Online fraud

Online scammers are targeting people by sending them malicious links on Whatsapp. A new online scam has been doing rounds, this time on the instant messaging app Whatsapp. Scammers, in disguise of executives from online delivery…

The city has seen exponential growth in the number of cybercrime complaints in the past five years. Rs 3.57 lakh has been returned to a man in Pune after he had lost it to cyber criminals in an online credit card fraud. The…

The case was first revealed by a 78-year-old Udaipur resident who filed a complaint on the CyberSafe app, saying that he had lost Rs 6.5 lakh online. A massive online scam was unearthed by the Union Home Ministry in concert with several…

LIC warns its customers of circulating fraudsters, posing as LIC or IRDAI agents and officials. In a tweet addressing all the life insurance holders, the Indian insurance and investment corporation, Life Insurance Corporation warned…

Cybersecurity researchers discovers about 167 counterfeit trading and blockchain based finance apps to steal money from victims. According to a report published by Trak.in December 2020, the increased shift towards online and cloud…

Scammers have found a new group of people to target as the vaccination drive expands to all adults and many tackle difficulties using the CoWIN app. A cybersecurity researcher has found a malware which is circulated via text messages…

An Indian techie jailed in US for deleting over 1200 MS accounts from the server of the company he was fired at. An act of vengeance has led an Indian national to be arrested and sentenced to 2 years in US prison, accompanied by a hefty…

Truecaller to discontinue its payments services and focus on core areas like communication and security. The caller ID smartphone application Truecaller will no longer continue its UPI services, as it wants to currently focus on its…

Woman Pays Rs 1.1 Lakh For iPhone 12 Pro Max On Apple Website; Gets Apple Flavored Yogurt! Imagine you have paid Rs 1.1 lakh for a smartphone while ordering online and on the day of delivery, you get an apple-flavored yogurt drink…

Shocking! Delhi CM's Daughter Robbed Of Rs 34,000 While Selling Sofa On Olx Not even the daughter of the Delhi Chief Minister is safe from online scams! Harshita, the only daughter of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was robbed of…