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Ex-Nurse Loses Life Savings Worth Rs 48 Lakh In Digital Arrest, 3 Arrested
In yet another case of the "digital arrest" scam, a 75-year-old retired nurse in Andhra Pradesh lost his life's savings, Rs 48 lakh, after he was subjected to intense fear and panic.
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71-Year-Old Hyderabad Man Loses Nearly Rs 2 Crore To Digital Arrest Scam
In another digital arrest case, Cybercrime Police of Hyderabad have nabbed three fraudsters who extorted Rs 1.92 crore from a senior citizen.
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Scammers Exploit Australia’s Cybercrime Portal to Impersonate Police and Steal Crypto, AFP Warns
Australian authorities have warned of a new cryptocurrency scam in which criminals file fake reports through the government’s ReportCyber portal and then impersonate police officers to deceive victims. Using real case reference numbers, scammers pressure individuals into moving their crypto assets to fraudulent accounts. The AFP and Australia’s...
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Indians Who Fled Myanmar Cyberscam Center Being Flown Home In 2 Batches
The center, known as KK Park on the outskirts of the border city of Myawaddy and said to house a major cybercrime operation, was raided by Myanmar's army in mid-October to suppress cross-border online scams and illegal gambling.
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In New Scam, Fraudsters Pose As CISF Personnel To Dupe People
After digital arrests and investment scams, a new kind of con has come to light in which criminals pose as personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to defraud people.
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Will Deal With Iron Hands: Supreme Court On Rs 3,000-Crore Digital Arrests
The Supreme Court noted that almost Rs 3,000 crores have been collected from victims and warned of an exacerbating problem.
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Delhi Police Bust Cybercrime Syndicate Run By Indian Man Based In Dubai
The Delhi Police has busted a pan-India cyber fraud syndicate allegedly run by a Dubai-based Indian kingpin, arresting five people including a relationship manager of a bank for facilitating fraudulent financial transactions, officials said.
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2 Arrested In Rs 50 Lakh Digital Arrest Scam Targeting Senior Citizens
The Mumbai Cyber Police have arrested two members of a cybercrime gang that duped senior citizens by posing as senior police and investigation officers. They created fear of arrest and falsely implicated victims in money-laundering cases.
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AI Chatbots Promoting Cybercrime? ChatGPT, Grok and Meta AI Are Happy to Write Phishing Emails
Concerns over AI safety persist as developers build ever-more capable models and tout red-teaming and internal safeguards. However, Gadgets 360 found that popular chatbots, ChatGPT, Grok and Meta AI, do not fully follow those protections: when prompted, they produced phishing email content that could be misused for scams, underscoring gaps in pract...
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eSIM Mobile Fraud: I4C Warns Users of eSIM Scams, Shares Tips to Stay Safe
The Department of Telecommunications’ (DoT) Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) recently blacklisted between 3,00,000 to 4,00,000 SIM cards that were allegedly being used to commit financial fraud, as per a report. Now, another government agency, the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) has issued a warning regarding an e-SIM fraud, where...
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Mumbai Man Arrested After Duping 81-Year-Old Woman Of Rs 7.8 Crore
A man was arrested for alleged involvement in a racket in which an 81-year-old woman was duped of Rs 7.8 crore using the 'digital arrest' modus operandi, a Mumbai police official said on Thursday.
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105 Indians Arrested In Cyber Scam Raids In Cambodia
The Indian Government is in talks with the Cambodian authorities to bring back its citizens arrested on a foreign land.
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2 Arrested By Delhi Police For Bank Scam, 6 Phones Recovered
The Delhi Police have arrested two cybercriminals accused of impersonating bank officials and defrauding people of their money.
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Crackdown On Cybercrime Busted Work-From-Home Racket In Delhi, 4 Arrested
In a major crackdown on cybercrime, the Delhi Police have busted a work-from-home job fraud syndicate and arrested four individuals accused of duping a man of Rs 17.49 lakh through a sophisticated online scam involving cryptocurrency.
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Mumbai Woman, 62, Duped Of Rs 7.88 Crore In Stock Investment Fraud
A 62-year-old housewife from Mumbai has allegedly been duped of Rs 7.88 crore by cyber fraudsters after being lured to invest in the stock market for high returns, police said.
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Ex-Nurse Loses Life Savings Worth Rs 48 Lakh In Digital Arrest, 3 Arrested
In yet another case of the "digital arrest" scam, a 75-year-old retired nurse in Andhra Pradesh lost his life's savings, Rs 48 lakh, after he was subjected to intense fear and panic.
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71-Year-Old Hyderabad Man Loses Nearly Rs 2 Crore To Digital Arrest Scam
In another digital arrest case, Cybercrime Police of Hyderabad have nabbed three fraudsters who extorted Rs 1.92 crore from a senior citizen.
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Scammers Exploit Australia’s Cybercrime Portal to Impersonate Police and Steal Crypto, AFP Warns
Australian authorities have warned of a new cryptocurrency scam in which criminals file fake reports through the government’s ReportCyber portal and then impersonate police officers to deceive victims. Using real case reference numbers, scammers pressure individuals into moving their crypto assets to fraudulent accounts. The AFP and Australia’s...
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Indians Who Fled Myanmar Cyberscam Center Being Flown Home In 2 Batches
The center, known as KK Park on the outskirts of the border city of Myawaddy and said to house a major cybercrime operation, was raided by Myanmar's army in mid-October to suppress cross-border online scams and illegal gambling.
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In New Scam, Fraudsters Pose As CISF Personnel To Dupe People
After digital arrests and investment scams, a new kind of con has come to light in which criminals pose as personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to defraud people.
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Will Deal With Iron Hands: Supreme Court On Rs 3,000-Crore Digital Arrests
The Supreme Court noted that almost Rs 3,000 crores have been collected from victims and warned of an exacerbating problem.
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Delhi Police Bust Cybercrime Syndicate Run By Indian Man Based In Dubai
The Delhi Police has busted a pan-India cyber fraud syndicate allegedly run by a Dubai-based Indian kingpin, arresting five people including a relationship manager of a bank for facilitating fraudulent financial transactions, officials said.
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2 Arrested In Rs 50 Lakh Digital Arrest Scam Targeting Senior Citizens
The Mumbai Cyber Police have arrested two members of a cybercrime gang that duped senior citizens by posing as senior police and investigation officers. They created fear of arrest and falsely implicated victims in money-laundering cases.
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AI Chatbots Promoting Cybercrime? ChatGPT, Grok and Meta AI Are Happy to Write Phishing Emails
Concerns over AI safety persist as developers build ever-more capable models and tout red-teaming and internal safeguards. However, Gadgets 360 found that popular chatbots, ChatGPT, Grok and Meta AI, do not fully follow those protections: when prompted, they produced phishing email content that could be misused for scams, underscoring gaps in pract...
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eSIM Mobile Fraud: I4C Warns Users of eSIM Scams, Shares Tips to Stay Safe
The Department of Telecommunications’ (DoT) Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) recently blacklisted between 3,00,000 to 4,00,000 SIM cards that were allegedly being used to commit financial fraud, as per a report. Now, another government agency, the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) has issued a warning regarding an e-SIM fraud, where...
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Mumbai Man Arrested After Duping 81-Year-Old Woman Of Rs 7.8 Crore
A man was arrested for alleged involvement in a racket in which an 81-year-old woman was duped of Rs 7.8 crore using the 'digital arrest' modus operandi, a Mumbai police official said on Thursday.
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105 Indians Arrested In Cyber Scam Raids In Cambodia
The Indian Government is in talks with the Cambodian authorities to bring back its citizens arrested on a foreign land.
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2 Arrested By Delhi Police For Bank Scam, 6 Phones Recovered
The Delhi Police have arrested two cybercriminals accused of impersonating bank officials and defrauding people of their money.
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Crackdown On Cybercrime Busted Work-From-Home Racket In Delhi, 4 Arrested
In a major crackdown on cybercrime, the Delhi Police have busted a work-from-home job fraud syndicate and arrested four individuals accused of duping a man of Rs 17.49 lakh through a sophisticated online scam involving cryptocurrency.
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Mumbai Woman, 62, Duped Of Rs 7.88 Crore In Stock Investment Fraud
A 62-year-old housewife from Mumbai has allegedly been duped of Rs 7.88 crore by cyber fraudsters after being lured to invest in the stock market for high returns, police said.
