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Is RBI running any donation or lottery compensation scheme? Check detailsA fake email claiming to be from the Reserve Bank of India is circulating. It asks people to pay a credit fee for a 'Donation Program 2026'...- Nigerian who came to India on medical visa in 2013 among six arrested for fake lottery and gift scamDelhi Police arrested six men, including two Nigerian nationals, for running an online scam. The accused posed as foreign women and promise...
- Digital arrest frauds on the rise: How scammers target vulnerable victims and what you can do to protect yourselfDigital scams targeting mobile phone users are on the rise. A recent trend, 'digital arrest,' involves criminals posing as law enforcement ...
- Fake wedding cards emptying bank accountsCyberattacks in India are increasing by the day with criminals coming up with new modus operandi. In 2023, Indians lost Rs 120.30 crore to ...
- Stock market fraud via WhatsApp, Facebook, Telegram: Two investors lost over Rs 3 crore; how to identify scam and protect yourselfStock market scams via WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook or Instagram: Two investors lost over Rs 3 crore in separate scams, highlighting a conc...
- Bengaluru woman received a scratch card and a letter. Then she lost Rs 18 lakh. What went wrong?A woman from Bengaluru became ensnared in a complex lottery scam involving scratch cards, losing over Rs 18 lakh in a span of three months....
- Dubious apps on Google Play Store now selling fake Kerala lottery ticketsDubious apps on Google Play Store have impersonated the Directorate of Kerala State's lotteries. According to AI-driven cyber-security firm...
- Payments on WhatsApp launches ‘Scam Se Bacho’ campaign in IndiaPayments on WhatsApp allow users to send and receive money from their contacts via Unified Payment Interface (UPI) as easily as sending a W...
- Beware of ‘social engineering’ attacks: Home MinistryThe Home ministry has cautioned government officers against online attacks seeking unauthorised access to sensitive information by imperson...
- Now you can file cyber crime cases online in DelhiDistrict cyber cells will automatically receive the complaints as soon as they are registered on the portal, www.cybercelldelhi.in, and ini...
- Indians losing more money to online frauds than other Asians : Telenor surveyIndians are losing more money to Internet fraud than those in other Asian countries, reveals a Telenor survey.
- Work-from-home, lottery, fake bank emails top online scams: Telenor studyFor those surveyed who indeed have been subject to an online scam in India, 90% have lost money and compared to neighbours, the sums stolen...
- Beware of these common financial hoaxesFraudsters often pose as RBI officials and create misleading email IDs and websites to swindle unsuspecting customers.
- Karan Singh Grover pays the price for 'being a very trusting guy'Actor Karan Singh Grover was cheated of Rs 7,00,000 in a "prize money" scam. But he insists it could happen to anyone.
- How to identify and stop a cyber criminalThe Internet is an integral part of our daily lives. We use it for communication, searching for information, making payments.
- Cyber crime increasing in Hyderabad, data showsWhile the overall crime cases registered an increase of 10 per cent, from 19,110 last year to 21,035 this year, there was a sharp rise in r...
- Give Rs 15,500 to get Rs 5.50 crore: Scamsters posing as RBI Governor RajanAbout another fraud perpetrated in its name, RBI recently said in a public alert that fraudsters were promising to issue credit cards in th...
- RBI warns against fake emails, callsThe apex bank said it never contacts people through unsolicited phone calls or emails asking for money or any other type of personal inform...
- Protect yourself from fake online job offers and lotteriesAttacks by cyber criminals have intensified recently, fuelled by the growing use of the internet and mobile phones as well as the general d...
- Flat fraud: Was lucky draw for mega DDA scheme rigged?Documents in possession of TOI raise serious doubts about the integrity of the ‘lucky draw’ process by which DDA selected the beneficiaries...
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