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How a fake Apple service centre in Gurgaon scammed elderly US citizens of up to Rs 20 lakh eachA fraudulent Apple service centre was discovered in Palam Vihar, targeting elderly victims in the US. Operators sent alarming messages abou...
IIT-Delhi engineer, bank manager arrested by Mumbai Police for duping Rs 1.12 crore from a 68-year-old in a digital arrest scamAn IIT Delhi graduate and a private bank operations manager are among six people arrested in connection with a Rs 1.12 crore digital arrest...
COAI, British High Commission ink MoU for cooperation on AI, digital trust, intelligent connectivityCOAI and the British High Commission signed a pact for AI and digital trust. This collaboration aims to strengthen responsible technology-l...
BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration: Inside the 140-point document on Global South's ambitionsBRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th summit, reaffirming their commitment to cooperation, multilateralism and a more...
Rs 15 lakh fraud money credited to senior citizen’s account, police wanted to question him; HC grants anticipatory bail on this groundCriminals deposited Rs 15 lakh in senior citizen’s bank a/c; police wants to question him; HC grants anticipatory bail and observes mere de...
If sitting CM commits an offence, can CBI investigate it? ED asks Supreme Court to decideThe Enforcement Directorate urged the Supreme Court to decide CBI's power to investigate a sitting chief minister. This plea arose from an ...
Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari hails arrest of ex-TMC MLA in RG Kar ‘cremation scam’West Bengal Chief Minister praised police for arresting two individuals in the RG Kar doctor's cremation scam. Former TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh ...
Good news for senior citizens: Money in this bank can now only be transferred by double OTP verification one to a/c holder and another to trusted contactSenior citizens in Gurugram and Faridabad now have enhanced security for their bank accounts. HDFC Bank has introduced a double OTP system....
'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...
Niti Aayog drafts plan to shield senior citizens from digital scamsIndia is preparing a policy road map to protect senior citizens from digital scams, with Niti Aayog working on a multi-ministerial action p...
Meta expands safety tools to safeguard older adults from online scamsMeta cautioned that scammers may pressure their targets to share their screen to trick people into giving away sensitive information, inclu...
Social Security scam alert! Seniors could lose thousands — watch out for this trickA new Social Security scam is tricking seniors with fake letters that look official. These letters pretend to be from government offices an...
Truecaller partners with Khyaal to protect senior citizens from scamsTruecaller and Khyaal have joined forces to protect senior citizens from scams. The partnership includes educational content like scam high...
83-year-old retiree loses Rs 1.19 crore in fake IPO scamAn 83-year-old Mumbai man lost Rs 1.19 crore in an online stock scam after joining a fake WhatsApp group posing as ICICI advisors. Lured by...
Mumbai woman duped of Rs 3.8 cr by online fraudsters, held in digital custody for a monthA 77-year-old woman from south Mumbai was scammed out of Rs 3.8 crore by cyber fraudsters posing as law enforcement officials. Threatened w...
Pensioners beware of the latest annual life certificate scam; SBI warns customers
Why are senior citizens being targeted for online scams? Ritesh Bhatia answersYes, so firstly, let us understand one thing, let me give you an example recently there was a spike in something called as the grandparent ...