Bengaluru woman exposes LinkedIn rental scam: Stranger offered her money for account accessA Bengaluru-based woman, Nikhita Anil, has shared a viral LinkedIn post detailing a suspicious offer she received—money in exchange for ren...
13 Feb, 2025, 03.12 PM IST
The man who escaped the scam rings of CambodiaThousands of workers are trafficked to Southeast Asia to commit cyber fraud on their fellow citizens over social media. Ex-serviceman Botch...
02 Jun, 2024, 12.31 AM IST
Chinese scammers are using innovative ways to dupe you, reveals Hyderabad Police probeChinese fraudsters have been behind an Rs 712 crore investment scam following a bust by Hyderabad police, with the group adept at creating ...
31 Jul, 2023, 12.16 PM IST
'Jamtara Global': Indian WhatsApp users flooded with spam callsThese spam calls with international numbers, mostly from African and Southeast Asian countries, along with fake messages from unknown users...
09 May, 2023, 05.40 PM IST
Fighting in Myanmar sends thousands fleeing to ThailandOver 5,000 people have fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand to escape increased fighting between Myanmar's army and armed resistance gro...
06 Apr, 2023, 08.58 PM IST
Social media scam artists prey on India’s amateur investorsIt’s an increasingly fraught topic around the world. Securities regulators from Spain to Australia are mulling ways to enforce restrictions...
28 Jul, 2022, 09.52 AM IST
Common investment frauds and how to avoid themInvestment frauds are on the rise. Those hopeful of high returns in the short run tend to lose the most.
10 Mar, 2022, 07.09 PM IST
Top Cryptocurrency Prices Today: Ethereum, Dogecoin, Uniswap tank up to 6%The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on Thursday proposed that a 1,250% risk weight be applied to a bank’s exposure to Bitcoin and ce...
11 Jun, 2021, 10.17 AM IST
China arrests over 1,100 suspects in crackdown on crypto-related money launderingThe arrests came as authorities in China step up their crackdown on cryptocurrency trading. Last month, three industry bodies banned crypto...
10 Jun, 2021, 03.07 PM IST
8 tips to use internet banking safelyThere are various ways in which fraudsters may try to deceive you into giving them your personal and security details. Here are 8 tips to u...
04 Aug, 2020, 11.16 AM IST
Don't get cheated by online fraudsters: Here's how to protect yourselfFraudsters are finding innovative ways to cheat you via e-commerce and banking transactions as well as mobile calls and mail. Find out how ...
01 Aug, 2016, 04.35 PM 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
Internet scam: Beware of personalised mails from fraudstersCyber fraudsters now land up in your inbox as advocates, police officials and friends through emails laced with links to malicious software...
08 Mar, 2013, 08.49 AM IST
- 'Spam King' ordered to pay Facebook $711 mn
US has ordered a self-crowned 'Spam King' to pay Facebook $711 mn for slipping uninvited into people's accounts to send bogus mkting messag...
30 Oct, 2009, 11.28 PM IST
- One in four Asian banks hit by online scam attempts
More than 25 percent of banks in the Asia-Pacific region have been hit by attempts to steal online information over the last 12 months, but...
07 Jul, 2008, 06.37 PM IST
- New report identifies dangerous Web domains
A little more than 5 per cent of the sites under the '.com' domain, the world's most popular, were identified as dangerous. Phishing email ...
04 Jun, 2008, 09.03 PM IST