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- Kochi cyber police recover over Rs 1 crore lost in ‘digital arrest’ scam targeting elderly man
  Kochi cyber police successfully recovered over Rs 1 crore defrauded from an 81-year-old man in a 'digital arrest' scam. Scammers impersonat...
  14 Mar, 2026, 05.46 PM IST
- Rs 2,49,246.61 gone in minutes: India’s new traffic challan scam is emptying bank accounts; Here’s how to stay safe
  Cybercriminals are exploiting fear and urgency with fake traffic challan messages, leading victims to fraudulent payment pages. An elderly ...
  24 Jan, 2026, 02.15 PM IST
- Man mails gold bars hidden in chilli sauce for ‘investment’, nearly falls victim to massive scam
  An elderly man in Tianjin, China, narrowly escaped an online investment scam after police intercepted a parcel containing two gold bars hid...
  03 Dec, 2025, 09.42 PM IST
- Canadian scam king who stole millions from US seniors finally captured in dramatic takedown
  Gareth West, a Canadian man, has been apprehended in Quebec for allegedly masterminding a large-scale "grandparent scam" that defrauded eld...
  05 Jul, 2025, 11.42 AM IST
- Bengaluru: How a brilliant Hyderabad techie, addicted to gaming, ended up becoming a serial burglar wanted in nearly 90 cases
  L. Srinivas, a debt-ridden engineer, faces 86 criminal cases for burglary and cyber fraud, driven by losses from online gambling. In a sepa...
  16 May, 2025, 01.22 PM IST
- Digital arrest: 90-year-old duped of Rs 3.4 crore in fake courtroom sting, two taken into custody
  Delhi Police arrested Amit Sharma and Hari Swargiary. They are accused of scamming a 90-year-old man. The victim lost Rs 3.42 crore. Scamme...
  16 May, 2025, 11.58 AM IST
- How ‘hypnotising seers’ from a Uttarakhand village used magnets to cheat people in Gurgaon
  Thandanala, a village in Uttarakhand, became infamous for its con artists. These fraudsters travelled to different states and cheated peopl...
  23 Apr, 2025, 04.11 PM IST
- Delhi man posing as insurance agent visited elderly, pretended to renew policies, and scammed them of lakhs: Police explain the scam
  Delhi Police arrested a 26-year-old man, Priyesh Giri, for duping senior citizens by pretending to help renew their health insurance. He sc...
  05 Mar, 2025, 11.10 AM IST
- BJP accuses Kejriwal, Atishi of committing 'political fraud' with women and elderly
  BJP accused AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi of deceiving women and elderly with non-existent schemes. BJP claimed that people were m...
  25 Dec, 2024, 08.30 PM IST
- Cyber fraud: 75-year-old man duped Rs 11 crore in Mumbai
  A 75-year-old Mumbai man lost ₹11.1 crore to a share trading scam after joining a fraudulent WhatsApp group. He transferred funds to variou...
  27 Nov, 2024, 07.38 AM IST
- US cyber crimes: Overseas scammers are swiping billions from Americans every year, and getting away with it
  Scammers are stealing billions from Americans yearly, exploiting technology and targeting older adults. Sophisticated fraud schemes overwhe...
  07 Jul, 2024, 10.01 AM IST
- Influencer's father loses Rs 3 lakh in ‘Swiggy customer service scam’. How it happened
  A 65-year-old man was defrauded of over Rs 3 lakh after trying to contact Swiggy's customer service due to an undelivered order. His son, N...
  04 Apr, 2024, 01.52 PM IST
- Social media goes wild after reports of Dawood Ibrahim being hospitalised, Indian netizens hail 'unknown men'
  Although several reports have speculated that the gangster has been poisoned, Pakistani authorities have not confirmed it yet.
  19 Dec, 2023, 11.18 AM IST
- Gang poses as sellers, cheats Flipkart off Rs 17 lakh
  According to police sources, the fraud was orchestrated from early 2017 with the suspects registering themselves as sellers trading online ...
  18 Nov, 2017, 04.42 PM IST
- Bengaluru investors lose Rs 5 crore this year in online 'medicinal seed' fraud
  Tracing the fraudsters is difficult as they operate from multiple locations and the money is transferred to various bank accounts opened us...
  19 Sep, 2016, 06.30 AM IST
- Former JPMorgan bankers accused of stealing $400,000 from inactive bank accounts
  Jonathan Francis, 27, and Dion Allison, 30, were charged with crimes including conspiracy and second-degree grand larceny.
  30 Dec, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
- Bernard Madoff pleads guilty to all 11 charges
  Madoff's investors included hedge funds, banks, Jewish charities & small investors in North & South America & Europe. Financial crisis | Fi...
  12 Mar, 2009, 07.47 PM IST
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