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63-year-old Hyderabad man loses ₹50 lakh after joining WhatsApp group for stock market investment advice
A 63-year-old man from Hyderabad lost ₹50 lakh in a stock trading scam carried out through a WhatsA…
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Bengaluru couple loses Rs 1.5 crore while investing online, recovers most money with help of Police
An online scam led to a Bengaluru couple losing Rs 1.53 crore. The fraudsters, operating from the U…
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Pune man loses ₹2 crore to fake investment scam – what it is and how to protect yourself
In yet another online scam, a Pune man reportedly lost a huge amount in a new fake investment scam.…
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I was scammed out of $300K in a 3-month-long government impersonation scam
Over the course of 3 months, a 28-year-old woman was scammed out of over $300,000. When she realize…
Jane Zhang
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Americans are losing more money to crypto scams than ever
Americans lost $5.6 billion to cryptocurrency scams in 2023, a 45% increase, the FBI said.
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Meta found a new way to crack down on scam accounts, and it seems to be working
Meta said it has expanded a program that allows banks to report scams to the company. Meta said the…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A real-estate agent's ritzy Hamptons beach home was used in a fake Airbnb scam
The agent told The Real Deal she got a phone call from someone asking about her home listed on Airb…
Geoff Weiss
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Millennials fall for investment scams a lot — even more than boomers
More millennials reported being duped by investment scams than people over 60, according to the FBI.
Camilo Fonseca
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Here's why Gen Z loses more money to online scams than boomers
Gen Z reported losing the most money over average to online scams last year. Boomers lost less on a…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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I've built a career in ethical hacking. Online scams are getting much, much worse — and AI isn't helping.
Laura Kankaala, whose worked in cybersecurity for 10 years, said that online scams are becoming mor…
Emma Magnus
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'Pig-butchering' scams have netted criminals $75 billion in stolen crypto, study says
Pig-butchering scams involve sending a wrong-number text and then building trust with a victim, who…
Yuheng Zhan
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2 Florida men scammed more than $1 million out of Uber Eats by creating fake accounts and acting as both the customer and courier, police say
For their Uber Eats scam, the two men from Florida are now faing charges of 'organized scheme to de…
Katie Hawkinson
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Hackers selling X Gold accounts on dark web for phishing, scams: Report
Cybercriminals are profiting from X "Gold" verification badge by selling compromised accounts for p…
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Indian investors have lost nearly ₹1,000 crore to fake cryptocurrency exchanges
Cyber-security company CloudSEK said it has uncovered an ongoing operation involving several phi…
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Crypto scammers have reportedly stolen ₹1000 crore off Indian users by posing as fake exchanges
The CoinEgg scam uses fake domains and social media accounts to coax users into investing in fake e…
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Scammers are exploiting the pandemic to post fake job adverts online. Here are 4 warning signs to watch out for.
There has been a 65% rise in reports of job posts advertising fake roles since March 2020, accordin…
Stephen Jones
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A Coinbase user lost $11.6 million in under 10 minutes after falling for a fake-notification scam, the US Attorneys Office said
A Coinbase user bought 200 bitcoin, then got a fake notification from a scammer and lost $11.2 mill…