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NEET paper leak scare in Ajmer: Caller shows alleged question paper on video call, demands ₹30,000; probe launched- India warns citizens in Canada against fraudsters posing as consulate officials
- Epstein accusers face relentless harassment; threats and intimidation escalate after identities exposed in Justice Department files
- 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
- 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...31 May, 2026, 03.28 PM IST
- Bengaluru techie quit his Rs 30 lakh job to chase a dangerous dream, only to end up being arrestedDelhi Police have arrested a 31-year-old Bengaluru-based software engineer, Ravi Rathore, for allegedly running a fake online trading racke...12 May, 2026, 07.45 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
- 'They said it was for tax and fees': Senior citizen spends Rs 64 lakh to 'recover' old insurance funds, ends up with a police notice for criminal activity insteadA 62-year-old senior citizen from Navi Mumbai was cheated of Rs 64 lakh over four years by cyber fraudsters who posed as officials from the...26 Apr, 2026, 05.13 PM IST
- Bengaluru director made a Rs 34 payment mistake, then his account started draining until nearly Rs 74,000 vanishedA 56-year-old Bengaluru-based company director lost nearly Rs 74,000 in an online scam after falling for a fake bank reward points redempti...26 Apr, 2026, 04.47 PM IST
- Tired of scam calls? Apple just dropped a free tool that actually stops themApple’s new iOS 26 call screening feature helps iPhone users stop scam calls. With “Ask Reason for Calling”, Siri asks unknown callers who ...10 Oct, 2025, 06.43 PM IST
- Apple iOS 18.2 introduces real-time spam blocking with Truecaller: Here’s how it worksiOS 18.2’s Live Caller ID Lookup API empowers apps like Truecaller to enhance spam detection and blocking in real-time, bringing iPhones cl...22 Jan, 2025, 08.04 PM IST
- DoT orders telcos to play cybercrime awareness caller tune 8-10 times a day for 3 monthsThe government is fighting cybercrime. Telecom operators will play caller tunes about cybercrime awareness. These tunes will play 8-10 time...20 Dec, 2024, 09.00 PM IST
- Immigration scams are on the rise in the US. Here's what you should knowThe scams are varied and use multiple points of contact like emails, websites, and mail. Many times, the amount of information the scammers...23 Jul, 2022, 12.00 PM IST
- Indian VOIP firm, director indicted in US for causing Americans $20 million loss: Justice departmentGupta and E Sampark maintained approximately sixty servers from May 2015 to June 2020 in Florida that the company used at times to connect ...18 Nov, 2020, 02.23 PM IST
- Another Indian national sentenced by US court in sophisticated call centre scamThe Department of Justice said Mehboob Mansurali Charania took part in a sophisticated scheme organised in India, that included a network o...03 Apr, 2019, 05.27 PM IST
- Indian students receiving extortion calls in New ZealandIndian students living in New Zealand are being targeted by callers posing as immigration officials demanding thousands of dollars, prompti...18 May, 2015, 05.50 PM IST
- Indian students receiving extortion calls in New ZealandThe scammers use a practice known as "caller ID spoofing" to make it appear as though they are calling from a government department number.18 May, 2015, 05.04 PM IST
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