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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...- India mulls payment lags, checks for senior citizens as digital fraud rises, RBI paper showsThe Reserve Bank of India is proposing new rules to combat rising online fraud. High-value digital payments may face a one-hour delay. Extr...
- AI is supercharging a global cyber fraud crisis--but it could also solve itAI's growing use in cyberattacks poses a significant threat to online security, with sophisticated scams impacting businesses and individua...
- Airtel flags 71 billion spam calls, 2.9 billion messages since 2024Bharti Airtel said it has flagged more than 71 billion spam calls and 2.9 billion spam messages since launching its AI-based spam filter in...
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- Trump's big bill also seeks to undo the big bills of Biden and ObamaRepublicans are trying to reverse key policies of former Presidents Obama and Biden. A bill aims to preserve tax cuts but also cuts spendin...
- Bengaluru: How a brilliant Hyderabad techie, addicted to gaming, ended up becoming a serial burglar wanted in nearly 90 casesL. Srinivas, a debt-ridden engineer, faces 86 criminal cases for burglary and cyber fraud, driven by losses from online gambling. In a sepa...
- Bike taxis hit brakes; IT’s complicated with TrumpBike taxi services face a fresh setback in Karnataka following a court ruling on Wednesday. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
- Nithin Kamath sounds alarm over digital arrest frauds in IndiaDigital arrest crimes have become increasingly sophisticated, using advanced methods and extensive personal information. The masterminds, w...
- Unraveling the digital arrest scams: How scammers target vulnerable pensionersLaw enforcement officials uncovered a digital scam operation possessing data of 20,000 pensioners, including banking information. The sophi...
- Delhi: How elderly engineer lost Rs 10 crore after 19 days of digital arrestA retired engineer from Delhi was scammed out of over Rs 10 crore. The scammers pretended to be from the police and courier company. They c...
- You are under digital arrest! How fake cop scams are draining victims’ bank accountsVictims of online scams are finding themselves in the grip of fake cops, leading to empty bank accounts. As the battle against cybercrime i...
- Fraudsters pose as bank employees, police to steal debit, credit card details, CVV, OTP; how to identify a 'fraud' callBank fraud: A new type of bank fraud is doing rounds these days. In this fraud, a fraudster imposing as a bank offcier informs that a high ...
- How to avoid online scams and what to do if you become a victimSome of the most damaging and costly scams involve what's known as "social engineering." That's when fraudsters use time-tested techniques ...
- Have fought, will fight! We have won, we will win: Ex-CM Hemant Soren's wife KalpanaThe 48-year-old Kalpana Soren, who was previously considered a frontrunner for the position of chief minister but faced opposition from Sit...
- From gold to crypto, Indians seem to be changing preferenceCoinSwitch Kuber is one of a handful of crypto exchanges that are in operation in India. Recently, in a Series B round, the startup amassed...
- 2019: The year Indian tycoons faced bankruptcies, jail and even deathBanks wrote off $39 billion loans in 18 months as they battled the world’s worst bad debt pile.
- Harlequin Head, Landscape with Horses: Five notable art forgeries from around the worldIn June 2011, news of a massive art fraud by a German group of forgers came to light.
- Bengaluru investors lose Rs 5 crore this year in online 'medicinal seed' fraudTracing the fraudsters is difficult as they operate from multiple locations and the money is transferred to various bank accounts opened us...
- Financial lives of senior citizens should be made simpleWe cannot expect the elderly to keep themselves updated on technology to carry out transactions. Authorities should do it on their behalf.
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