Delhi Police prevents potential losses of Rs 1.53 crore in five 'digital arrest' scamsDelhi Police successfully intervened to stop significant financial losses from digital arrest scams in various states. The Financial Monito...
18 Oct, 2026, 05.31 PM IST
'Earn 30% monthly': SBI warns how fraudsters can lure you with tempting offers and what you should doFraudulent investment schemes lure investors with the illusion of high returns and minimal risk. The State Bank of India (SBI) warns that s...
13 Oct, 2026, 04.33 PM IST
‘I want to reach Rs 1 crore in 3-4 years’: Ankur Warikoo explains the money mistake that keeps people chasing quick wealthAnkur Warikoo recently shared an email from a woman with a Rs 25 lakh investment corpus who wanted to reach Rs 1 crore within three to four...
09 Oct, 2026, 08.31 AM IST
SEC exposes $15 million alleged scam: How WhatsApp groups, AI trading promises and fake SEC claims lured investorsThe SEC has charged multiple entities over two alleged investment scams totaling more than $15 million. The agency says WhatsApp groups, AI...
06 Oct, 2026, 05.55 AM IST
Imposter posing as Pittsburgh Steelers Player Eli Heidenreich scams two women out of $1000Two women from Pennsylvania, were scammed by an imposter claiming to be Eli Heidenreich. The incident occurred in July 2026, involving dece...
24 Sep, 2026, 03.50 PM IST
BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration: Inside the 140-point document on Global South's ambitionsBRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th summit, reaffirming their commitment to cooperation, multilateralism and a more...
14 Sep, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
Real estate firm promised Rs 60,000 every month for a Rs 17.5 lakh investment, paid Rs 30,000 for six months, then stopped; court orders company to pay client over 55 lakhA Hyderabad consumer commission has ordered a real estate company to pay over Rs 55 lakh to a customer after finding that it stopped honour...
08 Sep, 2026, 04.30 PM IST
Party's over for crypto scammers who went on a spending spree after a $240 million bitcoin theftIn a bold social engineering heist, young con artists pilfered over $240 million in bitcoin, leading to an extravagant month of luxury splu...
07 Sep, 2026, 05.51 PM IST
AI fuels low-value cybercrimes, use of 'salami slicing'The rise of low-value cybercrimes is alarming, as scammers increasingly focus on individuals rather than systems. Driven by AI and the digi...
05 Sep, 2026, 08.12 AM IST
Malaysia built a $100 billion city just 2 km from Singapore for 700,000 people; only 9,000 came, now scammers are moving into the ghost townGhost town: Malaysia's grand Forest City venture is struggling, left eerily vacant and dubbed a ghost town due to a lack of residents. In t...
13 Aug, 2026, 12.58 PM IST
Did PM Modi announce a Rs 25 lakh monthly income scheme? Here's the truthA fake video using artificial intelligence shows Prime Minister Modi promoting an investment scheme. This fraudulent platform falsely promi...
17 Jul, 2026, 07.10 PM IST
Torres scam accused launched investment schemes in Bulgaria, verification on: PoliceThe Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) is probing the Torres investment scam, which defrauded 12,783 investors of Rs 130 crore. S...
19 Feb, 2025, 09.23 AM IST
Indian software professional in US loses her Rs 4 crore savings to 'fake love'. What is 'pig butchering' scam?The "pig butchering" scam ensnared Shreya Datta, a tech professional from Philadelphia, in a devastating cryptocurrency romance fraud, resu...
26 Feb, 2024, 09.50 AM IST
Psychological tools fraudsters use to trap youThe psychological trickery in some financial scams is worth making a movie. Know what emotionally triggers some into losing their hard-earn...
10 Mar, 2022, 07.13 PM 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
CBI registers 30 FIRs in 30 daysIn the 30 FIRs (first information reports) registered so far, complainants have alleged that they were promised “double return in a short s...
05 Jul, 2020, 11.50 PM IST
Real-estate companies' ponzi scam worth over Rs 45,000 crore: CBIIn its case against PACL and PGF, CBI has named PGF Director Nirmal Singh Bhangoo and PACL Director Sukhdev Singh besides six other directo...
27 Feb, 2014, 09.39 PM IST