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Senior citizens loses over Rs 11 lakh to cyber fraudsters in Mumbai

A senior citizen was allegedly duped of over Rs 11 lakh by cyber fraudsters when she tried to recover the money she had lost while ordering pizza and dry fruits online, police said on Saturday.

CBI files FIR against Gujarat firm for Rs 632 crore 'bank fraud'

The CBI has registered a case against city-based Electrotherm (India) Ltd for allegedly cheating the Bank of India of around Rs 632 crore, officials said

Private banks seeing jump in number of online frauds: RBI report

Commercial banks reported Rs 1.38 trillion of frauds in 2020-21, as compared to Rs 1.85 trillion in the previous year.

4,071 banking fraud cases reported during H1 FY2022: RBI report

In terms of deposits, the number of reported cases of frauds stood at 208 of an amount involving Rs 362 crore, the report said

ED attaches funds worth over Rs 40 crore in mobile apps payments fraud case

The attached money, in accordance with the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), is in the form of bank deposits and an amount held with payment solutions providers

Scammers netted cryptocurrencies worth $7.7 billion in 2021: Report

A key source of rising cryptocurrency scams in 2021 were 'rug pulls', where the developers of a new cryptocurrency vanish and take supporters' funds with them

In festive season, fraud app installations touch new high: Study

Advertising frauds are not limited to apps and their numbers and usage

Delhi police busts pan-India gang of online cheats; 12 people arrested

Six of the accused are natives of Jamtara in Jharkhand

TMS,Ep 49:Conglomerates breaking up, craft spirits, markets, online frauds

Will Indian conglomerates go the GE and JJ way? How are craft spirit brands brewing a storm in the liquor market? What precautions should we take as online frauds become rampant? All answers here

Online frauds: The precaution we should take to protect ourselves

The country's march towards a digital economy gathered pace in the last two years. At the same time, the country witnessed a jump in online payment frauds. Here's how we can protect ourselves online

How to safeguard yourself from financial frauds, online and offline

Cyber Crime: There's very little you can do at your end, apart from being more vigilant. But certain things that you should do can make a lot of difference

As electronic transactions surge, it's boom time for tech fraud fighters

Pandemic pushes companies to police e-transactions; financial services firms and e-commerce companies are among the major drivers of demand

Online fraud alert: Deny remote access to your laptop, say analysts

If you do give access, monitor service provider's activity

J-K Security Committee discusses cyber crimes, currency management

Principal Secretary Home Department of Jammu and Kashmir, Shaleen Kabra on Wednesday chaired a meeting to discuss the need to detect fake currency notes while also cautioning about online frauds

Airtel Safe Pay provides three-layer safety for a fraud-proof future

With Airtel Safe Pay transactions, money gets debited only after subscriber's nod

Landscape of cyberattacks to change in coming months: Kaspersky report

According to Kaspersky, the top targets for APT were governments, and the most significant threat actor was Lazarus

WhatsApp OTP scam: What is it, how it works, other things you need to know

Hackers are sending texts to people pretending to be a friend or relative and asking for immediate help stating some emergency

SAI lodges FIR to demand probe into false ad for 2021 Khelo India Games

The Sports Authority of India lodged an FIR after several athletes across the country were duped of money through a false advertisement for next year's Khelo India Games

Online fraud attempts drop 29% during unlocking period, says study

Such attempts had risen sharply right before pandemic and early part of pandemic by 121 per cent, according to a TransUnion report

UK, India joint operation targets computer software service fraud scams

On September 17, officers from the CBI conducted raids on 10 premises based on this information across six Indian cities.