A group of scammers in Patna used a deceitful tactic to trick seven unsuspecting individuals out of a whopping Rs 15 lakh. The scheme involved taking advantage of the fear of power outages and pressuring victims into recharging their prepaid electricity meters.
Steps taken to ensure security of the members of Parliament at the new Parliament building by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) were also listed by officials and they replied to the members' concerns on the issue.
These AI voice scams use AI tools to mimic voices accurately, using publicly available data such as social media recordings or fraudulent sales calls.
Recently, scams in India have surged, with scammers using more new and tricky methods to deceive people. Among these, the courier delivery scam has gained less attention but poses a big threat.
Be cautious of fake airline ticket deals that scammers offer on websites or social media. Protect yourself by checking for unusually low prices, last-minute departure dates, and secure payment methods.
An official from Bhayander police station said that the victim had been deceived by someone who tampered with the parcel when it was being delivered.
Since OTPs are linked to your email or phone number with the company, scammers can't get them easily. But they might try tricky ways to steal your OTP or fool you into telling them. You can stay safe from these tricks if you know about OTP fraud and how to prevent it.
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.
According to the minister, no information was shared by him on the phone call. Meanwhile, the police have launched an investigation while Dayanidhi has been asked to contact the cyber crime department.
The Future Crime Research Foundation (FCRF), a non-profit start-up incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur found that 80 per cent cybercrimes took place in 10 districts.
The police during the raids recovered more than Rs 10 crore cash and 4 kg gold biscuits.
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 Delhi Police arrested at least six of its members and also recovered around 22,000 SIM cards.
The latest arrest from Jamtara reminds the web series which narrates how the city in Jharkhand was involved in a scandal by operating fake call centers.
Delhi: The juvenile used to chat with a girl on Instagram and he got infatuated with the online friend but later he was shocked after knowing the girl is actually a male.
These include romance scams, phone scams, mass-mailing fraud schemes, and tech-support fraud schemes.
Cybercrime: Over 16 lakh cybercrime incidents have been reported in the country in the last three years, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
Seeing a rise in cybercrime-related cases, the police administration brought the scheme so that maximum number of personnel pay heed to learning the nitty-gritty of modern technology.
PwC's 'Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey 2022' report has highlighted the flip side of digitalization in which non-tech-friendly person easily fall prey to fraud incidents.
Cyber fraud news: The state cyber department has received several such complaints and also of people being duped under the pretext of electricity bills, through loan apps and online marketplaces, an official from the department said.
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