Online Fraud

A Delhi-based television producer was allegedly duped of Rs 61,900 by a fraudster when she tried to book a doctor's appointment online, Delhi police said on Thursday.

A 72-year-old retired railway employee has lost Rs 7.38 lakh to cyber fraudsters who tricked him to share confidential details by claiming that his bank account was blocked for want of KYC update, a Thane district police official said on Wednesday.

In a bizarre case of cyber fraud, a group of fraudsters allegedly procured PAN details of several Bollywood actors and cricketers from their GST Identification Numbers which are available online, and got credit cards issued in their names.

55-year-old Pawan Kumar Soni, a farmer based in Sri Ganganagar City in Rajasthan, became a victim of a cyber fraud when his 26-year-old son Harsh Vardhan opened a link from a phishing message that flashed on his mobile phone.

US prosecutors said that former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried used a virtual private network to access the internet on two recent occasions, raising concerns that he could be hiding his online activities. In a letter to the Manhattan judge handling Bankman-Fried’s criminal fraud case late Monday, a prosecutor in the office of the Manhattan US attorne...

From quoting iconic Bollywood songs and dialogues to sharing memes, the Rajasthan Police is using popular culture as a tool to raise awareness among youngsters about online luring and fake social media profiles during the ongoing Valentine's week.

Three people have been arrested for allegedly scamming online gamers across the country through illegal pre-hosted gaming websites, police said.

An entrepreneur has claimed he was informed by a food delivery agent at Zomato not to pay online when he orders next and also advised him on how to cheat them, alleging massive fraud by the agents at the company.

The ICC has allegedly lost close to USD 2.5 million after becoming a victim of cyber crime, according to a report.

A man from Maharashtra's Thane city was allegedly duped of Rs 5 lakh by online fraudsters when he was checking a fault in his TV channel service, police said on Tuesday.

The Delhi Police has busted a gang that operated under the disguise of an insurance firm at a Noida-based call centre and cheated loan seekers by offering them low-interest rates against the newly purchased insurance police.

Thwarting a 'man in the middle attack' kind of cyber fraud, Mumbai Police has managed to stop a fraudulent online banking transaction of Rs 44.43 lakh, an official said on Saturday.

A man was allegedly duped of around Rs 2 lakh while ordering wine to be delivered to his home, police said on Saturday.

Netflix fraud has recently left a 73-year-old Mumbai resident lose Rs. 1.22 lakh. The online theft took place when the man received an email that appeared to have been autogenerated by Netflix, reminding the user to renew streaming subscription for the monthly price of Rs. 499.

WhatsApp numbers of around 500 million users has been put up for sale on a popular hacking community forum. In related news, the information of 5.4 million Twitter users from a previously disclosed data breach has been leaked online.

A Delhi-based television producer was allegedly duped of Rs 61,900 by a fraudster when she tried to book a doctor's appointment online, Delhi police said on Thursday.

A 72-year-old retired railway employee has lost Rs 7.38 lakh to cyber fraudsters who tricked him to share confidential details by claiming that his bank account was blocked for want of KYC update, a Thane district police official said on Wednesday.

In a bizarre case of cyber fraud, a group of fraudsters allegedly procured PAN details of several Bollywood actors and cricketers from their GST Identification Numbers which are available online, and got credit cards issued in their names.

55-year-old Pawan Kumar Soni, a farmer based in Sri Ganganagar City in Rajasthan, became a victim of a cyber fraud when his 26-year-old son Harsh Vardhan opened a link from a phishing message that flashed on his mobile phone.

US prosecutors said that former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried used a virtual private network to access the internet on two recent occasions, raising concerns that he could be hiding his online activities. In a letter to the Manhattan judge handling Bankman-Fried’s criminal fraud case late Monday, a prosecutor in the office of the Manhattan US attorne...

From quoting iconic Bollywood songs and dialogues to sharing memes, the Rajasthan Police is using popular culture as a tool to raise awareness among youngsters about online luring and fake social media profiles during the ongoing Valentine's week.

Three people have been arrested for allegedly scamming online gamers across the country through illegal pre-hosted gaming websites, police said.

An entrepreneur has claimed he was informed by a food delivery agent at Zomato not to pay online when he orders next and also advised him on how to cheat them, alleging massive fraud by the agents at the company.

The ICC has allegedly lost close to USD 2.5 million after becoming a victim of cyber crime, according to a report.

A man from Maharashtra's Thane city was allegedly duped of Rs 5 lakh by online fraudsters when he was checking a fault in his TV channel service, police said on Tuesday.

The Delhi Police has busted a gang that operated under the disguise of an insurance firm at a Noida-based call centre and cheated loan seekers by offering them low-interest rates against the newly purchased insurance police.

Thwarting a 'man in the middle attack' kind of cyber fraud, Mumbai Police has managed to stop a fraudulent online banking transaction of Rs 44.43 lakh, an official said on Saturday.

A man was allegedly duped of around Rs 2 lakh while ordering wine to be delivered to his home, police said on Saturday.

Netflix fraud has recently left a 73-year-old Mumbai resident lose Rs. 1.22 lakh. The online theft took place when the man received an email that appeared to have been autogenerated by Netflix, reminding the user to renew streaming subscription for the monthly price of Rs. 499.

WhatsApp numbers of around 500 million users has been put up for sale on a popular hacking community forum. In related news, the information of 5.4 million Twitter users from a previously disclosed data breach has been leaked online.