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FIFA World Cup fever fuels cyber scamsCybercriminals are exploiting the FIFA World Cup, creating thousands of fake ticket portals, merchandise stores, and streaming sites to sca...
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...
How a Gurgaon man paid ₹20,000 for a Thailand dream but instead woke up in a jungle guarded by gunsHe was a 21-year-old Gurgaon student who just wanted a job. A Telegram message promised ₹80,000 a month in Thailand. Instead, he crossed ju...
South Korea targets Cambodia’s scam industry after kidnappings, torture and a deathWith a growing crisis at hand, South Korea is proactively seeking to repatriate its citizens from Cambodia, where an alarming number have f...
Electric shocks and dark rooms: Trapped with fake job offers, Telangana victims reveal Myanmar horrorIndian nationals, lured by fake job offers, were forced to scam NRIs in the US through manipulation and intimidation. Those who resisted fa...
Delhi HC orders Meta, WhatsApp, NPCI and banks to restrict accounts misusing Razorpay’s identityThe Delhi High Court has directed social media platforms to remove accounts misusing Razorpay's trademark for fraudulent activities. Banks ...
Lured by deepfake Mukesh Ambani Insta reel, Doctor loses Rs 7 lakh in trading scamA 54-year-old Ayurveda doctor from Andheri lost over Rs 7 lakh to a trading scam involving a deepfake video of Mukesh Ambani. Dr. K K H Pat...
Noida man scammed of Rs 20.54 lakh, alleges death threatA man from Greater Noida, Sandeep Kumar, was scammed of Rs 20.54 lakh in a work-from-home job scam involving rating hotels on Google Maps. ...
Delhi woman reveals how she was duped of Rs 19.23 lakh in WFH scamA woman in Delhi lost Rs 19.23 lakh in a part-time work-from-home scam after being pressured to complete tasks before withdrawing funds. Th...
Part-time job nightmare: Delhi man loses Rs 40 lakh in 'play for Bitcoin scheme'It all started with a simple message on social media about a part-time job. Initially, the scammers instructed him to watch and like YouTub...
Nitin Bhatnagar on the latest trends in cyber fraud and how to safeguard against it“A magnitude of frauds are happening today and we cannot really classify them. What is important for users to understand is that while you ...
Got a part-time job to like, review, and subscribe YouTube videos? Beware of this scamThe scam targets victims through WhatsApp and Telegram messages, offering them various job opportunities such as liking and subscribing to ...
Rising threat of WFH scams continues as innocent victim loses Rs 31 lakh in online fraudTrusting the process and the promises of profits, the victim followed instructions diligently, even venturing into cryptocurrency trading b...
Man cheated of Rs 25 lakh in job fraud via TelegramA Gurugram resident lost Rs 25 lakh after being fraudulently offered a job on messaging platform Telegram. The 46-year-old victim was promi...
'Everyone is a target.' Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath warns of sophisticated online scams, says there's no easy way to make a quick buckZerodha founder Nithin Kamath has shared a story on LinkedIn of someone close to him losing money in an online scam. The person received a ...
Movie-rating scam: Couple loses more than Rs 1 crore to fraudstersThey were introduced to the scheme through a Telegram group. They received a message in the group, "You can earn by sitting at home in your...