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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....
CAG's 2017 report pointed out serious irregularities by MartinThe decision to hold a CAG audit was taken by the Union home ministry in 2015 following rampant complaints of corruption and violations in ...
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...
Email mishap turns into big win: Michigan man takes home $416,322 lottery jackpotThe fortunate individual, who has opted to keep their identity confidential, stumbled upon this windfall through the state's second-chance ...
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...
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...
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.
Indian call centers a source of imposter frauds: USThe US government told lawmakers said American officials were training Indian law enforcement agencies to act against the fraudsters.
NCP’s Jayant Patil accused of involvement in multi-crore scamThere was no oversight on the Lottery operations as well as the main server of the lottery was kept out of the state which was again in vio...
Lottery 'scam': Ex-minister Jayant Patil rubbishes ex-IAS officer's claimsAnand Kulkarni had held then Finance Minister Jayant Patil and senior IAS officer Kavita Gupta responsible for the 'scam'.
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...
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.
Reserve Bank of India to bring out charter on consumer rightsThe move is aimed at curbing instances of ponzi and online lottery schemes, a senior Reserve Bank of India official said.
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...
- 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...
- E-scams take the cellphone route
The reality is a different story, as the scammers are not calling from another country, but are comfortably ensconced in a distant suburb i...
- Money mules on the rise as e-fraud thrives in India
In a depressed job market that has youth frantically searching for jobs online, a threat of enormous proportions looms for the unwitting on...