBI to probe deeper into transfer of official liquidator's fundsCBI is gearing up for a wider and deeper probe into the fraudulent transfer of funds controlled by the office of the Official Liquidator (O...
Godmen or Conmen: Why do people flee from God to godmen?This does not prove the greatness of individual conmen or the worth of teachings they mouth. It proves the sickness of the age in which we ...
Special 26: Movie reviewInspired by a real incident, Neeraj Pandey cuts to the chor-police chase and weaves an intelligent, mind-racing thriller, keeping you tight...
- Sarkari conmen
Impersonators desire for living a little bit like how the powerful babus do.
- 'Indian workers in Dubai duped by conmen'
Twenty-five Indian workers have been duped out of almost 70,000 dollars by recruitment agency conmen promising them bogus jobs in the Unite...