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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...- Operation Octopus: Trapping the tentacles of India’s cyber fraud networkAmidst the alarming increase in cyber scams, the Hyderabad Police have initiated Operation Octopus, a mission aimed at dismantling the enti...
- Rs 40 lakh return from Rs 22,000 investment? How ‘Quantum AI’ scam is misusing Nirmala Sitharaman’s name to lure investorsQuantum AI scam: A viral message falsely claims Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is promoting a 'Quantum AI' investment scheme. It promi...
- Gen Z job seekers most exposed to online scams, LinkedIn warnsYoung professionals remain vulnerable to fraudulent listings despite growing awareness of recruitment scams.
- Delhi Police busts fake trading app scam; bank official among 3 heldDelhi Police apprehended three individuals, including a bank assistant manager, for a Rs 45 lakh investment scam. The trio allegedly used a...
- Archana Puran Singh's son Aayushmann Sethi scammed of Rs 87,000 in credit card fraud. Family calls him a ‘regular customer’ of fraudsters for one reasonAayushmann Sethi, son of Archana Puran Singh and Parmeet Sethi, fell victim to a credit card scam, losing Rs 87,000. The incident, revealed...
- Beyond KYC: Why digital trust needs real-time intelligenceAshok Hariharan of IDfy argues that digital trust must evolve beyond one-time KYC to continuous, intelligence-led risk assessment across th...
- The power of a name: How ‘digital arrest’ scammers weaponise top cops’ reputationsDigital arrest scam: Scammers are using the names of famous police officials to trick people. They pretend to be senior officers and threat...
- How Hyderabad police nabbed over 50 cyber frauds including bank babus involved in nearly 600 casesA cybercrime crackdown led by DCP Kavitha resulted in the arrest of 52 individuals across eight states. The operation revealed approximatel...
- India's 'digital arrest' scammers stealing savingsRetired professor Kamta Prasad Singh and others in India have fallen victim to online fraudsters posing as law enforcement. These scams exp...
- Here's why so many people are losing money in online scamsThe promise of quick financial gains has lured many into the web of deception. Cybersecurity, a vital aspect of Information Technology, pla...
- Ex-minister lost Rs 1 lakh in online fraud: Here is how scamsters are using new tricks to empty bank accountsAn incident of fraud involving the swindling of Rs 1 lakh from MP Dayanidhi Maran's bank account has raised concerns about the vulnerabilit...
- IT professional loses Rs 1.97 lakh in cyber fraud with offenders posing as narcotics department officialsBased on the complaint, a first information report (FIR) under section 419, 420 of IPC and section 66 (C), 66 (D) was registered against th...
- projecthero launches in-app chat feature to combat job fraud in India’s blue-collar industryAccording to projecthero, the rising job frauds in India’s labour supply chain is on account of extreme fragmentation.
- DGGI asks ICAI to take action against three chartered accountants arrested for GST invoice fraudSources at DGGI and Central Goods and Service Tax Commissionerates said five more GST invoice fraudsters were arrested on the eighth day of...
- Sebi probes agents cashing in on unclaimed shares of deceasedThe fraud is suspected to be carried out by agents in connivance with employees of share transfer agencies, companies, banks and some gover...
- 200 in Bengaluru lose Rs 10 lakh to ATM fraud in 1 weekPolice suspect that gangs have placed advanced card skimmers, which can read debit and credit card data during usage, with pinhole cameras ...
- Indian brain behind major UK scam jailedNamed after Italian fraudster Charles Ponzi, a 'Ponzi' scam involves payment of purported high returns to existing investors from funds con...
- Ethical culture can prevent fraudsAcursory glance at most corp frauds that have swept through the world over the past two years makes it amply clear that almost all of them ...
- Networking sites becoming new face of phishingFraudsters are turning their attention to social networking sites and trying to use it as a tool to steal sensitive information. Cyber-Spac...
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