'Digital arrest' scam: How cybercriminals use fear to empty your bank accountScammers are using 'digital arrest' threats via SMS, email, or WhatsApp, impersonating officials from agencies like the CBI to extort money...
01 Nov, 2024, 10.53 AM IST
The world of digital scams is expanding its base in India; How can you stay cautious?A cyber scam trend sees criminals posing as law enforcement officials, using video calls to intimidate victims into transferring large sums...
30 Oct, 2024, 03.09 PM IST
Digital arrest: Beware of the new cyber scam that alleges you of serious crime to extort moneyCriminals are posing as law enforcement officers to scare people by threatening them with fake digital arrests. This scam is leading to sig...
30 Oct, 2024, 11.33 AM IST
ICICI Bank warns customers about rising parcel fraud scams: Use these tips to stay safeICICI Bank has alerted customers about parcel fraud scams involving fake calls from supposed Customs or Police officials. Scammers claim th...
21 Oct, 2024, 09.44 PM IST
Customs department warns against new parcel fraud:'Drug was found in your parcel, will inform police'; how to save yourself from this fraudNew parcel scam: The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has stated that several people complained to them about a fake parc...
22 Jun, 2024, 02.26 PM IST
Cybercrooks impersonate FedEx, extort Rs 15 lakh from lawyer in 36-hour video call scamCybercriminals posed as FedEx employees and law enforcement officers in a 36-hour video call scam, extorting Rs 15 lakh from a lawyer by th...
09 Apr, 2024, 08.35 AM IST
How crypto giant Binance became a hub for hackers, fraudsters and drug traffickersIn as little as nine minutes, using only encrypted email addresses as identification, the Lazarus hackers created Binance accounts and trad...
07 Jun, 2022, 08.18 PM IST
Bank frauds, ponzi, govt funds swindling constitute half of ED's money laundering cases: DataThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) was entrusted to enforce the stringent criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA),...
05 May, 2022, 07.12 PM IST
View: Why it's better for RBI to just wait and watch on cryptocurrencyAs with the coronavirus, if you don’t know what you don’t know, and you are still likely to be held liable for an outbreak, enforcing a qua...
10 Mar, 2020, 11.26 PM IST
Why India needs a powerful think tank in economic intelligence to stop Niravs & MallyasWhether it’s Vijay Mallya, or former IPL boss Lalit Modi, or diamond merchants Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, the tribe of white collar crimi...
25 Feb, 2018, 10.15 AM IST
Sunday ET: How is money laundering done and why is it a difficult crime to commitMoney laundering, as both law enforcers and launderers will tell you, is complex. ET Magazine sifts through masses of information to list t...
05 Aug, 2012, 11.41 AM IST
- Govt to rejig, synchronise economic intelligence agencies
The government has begun an ambitious exercise to rejig the snoop mechanism & synchronise databases of economic intelligence and enforcemen...
14 Apr, 2011, 07.16 PM IST