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A railway official was duped out of Rs 9 lakh by ‘CBI agents’ in a bizarre 20-hour video call scam with an ‘online judge’ — here’s what happened
A senior railway official in Mumbai was defrauded of Rs 9 lakh by scammers posing as CBI officers.
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Truecaller can now detect if the caller is using AI – How to use it to prevent AI call scams
Artificial intelligence (AI) has very quickly become an important tool that makes it easier to get …
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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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Digitally-native Gen Zers aren't immune to romance scams
Zoomers grew up with technology at their fingertips. But as scams evolve and get more sophisticated…
Lindsay Dodgson
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'Everyone looked real': Deepfake video meeting scam with CEO's digital avatar costs company $25.6 mn
A deepfake video conference call where a digitally recreated avatar of the chief financial officer …
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How to silence calls from unknown numbers on WhatsApp
WhatsApp is one of India's most popular messaging apps and has over 500 million users. In addition …
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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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AI-savvy scammer uses deepfake video to steal ₹40,000 via WhatsApp
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become mainstream since the launch of ChatGPT, with awareness abou…
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Noida woman scammed ₹11 lakh in digital arrest scam – everything you need to know
Online scams are on the rise in India, with scammers finding new ways to dupe people. After the lik…
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A company lost $25 million after an employee was tricked by deepfakes of his coworkers on a video call: police
A Hong Kong-based employee attended a video call with deepfake versions of the company's UK-based C…
Huileng Tan
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Around 76 locations were raided in India as part of a crackdown on phony tech support scam calls
Microsoft and Amazon are teaming up with law enforcement and India's Central Bureau of Investigatio…
Haley Tenore
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Courier scam makes 66-year-old poorer by ₹1.52 crore – Here’s how you can protect yourself
Scams have been on the rise in the country, from scammers using AI deepfake videos to SIM swap scam…
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From Will Smith slapping Chris Rock to a scam call center being pranked, here are the top 10 videos of 2022
YouTube has shared the list of the top 10 YouTube videos of 2022. The list covers several videos, i…
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Here's how a group of YouTubers pranked a scam call centre in India that makes $18 million per year
Here’s where Mark Rober comes in. Rober is a former NASA engineer and YouTuber who posts videos …
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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
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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…
Lindsay Dodgson
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TikTok videos produced in China are trying to rip people off with scam products, a report says
Scam products like plain coffee that purports to be special weight-loss coffee are all over TikTok,…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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An Etsy seller is vehemently defending pricing a miniature purse at $270 after TikTokers called it a 'ripoff' and accused her of scamming
Etsy shop owner Stevie Lynn D'Andrea told Insider the backlash has grown so severe she's received d…
Tanya Chen
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A Colorado pastor accused of pocketing $1.3 million in cryptocurrency scam says the Lord encouraged him to use funds for a home remodel
Colorado pastor Eli Regalado and his wife Kaitlyn are being accused of selling "practically worthle…
Hannah Getahun,Jessica Orwig
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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 …