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UP Police ties up with Amazon India to protect online shoppers from scamsters
The rise in internet penetration and digital infrastructure has seen a concurrent rise in online fr…
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Sextortion: A looming threat to online security and how to defend against it
Sextortion is a criminal act that involves blackmailing someone by threatening to expose sexually e…
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Google alerts users about 5 key holiday season scams
Google has alerted Gmail users about five key scams and spams during the holiday season.
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Telegram is the crypto hackers’ newest playground — and they have automated the process
Cryptocurrency scammers are using bots on Telegram to con investors into giving up their one-time p…
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Mobile Number Portability revamped to reduce SIM swap frauds – Here are the new rules
There has been a considerable increase in online scams in the country, with SIM swap scam emerging …
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Beware of wine listings on Google Maps - it could be an online scam
Google Maps encourages users to post pictures of places they visit so that others know more about t…
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Rising cases of cyberbullying, data privacy and other threats in online gaming: Report
Threats to watch out for in online gaming, a Rs 3 billion industry
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A serial swindler in India is accused of lying about his identity to con 18 women into marrying him so that he could steal their money
The 67-year-old saved his wives' contact details on his phone under names such as "wife teacher" or…
Waiyee Yip
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Indian PM Narendra Modi's hacked Twitter account told 73.4 million followers that the country would distribute 500 bitcoins among its citizens
The now-deleted tweet said that India had accepted bitcoin as legal tender, and posted a link to a …
Matthew Loh
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WhatsApp launches 'Safety in India' resource hub to help you stay safe online
The launch of the resource hub comes after WhatsApp's week-long campaign, #TakeCharge to promote…
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Banks are not liable to cough up payments if you have been a victim of fraud or scams
Banks are not liable to compensate fraud, according to a court in Gujarat — even though the RBI and…
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Here’s how scammers are using fake Flipkart websites and Paytm to dupe people
Tech expert Kartic Rakhra’s twenty something attendant came to him with a simple problem – Fl…
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A new kind of financial fraud is using the Indian army as decoy
If you buy and sell products via online classified portals such as OLX and Quikr, you need to be…
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China has released its list of top five sources of online fraud in 2022
We truly want to believe that the internet is a safe place but we all know that humans can become a…
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Google is bringing back crypto ads — but is leaving a lot of crypto companies out of the loop
Crypto ads are back on Google’s advertising platforms after the company revised its policies in Jun…
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Amazon files lawsuit against scammers in India and US for making fake Amazon apps
Amazon has filed a lawsuit against an international ring in Washington State and India that develop…
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SBI, ICICI, HDFC, Axis Bank, PNB and the Indian IT department targeted in phishing scam
Cyber criminals are trying to lure Indian users into revealing important personal information with …
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40% of Indian online shoppers surveyed said they were defrauded this festive season
Around 40 per cent of Indians surveyed have been defrauded when shopping online during the festive …
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New iCloud phishing scam could drain users’ MetaMask crypto wallets
Crypto wallet MetaMask is warning its community of users about possible phishing attacks through Ap…
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Thousands of people in India may have been scammed into getting fake COVID-19 vaccines made of saltwater
Police arrested 14 people they suspect are involved in the scheme that spanned two months and occur…