Scammers
- Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Rs 27L returned to victim scammed online
Hyderabad: Cyberabad police refunded the amount of Rs 27 lakh to an online fraud victim who was cheated by fraudsters posing to be stock market experts. The action followed the complaint lodged…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man loses Rs 11 lakh to tele scammers
Falling to a new tele-calling scam, a 31-year-old resident of Hyderabad lost Rs 11.20 lakh after fraudsters posing as TRAI officials. Hyderabad cyber crime police said that the scam started when the…
- India
DoT warns people against scammers posing as MS Dhoni
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing cricket fever in the country, scamsters have been posing as Mahendra Singh Dhoni to con people on social media, the Department of Telecom (DoT) said on Friday,…
- Business
Scammers using fake QR codes to steal your information, warns US FTC
New Delhi: As millions of Indians use QR codes for various financial transactions like paying for dinner at a restaurant, board a flight or pay for daily groceries, the US Federal Trade…
- Business
Amazon sues scammers for stealing millions of dollars via fake returns
San Francisco: Amazon has sued an enterprising group called REKK, which is responsible for stealing millions of dollars of products from Amazon’s online stores through systematic refund abuse. Through the lawsuit, Amazon…
- India
Mumbai police bust Rs 30 lakh fake Navratri ticket scam
Mumbai: The MHB Nagar Police Station here has busted a fake Navratri programme ticket scam worth over Rs 30 lakh ostensibly inspired by a television show, and arrested four persons from Mumbai…
- Technology
Fraudsters using Barbie, Oppenheimer to steal your hard-earned money, data
New Delhi: Scammers are using the two highly anticipated upcoming Hollywood movies — Margot Robbie starring ‘Barbie’ and Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ — to steal users’ hard-earned money and sensitive personal data. According…
- Business
Scammers skim crores off online gamers, cops reveal ‘methods’
New Delhi: At a time when online gaming is captivating millions around the world, scammers are also extracting crores from players, mostly children and teenagers, while cops are warning the public revealing…
- India
Father files missing daughter complaint in police station, Online scammers get alert!
New Delhi: Someone’s pain is someone else’s gain! These famous sayings fit aptly in the criminal world. A shocking case emerged in the national capital where a businessman filed a missing complaint…
- Technology
Scammers create ‘Deepfake’ of Binance executive, meet his contacts
New Delhi: World’s largest crypto exchange Binance’s chief communications officer Patrick Hillmann has revealed that online scammers made a Deepfake profile of him and tricked crypto community members into online meetings with…
- Technology
Deepfakes, stolen personal information helping scammers get remote IT jobs
San Francisco: Scammers are now using deepfakes and stolen personal information of people and applying for remote job interviews and work from home. Such practices are being seen in the world of…
- Technology
Bored Ape, other major NFT Discord servers targeted by scammers
San Francisco: The Discord servers of popular non fungible token (NFT) projects, including the Bored Ape Yacht Club, were targeted by scammers in the early hours of April Fool’s Day. Some users…
