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Lured With Jobs, Forced To Work For Scamsters In Myanmar, 27 Indians Rescued
For weeks, all that several families across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana had to go on were fragments of information exchanged over brief phone calls, and the knowledge that their sons were somewhere across the border in Myanmar.
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Scamsters Use AI To Clone Cousin's Voice, Dupe Indore Teacher Of Rs 1 lakh
It sounded exactly like her cousin. The tone, the urgency, even the familiar way he spoke. But the voice on the phone was not her cousin's, it was generated using artificial intelligence (AI).
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Kannada Actor Upendra And Wife Priyanka's Phones Hacked, Scamsters Demand Rs 55,000
Both Priyanka and Upendra attempted to call from their phones, after which their devices were compromised
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Woman, 76, Loses 43 Lakh, Scamsters Said Her Number Used In Pahalgam Plan
In yet another case of scamsters targeting senior citizens, a 76-year-old woman from Noida was duped of Rs 43 lakh after the fraudsters told her that her number had been used for funding of terrorist activities, including the Pahalgam attack
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Indian-Origin Designer Clothing Scamster Ordered To Repay Millions Of Pounds
An Indian-origin mastermind of a fake designer clothing scam, sentenced earlier over one of the UK's largest tax frauds, has been ordered to pay back over 90 million pounds in a court ruling this week.
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Gold Sold, Deposits Broken: Gujarat Doctor Loses 19 Crores To 'Digital Arrest'
A senior woman doctor in Gujarat's Gandhinagar was kept under 'digital arrest' for over three months, forced to break fixed deposits, take loans, and blackmailed into paying more than Rs 19 crore to fraudsters, police have found
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Couple Loses Rs 4.79 Crore With Digital Arrest, Scamster Visits Sri Lankan Casino
A retired engineer and his wife in Bengaluru lost Rs 4.79 crore to cyber fraudsters, who placed them under "digital arrest" over their alleged involvement in a money laundering case and non-payment of credit card bills.
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"Impersonating Myself To Me": Paytm CEO Shares Exchange With Scamster
Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the chief of Paytm left his followers in splits today, sharing screenshots of his conversation with someone impersonating him.
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WhatsApp Top Among Social Media Platforms Misused By Cyber Criminals: MHA
Social media platform WhatsApp followed by Telegram and Instagram remains one of the favourite hunting grounds for online scamsters, as per the latest report from the Union Home Ministry.
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Mumbai Woman Made To Strip, Duped Of Rs 1.7 Lakh In 'Digital Arrest' Shocker
In a shocking case of digital arrest, a 26-year-old woman in Mumbai was forced to strip and duped of Rs 1.7 lakh by scamsters who said her name had cropped up in a money laundering probe, police have said
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Lured With Jobs, Forced To Work For Scamsters In Myanmar, 27 Indians Rescued
For weeks, all that several families across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana had to go on were fragments of information exchanged over brief phone calls, and the knowledge that their sons were somewhere across the border in Myanmar.
-
Scamsters Use AI To Clone Cousin's Voice, Dupe Indore Teacher Of Rs 1 lakh
It sounded exactly like her cousin. The tone, the urgency, even the familiar way he spoke. But the voice on the phone was not her cousin's, it was generated using artificial intelligence (AI).
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Kannada Actor Upendra And Wife Priyanka's Phones Hacked, Scamsters Demand Rs 55,000
Both Priyanka and Upendra attempted to call from their phones, after which their devices were compromised
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Woman, 76, Loses 43 Lakh, Scamsters Said Her Number Used In Pahalgam Plan
In yet another case of scamsters targeting senior citizens, a 76-year-old woman from Noida was duped of Rs 43 lakh after the fraudsters told her that her number had been used for funding of terrorist activities, including the Pahalgam attack
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Indian-Origin Designer Clothing Scamster Ordered To Repay Millions Of Pounds
An Indian-origin mastermind of a fake designer clothing scam, sentenced earlier over one of the UK's largest tax frauds, has been ordered to pay back over 90 million pounds in a court ruling this week.
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Gold Sold, Deposits Broken: Gujarat Doctor Loses 19 Crores To 'Digital Arrest'
A senior woman doctor in Gujarat's Gandhinagar was kept under 'digital arrest' for over three months, forced to break fixed deposits, take loans, and blackmailed into paying more than Rs 19 crore to fraudsters, police have found
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Couple Loses Rs 4.79 Crore With Digital Arrest, Scamster Visits Sri Lankan Casino
A retired engineer and his wife in Bengaluru lost Rs 4.79 crore to cyber fraudsters, who placed them under "digital arrest" over their alleged involvement in a money laundering case and non-payment of credit card bills.
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"Impersonating Myself To Me": Paytm CEO Shares Exchange With Scamster
Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the chief of Paytm left his followers in splits today, sharing screenshots of his conversation with someone impersonating him.
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WhatsApp Top Among Social Media Platforms Misused By Cyber Criminals: MHA
Social media platform WhatsApp followed by Telegram and Instagram remains one of the favourite hunting grounds for online scamsters, as per the latest report from the Union Home Ministry.
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Mumbai Woman Made To Strip, Duped Of Rs 1.7 Lakh In 'Digital Arrest' Shocker
In a shocking case of digital arrest, a 26-year-old woman in Mumbai was forced to strip and duped of Rs 1.7 lakh by scamsters who said her name had cropped up in a money laundering probe, police have said
