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Thane family loses Rs 1.2 crore as they get cheated by construction company, details here

A family in Thane, Maharashtra, fell victim to an alleged ₹1.2 crore investment scam orchestrated b…

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What are ‘vishing scams’ that start with a Namaste and end with monetary losses

vishing is a type of phone scam where the fraudster takes advantage of human error by calling and a…

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Navi Mumbai job aspirants robbed of Rs 1.31 crore on pretext of Indian Railways job, 6 accused booked

In Navi Mumbai, six individuals allegedly scammed 20 job seekers of Rs 1.31 crore by promising cler…

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Dating apps helped me find love. Now they've turned into a total scam.

When I joined Match in 2007, it saved my life. Today, Tinder, Hinge, and other apps are exhausting,…

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7 out of 10 Indians are unable to identify AI voice call scams, and half fall for scams with monetary losses

McAfee has released a report called ‘The Artificial Imposter,’ highlighting how the rise of artific…

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A crypto scam sank a Kansas bank and got its CEO sent to jail for 24 years

The CEO of a small Kansas was sentenced to 24 years in prison after getting caught in a crypto "pig…

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A millennial who'd bought 3 houses got scammed out of $60,000 buying her fourth — and it's more common than you might think

A day before Regina Smith was set to close on the house, she got an email saying to wire her $60,00…

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Quishing on the rise – Be alert while scanning payment QR codes

Digital payments have grown by leaps and bounds in India over the past few years, with unified paym…

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My dad almost paid a ransom after being told I was kidnapped — but it was all a scam

A daughter says her dad got a call saying she had been kidnapped. The scam demanded thousands in ra…

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The terrifying new AI scam

Scammers are using AI-generated voices of people's actual children to swindle them out of their cas…

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Explained: How AI is being used for scams and what you can do to protect yourself

Artificial intelligence or AI has been the buzzword all over the world in the last one year, since …

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A viral TikTok jewelry scam is sucking in customers with 'revenge' videos by creators who say they too were tricked

Customers of Trugala, Deraldi, and Vulosa were lured in with too-good-to-be-true discount codes, pr…

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Alia Bhatt gets mistaken for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan by paps at Met Gala 2023

Prabal has shared many pictures and videos of Alia on his Instagram account. Among those, there's a…

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The best deals to look out for during Amazon Great Summer Sale 2023

Amazon's summer sale will commence from May 4 to May 8, 2023, offering customers discounts on vario…

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Lunar Eclipse on 5 May - Here’s how you can watch it from India

If you have a clear sky during the night of May 5, you may be lucky to see a spectacular lunar ecli…

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Love is in the air, but so are scammers: Protect yourself from valentines day dating app frauds

Valentine's Day is a time for love and romance, but it can also be a time for scammers to take adva…

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Data breaches continue to be a problem, with one account being leaked every second in Q1 2023

Global data breaches decreased by 48.5% in the first quarter of 2023, according to a new report fro…

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What is phishing? Here's what you should know about the virtual scamming technique and how to protect yourself from data theft

Phishing is a form of cybercrime wherein emails from fake senders request your personal info. Here'…

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Scammers are stealing homes from under their owners' noses. AI is making it scarily easy.

Scammers have seized properties from Elvis Presley's Graceland to modestly priced vacant lots. AI t…

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Ola Electric Mobility losses widen to ₹347 crore in Apr-Jun quarter

Revenue from operations for the quarter under review was Rs 1,644 crore against Rs 1,243 crore …

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