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Redditor claims stolen iPhone resurfaced in Bangladesh, stranger offers courier return. But netizens smell a scamA Redditor claims his stolen iPhone 15 Pro, snatched in Delhi Metro, mysteriously ended up in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A stranger offered to cour...
Nigerian scammers accused in AI-driven fake Brad Pitt fraudThe scammers deceived 53-year-old Anne, into believing that she was in a romantic relationship with a 61-year-old Hollywood actor Brad Pitt...
Almost 800 arrested over Nigerian crypto-romance scamThe suspects, including 148 Chinese and 40 Filipino nationals, were detained on December 10 at the seven-storey Big Leaf Building in Lagos,...
Meta removes 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria over 'sextortion' scamsNigerian online fraudsters, known as "Yahoo boys," are notorious for scams that range from passing themselves off as people in financial ne...
India ranks number 10 in cybercrime, study findsAn international team of researchers has compiled the 'World Cybercrime Index' that ranks roughly 100 countries and identifies key hotspots...
Nigerian diplomats getting Raksha tips at Ahmedabad-based universityA delegation of 30 Nigerian diplomats, including officials from various Nigerian law enforcement agencies, is undergoing a two-week trainin...
Sandesara brothers, fighting fraud charges in India, are flourishing in NigeriaThe Sandesara brothers, Gujarati businessmen who left India in 2017, deny cheating their lenders and say they are victims of political pers...
Nigerian fraudster ‘Hushpuppi’ jailed for 11 years in US, ordered to pay $1.7mRamon Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi, was arrested in Dubai two years ago and was ordered to pay $1,732,841 (£1,516,182) in restitution to ...
Snake oil salesman are still aroundThe Nigerian who scammed an Indian showed that old tricks can catch new fools.
The customs of conmenForget the Nigerian Prince scam. Now, confidence tricksters posing as Customs officials are defrauding people of crores of rupees using a c...
Make biometric proof must for SIM card: Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj KumarCut-throat competition among the mobile service providers had led to laxity in carrying out the prescribed physical verification of a SIM a...
- After online scam, calls from Pakistan promise money
First, there were Nigerian emails promising money to people and duping them. Now, people are getting calls from Pakistan informing them of ...
- Sweeping claims
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will obviously rubbish any accusations that it has run out of brooms.
- Now, Nigerian email fraudsters ‘rope in’ supercop Kiran Bedi
Identity of the country's most famous crime-buster has been stolen to perpetuate the Nigerian fraud. Supercop Kiran Bedi has been impersona...
- Beware! New, 'branded' Nigerian scamsters may soon come calling
Unsuspecting customers falling prey to fraudsters masquerading as big brands such as Nokia & LG. Pirates of Somalia I Real or fake? | List ...
- Now, I-T sleuth falls for Nigerian scam
Being an I-T official, Ajaykumar Singh (38)—who rummages through documents to detect tax evasion—should have smelt a rat when he received a...
- RBI warns against fraud remittance offers
Central Bank says schools, hospitals, individuals could fall prey to email scam.