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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...08 Jun, 2026, 11.13 AM IST- US shuts India-based call centre operation that defrauded elderly AmericansUS authorities have dismantled an India-based call centre scam. Hundreds of elderly Americans lost millions to tech support fraud. The inve...21 May, 2026, 11.16 AM IST
- IPL 2026 scam season is here: Over 600 fake ticket sites, 400 malware-linked streams cheat fansAs the IPL 2026 season kicks off, a rise in cyber scams is alarming eager cricket enthusiasts. Unscrupulous fraudsters are capitalising on ...13 May, 2026, 12.34 PM IST
- New Zealand warns international students and migrants about rise in visa scam callsImmigration New Zealand has issued a warning about a surge in scam calls targeting visa holders and migrants. Fraudsters are impersonating ...11 May, 2026, 11.03 AM IST
- Mother's Day Special: How AI, apps are empowering women to manage finances, improve health, build careerWomen are learning to keep pace with the ubiquitous apps and AI, shrugging off dependence on their kids for financial transactions, online ...04 May, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
- WhatsApp banned 9,400 accounts involved in digital arrest scams since January this year: Centre to SCAuthorities are launching a major crackdown on digital arrest scams. WhatsApp has banned thousands of accounts involved in these frauds. Ne...28 Apr, 2026, 01.22 PM IST
- Mangaluru man gets call about SIM card misuse; one mistake makes him lose Rs 2,07,04,600 in a few weeksA 61-year-old man in Mangaluru was allegedly duped of over Rs 2 crore in a sophisticated digital arrest scam, where fraudsters posing as of...26 Apr, 2026, 07.39 PM IST
- Booking.com hacked: Here’s what customers need to knowBooking.com hacked: Booking.com experienced a security breach in which unauthorised parties accessed certain customer booking details. Affe...14 Apr, 2026, 08.47 PM IST
- Canadian authorities warn of surge in fake ‘milk settlement’ text scam exploiting class-action credibilityCanadian authorities are issuing a stern warning about a widespread text message scam. Fraudsters are impersonating legitimate class action...05 Apr, 2026, 02.21 PM IST
- Google issues global alert as ‘Do You Remember Me?’ text scam targets billions draining bank accounts fastGoogle has issued a global alert about a new text scam that starts with messages like “Do you remember me?” and targets people worldwide. T...24 Nov, 2025, 08.36 PM IST
- An AI granny is phone scammers' worst nightmareDaisy Harris, an AI-generated granny by British phone company O2, is designed to waste the time of phone scammers. Her creators used real g...29 Nov, 2024, 11.50 PM IST
- Software professional's Rs 20,000 redesign offer for fake HDFC Bank site baffles scammerA Gurugram-based software engineer amusingly engaged with a scammer posing as an HDFC Bank representative. He offered to redesign the fraud...29 Jul, 2024, 10.35 AM IST
- Phone number spoofing: How to stop this?Phone spoofing has become a menace but users can neutralize the harmful threats by following a few steps.29 Feb, 2024, 01.31 AM IST
- Telecom operators are warning people about call-forwarding scams; Here's how to protect yourselfThe primary goal behind most of these scams is financial theft. Despite the advanced security systems employed by most banks to safeguard a...27 Oct, 2023, 05.57 PM IST
- TikTok user's Facebook Marketplace scam warning goes viral: Here is what happenedMichel Janse's TikTok post went viral after she revealed how she was reportedly scammed on Facebook Marketplace. Know what happened to her.06 Oct, 2023, 10.39 PM IST
- No kingpins, just a smartphone and SIM card: How cybercriminals in Mewat scam mobile ownersDelhi Police are also now keeping an eye on the young scammers operating from the Mewat region after several cases of scams revealed that t...19 Feb, 2023, 04.30 PM IST
- iPhone 14 Pro selling for Rs 6,500? Beware of this new scamReports show scammers luring people on the pretext of selling the new iPhone 14 pro with 1TB space for Rs. 6,500.22 Jan, 2023, 07.30 PM IST
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