Cyberscam

Bengaluru Techie Loses Rs 68 Lakh While Trying To Sell Bed Online In OTP Scam

A techie from Bengalore fell prey to scamster who was posing as a buyer on OLX and lost money in a series of transactions.

Dec 15, 2023, 09:10 AM IST

New Cyber Scam Alert: Scammers Using 'Look Who Just Died' Fraud To Trap Facebook Users

 The scam begins with a direct message from a hacker posing as a friend that says "look who just died" and includes a link to what appears to be a news article. 

May 31, 2023, 17:56 PM IST

WhatsApp Scam: Nithin Kamath Warns Netizens Against New Investment Fraud

The rate of scams has been doubled in the last few years because of increase usage of smartphones and digitisation.

May 03, 2023, 19:05 PM IST

India's 'Biggest Data Theft': From Netflix To BYJU's, Data Of Over 66 Crore People Stolen

The accused has been found to possess data from various sources, including Byjus, Vedantu, cab users,GST, RTO, Amazon,Netflix,Paytm, Phonepe etc. The accused was operating through a website called 'InspireWebz' based in Faridabad, Haryana, and was selling the database to clients.

Apr 02, 2023, 10:07 AM IST

Mumbai Man Duped Rs 1.38 Lakh In Cyber Fraud While Purchasing Wine Bottle Online

Mumbai man approached Colaba Police who registered an FIR under Indian Penal Code sections 420 (cheating) and relevant sections of the Information Technology Act.

Mar 30, 2023, 19:12 PM IST

Cyber Alert! Noida Turning Into Next Jamtara; Fake Call Centres Spur Fraud, Scam

Callers use jobs, insurance and cyber help as topics to cheat people. In some centres, foreigners run the whole company who remain to be apprehended. Fraudulent call centres usually target the unemployed people and lure them easily by promising jobs.

Mar 26, 2023, 11:37 AM IST