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Govt warns about fake SMS asking users to update their PAN – what it is and how to stay safe
Increased usage of the internet has also resulted in an increase in online fraud. Scammers are find…
Hyderabad man uses online trading app to try and earn some extra money, loses Rs 8 lakh
A 40-year-old Hyderabad man lost Rs 8.17 lakh to an online investment scam after being lured via ra…
Insider Today: Scammers on the loose
In Saturday's edition of Insider Today, we're talking about costly scams to watch out for.
Joi-Marie McKenzie
How a romance scammer defrauded 3 Tinder dates out of over $100,000
Peter Gray, 35, was jailed for 56 months in the UK after he defrauded three women. Romance scams li…
Marta Biino
Mark Cuban is warning people to be careful of scammers and grifters on X after the Trump assassination attempt
Cuban wrote on X that "tragedy and horrific events" like the Trump rally shooting often make it eas…
Cheryl Teh
Woman loses ₹54 lakh in work-from-home scam! Here's what it is and how to protect yourself
Job hunting is something that most of us do online, be it on social media or various online job por…
How scammers use deepfakes of celebs to steal millions from fans
Scammers in Australia are using deepfakes of Steve Irwin's son and other celebrities to trick fans…
Kenneth Niemeyer
Voter registration scams are now everywhere. Here's how to spot them.
Voter registration fraud is one of the three most common scams during an election cycle, alongside …
Kenneth Niemeyer
Romance scam in USA: soldier at Fort Bragg sentenced for running the scam
A federal judge sentenced an Army member to prison for running a romance scam in which he impersona…
Kenneth Niemeyer
A scammer conned us out of our $32,430 down payment by email. We didn't realize it until 10 days later.
Daniel Pietschnig and Jessica Madalena unknowingly wired their down payment for a house to a frauds…
Alcynna Lloyd
A couple got shocked messages from friends asking if they were moving. Nope, a scammer had put their home on Zillow.
A scammer listed Jamey and Lauren Bertram's million-dollar home on Zillow for only $10,000, asking …
Alcynna Lloyd
Scammers are using delivery apps like Instacart to swindle customers and delivery workers out of money
Scammers are trying to get Instacart shoppers to buy gift cards that the scammers use — but don't p…
Alex Bitter
Remote job scams are on the rise! How to stay safe?
Job scams were always around, but ever since the pandemic and lockdowns, remote job scams have beco…
How scammers used 'social engineering' to steal over $1 million from an Idaho town of less than 4,000 people
Gooding, Idaho lost more than $1 million after scammers used "social engineering" to trick an emplo…
Kenneth Niemeyer
Romance scammers are now building trust with AI-generated deepfakes. Here's how to spot them.
Americans lost at least $650 million to romance scams last year. And now with AI, they are only get…
Kenneth Niemeyer
How a woman lost nearly $150,000 to a romance scammer who gaslit her
Linda Young told the BBC that she had fallen under the scammer's "spell" and that the experience wa…
Rebecca Rommen
Scammers stole more than $400,000 from a woman through an elaborate Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes scam: police
Florida scammers tricked a woman into believing she won a $3 million sweepstakes, then stole $400,0…
Kenneth Niemeyer
An engineering giant behind Apple's HQ and the Sydney Opera House lost $25 million when scammers tricked an employee with a deepfake of a senior exec
Scammers used deepfakes to scam an employee in the Hong Kong office earlier this year, costing UK-b…
Alexandra Bacon
A millennial who's been applying to jobs for a year says he's encountered ghost jobs and scammers in his struggle to find a remote role
A Utah-based millennial was laid off from his tech job soon after he learned about a worrying healt…
Jacob Zinkula
Amazon sues scammers for stealing millions of dollars via fake returns
Through the lawsuit, Amazon said it aims to expose their conspiracy and hold them accountable fo…