Mumbai woman successfully prevents UPI scam by recognising red flags and staying vigilant during a suspicious call. Here's all you need to know.
Noida news: FIR in the matter was lodged at the Sector 24 Police Station at the complaint of a representative from the bank, who alleged fraud of around Rs 28.07 crore by Rahul Sharma, assistant manager at the bank's Sector 22 branch.
The government is cracking down on fraud calls by blocking 65 illegal setups, directing telecom operators to reject certain calls, disconnecting fraudulent mobile connections, and blocking deceptive call-generating apps to enhance overall security.
As per the privacy policies of these apps, if those permissions are not granted, the loan will not be reimbursed to the users. To complete the loan application process, the users are compelled to provide extensive personal information.
The Infosys employee fell prey to scamsters, who posed themselves as officials from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), and Mumbai Police. Later, the victim registered a case against the fraudsters at a police station in Bengaluru.
A 75-year-old businessman in Mumbai was tricked by a Ukrainian woman named Esema. She told him that she wanted to start a business in India because her country, Ukraine, was in a bad situation due to a war.
The main accused Sandip Rajput allegedly posed as a government official associated with the Irrigation Department in Bodeli. He constituted a fake government office as claimed to be an 'executive engineer', swindling Rs 4.15 crore in 93 government projects.
Mumbai cyber crime: Husband of the complainant prior worked in a prominent IT services and consulting company. After his retirement, couple had withdrawn invested funds post-maturity, the official said. The caller then asked the woman to deposit money required towards the payment of TDS, GST etc.
Head constable Devendra Kumar said that the accused duped people under the pretext of getting them 18-20% profits on investment. He also alleged that the accused had threatened to kill him.
According to reports, the accused used to send fake e-challan payment links to a website to people that resembles the government portal, an official informed.
The ongoing probe against Kolomoisky will also focus on his alleged role in laundering half a billion Ukrainian hryvnia ($130.5 million) between 2013 and 2020.
Citing review of files from multiple tax havens and internal Adani Group emails, OCCRP said its investigation found at least two cases where the 'mysterious' investors bought and sold Adani stock through such offshore structures.
UPI fraud cases have surged in recent years. In 2021-22, there were 84,000 cases, increasing from 77,000 in 2020-21. The fiscal year 2022-23 witnessed over 95,000 cases, nearly doubling within a year.
A woman, who works as a senior executive at a bank, informed police that one of her relatives informed her about the offer on Facebook after she was scammed over a free thali offer.
The largest group of 23% of respondents in the survey showed to have encountered credit or debit card fraud while 13% indicated fraud by buying, selling, and classified site clients.
An increase of 910 per cent in monthly registrations for domains related to ChatGPT between November 2022-April 2023 was noticed. The researchers also detected more than 100 daily detections of ChatGPT-related malicious URLs captured from traffic seen in its Advanced URL Filtering system.
Jack Dorsey news: Payment and mobile banking services company, Block Inc, co-founded by Jack Dorsey, has been accused by Hindenburg Research of allowing fraudulent accounts to proliferate on its Cash App platform, resulting in illegitimate revenue and exaggerated user metrics.
Uttar Pradesh: The accused were identified as Khurshid Ansari and Jameel Khan, both belonging to Deoria, and Dinesh Paswan of Siddharthnagar.
A police official said a case was registered against Shailesh Thakre for cheating on a complaint lodged by Yadav.
Dubai-based NRI businessman Abdul Lahir Hassan alleged that his son-in-law Muhammad Hafiz managed to obtain ownership of some of his properties.
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