Your cloned card is being swiped abroadUsually, crooks use a device called the skimmer that is fitted to a card swiping machine and which copies the card details while it is bein...
22 Jun, 2018, 10.35 AM IST
Aadhaar-link con calls may wipe out your bank balanceIn most cases, swindlers knew that their Aadhaar was not linked with their bank account. Calls were usually made either during night or in ...
13 May, 2018, 06.32 PM IST
In 3 years, fraud, theft cost nation's top banks Rs 485 croreMore than 24 lakh people, or roughly 22% of Delhi's population, could have withdrawn Rs 2,000 using this much cash.
21 Nov, 2016, 02.53 PM IST
Actress Nargis Fakhri cheated of Rs 6 Lakh via 'cloned' credit cardIt is suspected that the alleged swindlers copied Nargis' card information & made a clone.In all, 14 transactions were made for around $9,0...
17 Aug, 2016, 12.34 PM IST
- World Cup Brazil: Keep your credit cards close to your chest
Warning to the football fans visiting Brazil: be very careful before you hand over your credit/debit card, you may be a potential target of...
07 Jun, 2014, 03.42 AM IST
Cyber crimes on debit, credit cards double as fraudsters evolve new methodsAccording to a senior official from the NPCI, a settlement platform for e-payments, the number of such cases has spurted about 125% since l...
10 Apr, 2014, 08.44 PM IST
Nandan Nilekani's Aadhaar project faces fight from a team of Europay, Mastercard & VisaAmid an alarming rise in credit card frauds, a group of bankers will decide in a month the appropriate payment technology for the Indian ba...
17 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Greek hackers steal Rs 13 lakh from Axis Bank accounts using cloned debit cardsJobless Greeks stole money from Axis Bank accounts using cloned debit cards, exposing the vulnerability of account holders in India to risi...
15 Jun, 2013, 12.43 AM IST
Soon, punch in PIN after swiping card at outletsThe next time you offer your debit/credit card , don't be surprised if the waiter brings the payment device and asks you to punch in your s...
13 Apr, 2013, 10.49 AM IST
Credit card frauds to hit e-paymentsMany like Majumdar are shying away from using electronic payment modes the Reserve Bank of India wants to popularise.
07 Feb, 2013, 07.21 AM IST
Global gang skims Indian credit card industry of Rs 30 crore in 2 monthsAll top credit card issuers—ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Citibank, SBI Cards and Axis Bank—have been affected by these frauds.
06 Feb, 2013, 01.13 AM IST
Beware of missed call to check SIM cloningNext time if you get a missed call starting with +92; #90 or #09, don't show the courtesy of calling back because chances are it would lead...
02 Jul, 2012, 02.25 PM IST
- Customers seek lower limit on credit cards
Customers are calling in their credit card companies to lower the credit limit on their cards, worried that they may be tempted to overspen...
08 Jun, 2012, 06.49 PM IST
- ICICI Bank recalls hundreds of credit and debit cards after cloning scare
On October 5, the city police had busted a card-cloning racket. Initially, they received complaints from 64 card users.
23 Oct, 2011, 08.45 AM IST
- SBI Cards launches credit cards with EMV security feature
SBI Cards, a joint venture between the country's largest lender SBI and GE Capital, launched credit cards with EMV chip security feature.
01 Aug, 2011, 06.46 PM IST
- 'UK credit card scam could be linked to LTTE funding'
With an international credit card cloning scam unearthed in UK, a British MP has said supporters of LTTE could be behind the scam to raise ...
02 Mar, 2008, 07.15 PM IST
- Indian link emerges in credit card scam in UK
An international credit card cloning scam has been unearthed in UK in which thousands of pounds in the bank accounts of British people were...
02 Mar, 2008, 09.21 AM IST