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Digital arrest: How India’s fastest-growing scam uses fake investigations and video calls to siphon off croresThey pose as the police, put you under ‘digital arrest’, and tether you to a video call till your savings are gone. How India’s fastest gro...
Myanmar assures India against allowing its territory against India’s security interestsPrime Minister Narendra Modi and Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing held talks in New Delhi focused on security cooperation, border manageme...
Operation Octopus: Trapping the tentacles of India’s cyber fraud networkAmidst the alarming increase in cyber scams, the Hyderabad Police have initiated Operation Octopus, a mission aimed at dismantling the enti...
As rupee dips, I-T steps up vigil on shady outflowsIn multiple cases, individuals have used dozens of fake permanent account numbers (PANs) with the same name but different addresses and dat...
Mother's Day Special: How AI, apps are empowering women to manage finances, improve health, build careerWomen are learning to keep pace with the ubiquitous apps and AI, shrugging off dependence on their kids for financial transactions, online ...
Mangaluru man gets call about SIM card misuse; one mistake makes him lose Rs 2,07,04,600 in a few weeksA 61-year-old man in Mangaluru was allegedly duped of over Rs 2 crore in a sophisticated digital arrest scam, where fraudsters posing as of...
'They said it was for tax and fees': Senior citizen spends Rs 64 lakh to 'recover' old insurance funds, ends up with a police notice for criminal activity insteadA 62-year-old senior citizen from Navi Mumbai was cheated of Rs 64 lakh over four years by cyber fraudsters who posed as officials from the...
Digital arrest claims another victim: Telangana MLA Putta Sudhakar Yadav duped of ₹1.07 croreA Telugu Desam Party MLA lost over one crore rupees to cybercriminals. The fraudsters posed as Mumbai cyber crime officials. They threatene...
Mumbai businessman loses Rs 58 crore in 'digital arrest' fraudA 72-year-old Mumbai businessman was allegedly duped of Rs 58 crore in a ‘digital arrest’ scam, one of the largest such cyber frauds report...
Sudha Murty, wife of Narayana Murthy, becomes latest cyber fraud target: What happened and how to stay safeRajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty was targeted in a cyber fraud, receiving threats from someone posing as a DoT official who claimed obscene video...
How trying to buy milk online ended in a ₹18.5 lakh fraud in MumbaiA 71-year-old woman in Mumbai was allegedly defrauded of ₹18.5 lakh after attempting to order milk online. She received a call from a man p...
Mumbai woman loses Rs 8 crore to online stock scam over two months after WhatsApp messageA 62-year-old housewife in Mumbai was defrauded of approximately Rs 8 crore in a cyber scam that promised high stock market returns, initia...
Mumbai woman strips on video call, pays Rs 1.7 lakh to cybercrooks after digital arrest threatA Mumbai woman fell victim to cyber fraud, losing Rs 1.7 lakh after being coerced into nude video calls by scammers posing as Delhi Police ...
Another nexus on the rise? Cyber criminals use Pulwama terror attack plot to dupe Hyderabad techie of Rs 2 lakhA Hyderabad-based IT professional was scammed out of Rs 2 lakh by cybercriminals who falsely linked her Aadhaar details to the 2019 Pulwama...
Beware: Cybercriminals are now using India Post for online fraud. Here is how they are targeting victimsCyber criminals are now using India Post to scam unsuspecting individuals, following the FedEx courier fraud trend. A recent case involved ...
Mumbai man loses Rs 1.07 crore in trading scam; Here's how Indians lost Rs 1,750 cr in just four monthsA 48-year-old man from Navi Mumbai lost Rs 1.07 crore in a share trading scam, highlighting a broader surge in cybercrime in India. The Ind...
Navi Mumbai man falls prey to cyber fraud, loses Rs 45.69 lakh in share trading scamA Navi Mumbai resident's investment venture turns into a nightmare as cyber criminals lure him into share trading, resulting in a staggerin...
Mumbai woman searches internet for learning stock trading, loses Rs 27 lakhAn unidentified man has been booked for cheating a woman in Mumbai of Rs 27 lakh by promising to teach her stock market trading. The scamme...
Cyber crime: CBI likely to set up special branch in Mumbai"Apart from such scams, CBI is also probing sensational murder cases of Sheena Bora and Narendra Dabholkar among others," Sinha said.
- Cyber criminals rely on mind games
McAfee has announced the results of a groundbreaking study that details the psychological games and other tactics cyber criminals use in so...