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30 Sep 2024

Online dating scams: What are they, how they work...

Online dating scams are on rise in the country, especially in the metro cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for 2022, dating scams ha...
30 Sep 2024

Rajkot bizman loses ₹16 lakh in fake NRI inheritan...

A Rajkot-based businessman has been duped of ₹16.15 lakh by a cyber fraudster who posed as a bank official from the US and offered the inheritance of a deceased NRI (non-resident Indian). The victi...
30 Sep 2024

Call centre scam: ‘US marshals’ calling from Noida...

NOIDA: A full-fledged call centre whose employees sent out voicemails to American citizens impersonating US marshals was unearthed in a police raid on Saturday, leading to the arrest of 73 youths &...
30 Sep 2024

Two students lost around Rs 13 lakh in a home rent...

In a distressing incident, a 22-year-old student, Eason Lee, and his friend fell victim to a sophisticated rental scam in London, losing more than £13,000 in the process. This is around Rs 13...
30 Sep 2024

Senior citizen from Bengaluru loses Rs 1.2 crore a...

In yet another case of a cyber scam, a 77-year-old woman from Bengaluru was swindled out of Rs 1.2 crore by cyber criminals posing as officials from the telecom department and the Mumbai Crime Bran...
30 Sep 2024

Navi Mumbai Cyber Scams: The Truth Behind The Rs 2...

In May 2024, over 1,000 suspicious Skype accounts were blocked, highlighting the scale of rising cybercrime. Extortion tactics have grown more sophisticated, with cybercriminals impersonating law e...
30 Sep 2024

DCB detains man accused of cheating 45 people in ‘...

A man, who allegedly cheated at least 45 vehicle owners by promising them hefty monthly returns in lieu of their cars in a rental car scam was on Saturday detained by the Ahmedabad Detection of Cri...

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