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Digital arrest: How India’s fastest-growing scam uses fake investigations and video calls to siphon off croresThey pose as the police, put you under ‘digital arrest’, and tether you to a video call till your savings are gone. How India’s fastest gro...- Man mails gold bars hidden in chilli sauce for ‘investment’, nearly falls victim to massive scamAn elderly man in Tianjin, China, narrowly escaped an online investment scam after police intercepted a parcel containing two gold bars hid...
- Exotic pet trade in India: Illegal trafficking, social media surge, and new wildlife lawsAn influencer's unboxing video of live emperor scorpions highlights the booming illegal exotic animal trade in India. Despite recent legal ...
- 'Food app-style delivery of drugs': How a Nigerian kingpin ran home delivery cartel across Delhi using women as agentsDelhi Police cracked down on a major international drug cartel. The operation led to the seizure of narcotics worth over Rs 100 crore. Five...
- From Biryani to Bootlegging: How gig workers fuel Delhi’s booze racketDelhi grapples with a surge in illegal liquor smuggling. Bootleggers are using delivery workers to transport alcohol. Police surveillance h...
- 1,283 kg beef seized on Vadodara-bound train; FIR against two over banned meat transportGujarat police seized 1,283 kg of beef from the Golden Temple Express at Vadodara station, en route from Amritsar to Mumbai. The illegal me...
- Bengaluru couple posts garden pics on FB, ends up in jail after followers spot ganja in flower potsA Bengaluru couple was arrested for growing and attempting to sell ganja on their balcony. Their operation was uncovered after the woman po...
- Bengaluru airport lounge scam: How scamsters stole Rs 87000 from woman through appA woman named Bhargavi Mani claimed to have lost over Rs 87,000 in a scam at Bengaluru International Airport. She was tricked into download...
- Scam alert! 10 common tricks used by scamstersMiddle-aged and elderly people are most vulnerable, though even youngsters fall into the traps laid by fraudsters. Know about the latest on...
- FedEx parcel scam robs top executive of Rs 51 lakh via 10-hour 'digital arrest'A high-ranking executive in Bengaluru fell victim to a 10-hour 'digital arrest' scam, losing Rs 51 lakh. Scammers posing as officials from ...
- 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...
- How an ex-MD of multinational firm lost Rs 4.8 crore to online fraudstersA 67-year-old former managing director in Thane falls victim to an online fraud, losing Rs 4.80 crore. Fraudsters pose as central agency of...
- Beware of fun games about first celeb crush! You may be the next victim of Covid online fraudIt may appear harmless, but you are giving away your passwords or answers to security questions.
- Tarantulas from Poland, Tamarins from Thailand seized in ChennaiThe end price of exotic creatures is very high. But enforcement agencies, in recent years, have stopped assigning any monetary value to wil...
- Swiggy's plan beyond food deliveryIn today's ETtech Morning Dispatch: Swiggy gets $1.25 billion funding after Zomato IPO; Income Tax department comes knocking on crypto exch...
- Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi in good health, lawyer saysThe junta's violent response has triggered international condemnation -- and threats of retaliation from some of Myanmar's myriad ethnic ar...
- US orders diplomats out of Myanmar as violence spiralsDaily protests demanding the restoration of the elected government have been met with a military crackdown that has left more than 520 civi...
- Student orders 1TB HD, gets strawberries insteadShruti Chavda had placed COD order believing it to be from online portal, makes payment only to realize box contained the fruits.
- I-T dept alerts airport intel units; seizes diamonds at IGIAThe Income Tax department has alerted its air intelligence units at all airports in the country after it detected unaccounted wealth of Rs ...
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