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Govt warns about fake SMS asking users to update their PAN – what it is and how to stay safe
Increased usage of the internet has also resulted in an increase in online fraud. Scammers are find…
A musician made $10M streaming AI-written songs with fake accounts, prosecutors say
An AI-generated music scam led to a musician's arrest for using bots to get billions of streams, ea…
Hannah Abraham
Mike Huckabee is the unlikely avenger of deep-faked celebrities
Oprah, Taylor Smith, Tom Hanks, and Jennifer Aniston don't run to court when they're deepfaked. Mik…
Laura Italiano
New X users will need to pay for posting: Elon Musk
In a dampener for new X users, Elon Musk has announced they may be charged for posting content on t…
Meta found a new way to crack down on scam accounts, and it seems to be working
Meta said it has expanded a program that allows banks to report scams to the company. Meta said the…
Kenneth Niemeyer
IPO scam – Two victims from Hyderabad lose over ₹11 crore in fake IPO scams
In yet another instance of fraudsters using the rising popularity of the stock market and initial p…
54 Crore GST Refund Scam exposed by Delhi's Anti-Corruption Branch
The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of Delhi has uncovered a scam involving fraudulent GST refunds wit…
ANI
Trump authorized the CIA to smear the Chinese government with fake social-media accounts: Reuters
"We wanted them chasing ghosts," said a former official, who told Reuters the campaign was meant to…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
Delhi Police nabs over 100 travel agents for sending passengers abroad illegally till June this year
These travel agents were nabbed from Punjab, Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra and West Bengal. …
PTI
That job you're applying for might be fake
Posting jobs can give workers the impression the company is growing and signal to burnt-out employe…
Dan DeFrancesco
A small number of ‘superspreaders’ are propagating most of the misinformation on Twitter, study finds
Building on our understanding on the spread of misinformation on social media, a team of analysts a…
Taylor Swift addresses a fake image of her shared by Trump: 'It really conjured up my fears around AI'
Taylor Swift says a fake image of her posted by Donald Trump prompted her to endorse Kamala Harris.
Beatrice Nolan
Woman loses ₹54 lakh in work-from-home scam! Here's what it is and how to protect yourself
Job hunting is something that most of us do online, be it on social media or various online job por…
Remote job scams are on the rise! How to stay safe?
Job scams were always around, but ever since the pandemic and lockdowns, remote job scams have beco…
A fantasy author says she created 8 fake Goodreads accounts to take down her competitors after being dropped by her publisher
"I boosted the rating of my book, bombed the ratings of several fellow debut authors, and left revi…
Kai Xiang Teo
Pune man loses ₹2 crore to fake investment scam – what it is and how to protect yourself
In yet another online scam, a Pune man reportedly lost a huge amount in a new fake investment scam.…
Bitcoin trader loses almost $70 million after sending crypto to wrong online account address
A bitcoin trader lost nearly $70 million after criminals tricked them into sending crypto to a fake…
Kenneth Niemeyer
Delhi Police arrest kingpin who created fake websites of BigBasket, DMart, Blinkit
Delhi Police has arrested the kingpin of a gang of cyber cheats, which used to create fake websites…
Elon Musk told his 159 million followers to get Israel war updates from accounts that have peddled fake news
The Twitter owner deleted the post after three hours, but not before it was viewed by millions of u…
Beatrice Nolan
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin's X account was hacked and followers were duped out of $700,000 for fake NFTs
Buterin has 4.9 million followers on Twitter, and a fake post asked people to connect their digital…