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Delhi woman loses ₹50 lakh in SIM Swap scam – Here’s how you can stay safe
In a bizarre incident, a woman from Delhi has reportedly lost ₹50 lakh to a new scam that is on the…
Oct 27 2023 06:02 IST
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10 scams you should watch out for this tax season, and how to avoid them
Tax season is almost upon us, and if you are one of the organized few, you are already preparing yo…
Julia Tell
Nov 15 2018 20:26 IST
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Apple was scammed of $2.5 million by two men, here is what happened
Two men used counterfeit phones and fake warranty claims to dupe Apple of USD 2.5 million. They car…
Oct 08 2024 07:53 IST
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Google has an idea to prevent phone scams, but it'll mean allowing its AI to listen in on your calls
Google hopes its Gemini AI can provide real-time scam alerts during phone calls. But it'll mean all…
Kenneth Niemeyer
May 15 2024 22:46 IST
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Nobel laureate Paul Krugman said he likely fell for a phishing scam. Here's how phishing scams work and how to avoid them.
The incident appears to be an example of a phishing scam, in which scammers pose as an authority or…
Aaron Holmes
Jan 09 2020 16:01 IST
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Robocall scams related to coronavirus are surprisingly low right now, but the scammers are 'just starting out'
In the grand scheme of things, one million daily scam calls is still only a fraction of the total n…
Antonio Villas-Boas
Mar 21 2020 16:36 IST
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Google launches new programme to stop Covid-19 scammers
San Francisco, May 28 (IANS) Google on Thursday launched a new programme called Scam Spotter to spo…
May 28 2020 14:39 IST
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You have to read this story about a woman who was scammed out of $50,000
A writer was a victim of a phone scam, and her personal essay about it is tearing apart the interne…
Katie Notopoulos
Feb 16 2024 19:05 IST
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There's a frightening scam going around where hackers take over your iPhone and won't unlock it until you send money
It's a new, chiefly Russian scam affecting iPhones and iPads. An attacker uses iCloud's "find devic…
Jul 08 2016 18:03 IST
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There's a new scam targeting iPhone owners with a barrage of notifications
Some iPhone owners have received a series of notifications about resetting their Apple ID password,…
Ana Altchek
Mar 28 2024 19:19 IST
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A scary type of scam call causes Apple's logo and phone number to pop up on your iPhone lock screen, but there's a way to protect yourself
"Folks have a learned trust of caller ID that is unearned," Steven Andrés, who teaches cybersecurit…
Kif Leswing
Jan 09 2019 17:10 IST
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A traveler's Delta flight was canceled, so he called the airline's number listed on Google. It led to a scammer then he says he discovered more airlines with the same problem.
On Twitter, Shmuli Evers shared how he nearly got scammed using a number listed for Delta on Google…
Monica Humphries
Jul 18 2023 16:40 IST
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Scammers Have Found A Way To Use Homeless People And The Poor To Score New iPhones
The people being scammed are told they can cancel the contract at any time after signing. But of co…
Apr 29 2014 00:28 IST
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The Fake Kidnapping Phone Call Is The Scariest Scam In New York Right Now
The crime gangs have some clever ways of getting their money. The FBI says that they use young wome…
James Cook
Jan 14 2015 15:10 IST
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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…
Conz Preti
Feb 29 2024 15:33 IST
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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…
Eve Upton-Clark
Jun 28 2023 13:59 IST
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These are the 8 biggest scams people are most likely to fall for online
While scammers most frequently contacted potential victims using phone and email, relatively few pe…
Aaron Holmes
Oct 02 2019 12:36 IST
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UPI refund to digital arrest scam, here are some online scams you need to be aware of
The internet has revolutionised daily life in India, making digital payments convenient. However, f…
Oct 21 2024 11:49 IST
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A married couple collected more than $1.6 million in debt collection scams across Arizona, according to lawsuit by state's attorney general
Attorney General Mark Brnovich accused the Arizona pair of posing as lawyers and law enforcement an…
Shannen Balogh
Oct 18 2020 15:52 IST