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Over 63,000 bank accounts linked to cyber frauds worth Rs 540 cr frozen over past one year: Punjab DGPPunjab Police has taken decisive action against cyber fraud, freezing over 63,000 bank accounts linked to transactions worth ₹540.34 crore ...
CBI arrests 8 cybercriminals in four month crackdown under Interpol's global operationGlobally, Interpol coordinated the operation across 40 countries and territories. It resulted in the recovery of $342 million in government...
Sextortion, fake jobs and trading frauds: Police data reveals scamsters’ dirty playbook, how they trap victims and move fundsCybercrime networks across India are perpetrating scams like sextortion, online trading fraud, and fake job offers, exploiting vulnerable i...
Mississippi social media law: Age verification and parental consent now mandatory on Facebook, Instagram, XMississippi’s new social media law now requires sites like Facebook, Instagram, and X to verify children’s ages and get parental consent. N...
Lucknow's 'mule account' menace: How local youths are fuelling global cyber fraud networkIn Lucknow, young adults are being lured into cyber fraud schemes by renting out their bank accounts for quick cash. These accounts are use...
Nigerian scammers accused in AI-driven fake Brad Pitt fraudThe scammers deceived 53-year-old Anne, into believing that she was in a romantic relationship with a 61-year-old Hollywood actor Brad Pitt...
India launches online 'Suspect Registry' to combat cyber crime: 1.4 mn criminals identifiedUnion home minister Amit Shah launched an online 'suspect registry' containing data of 1.4 million cyber criminals involved in financial fr...
Meta removes 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria over 'sextortion' scamsNigerian online fraudsters, known as "Yahoo boys," are notorious for scams that range from passing themselves off as people in financial ne...
Nearly 700 people falling prey to cyber crimes in Delhi every day: DCP Cyber Crime CellThe Deputy Commissioner of Delhi's Cyber Crime Cell revealed a concerning trend of 700 cyber fraud victims daily in the capital. The crimes...
Mumbai man loses Rs 1.07 crore in trading scam; Here's how Indians lost Rs 1,750 cr in just four monthsA 48-year-old man from Navi Mumbai lost Rs 1.07 crore in a share trading scam, highlighting a broader surge in cybercrime in India. The Ind...
Indians lost over ₹1,750 crore to cyber fraud in first four months of 2024According to Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), on an average 7,000 cybercrime complaints were registered per day in May 2024, a...
MHA think tank alerts against 'hijack', sextortion, impersonation scams on WhatsAppThe Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) has issued an advisory and alert against various scams on WhatsApp that lead to cyber ...
G20 website targeted at least 16 lakh times last year: Cyber AgencyIndia's official G20 website was attacked at least 16 lakh times last year, with ₹10,319 crore stolen between April 2021 and December 2023....
Over Rs 10,300 crore siphoned off by cyber criminals since 2021: reportOver 4.52 lakh cyber crime cases were reported on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) in 2021, which rose by 113.7% in 2022, wi...
Fake job posts, fraudulent emergency calls: 5 ways cyber criminals bamboozle peopleBeware of online fraudsters and scams!
Getting random calls on WhatsApp from international numbers? Here are the results of a surveyLocalCircles survey on WhatsApp spam calls: 46% of users surveyed confirmed that they have been facing an onslaught of audio or video calls...
Haryana Police unearth Rs 100-crore pan-India cyber fraud, breaks network of scammers in NuhHaryana police found that cyber-fraudsters had carried out scams worth INR 100 crore across India. Around 28,000 cases of cyber frauds, loc...
Achieved '100 per cent success' in ensuring peace, Pak-sponsored online terror a challenge: Kashmir ADGPThere were no hartals, street violence, internet shutdown, funeral processions of terrorists, glamorising of terrorists and stone pelting i...
Power bill shocker to sextortion, cyber cheats run amok in Delhi-NCRAs the cyber fraudsters keep pace with the digital transformation being witnessed in the country, they send messages of blocking bank accou...
Pune witnesses rise in 'sextortion' cases with cyber fraudsters on prowl; Over 1,400 cases reported in 2022Over 1,400 cases of 'sextortion' have been reported in the city of Pune this year so far, reported PTI citing the police. The lurking cyber...