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 ...
26 Nov, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
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...
25 May, 2024, 02.36 PM IST
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....
13 May, 2024, 08.51 AM IST
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...
15 Nov, 2022, 05.04 PM IST
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...
26 Jul, 2022, 04.45 PM IST
Beware of ‘social engineering’ attacks: Home MinistryThe Home ministry has cautioned government officers against online attacks seeking unauthorised access to sensitive information by imperson...
22 Jul, 2019, 10.55 AM IST
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...
27 Jul, 2017, 10.32 AM IST
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.
01 Aug, 2016, 11.19 AM IST
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...
10 Mar, 2016, 02.51 PM IST
Beware of these common financial hoaxesFraudsters often pose as RBI officials and create misleading email IDs and websites to swindle unsuspecting customers.
11 Jan, 2016, 02.45 PM IST
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.
10 Jul, 2015, 11.54 AM IST
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.
28 Apr, 2015, 01.34 PM IST
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...
27 Dec, 2014, 06.06 PM IST
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...
04 Dec, 2014, 05.22 PM IST
- RBI warns against fake emails, calls
The apex bank said it never contacts people through unsolicited phone calls or emails asking for money or any other type of personal inform...
07 Feb, 2012, 02.24 PM IST
- Protect yourself from fake online job offers and lotteries
Attacks by cyber criminals have intensified recently, fuelled by the growing use of the internet and mobile phones as well as the general d...
22 May, 2010, 12.58 AM IST
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...
03 Jan, 2009, 10.37 AM IST