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Delhi woman loses ₹50 lakh in SIM Swap scam – Here’s how you can stay safe
In a bizarre incident, a woman from Delhi has reportedly lost ₹50 lakh to a new scam that is on the…
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Quishing on the rise – Be alert while scanning payment QR codes
Digital payments have grown by leaps and bounds in India over the past few years, with unified paym…
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There's a new scam targeting iPhone owners with a barrage of notifications
Some iPhone owners have received a series of notifications about resetting their Apple ID password,…
Ana Altchek
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7 out of 10 Indians are unable to identify AI voice call scams, and half fall for scams with monetary losses
McAfee has released a report called ‘The Artificial Imposter,’ highlighting how the rise of artific…
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A real-estate agent's ritzy Hamptons beach home was used in a fake Airbnb scam
The agent told The Real Deal she got a phone call from someone asking about her home listed on Airb…
Geoff Weiss
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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.…
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Warren Buffett warned on AI scams, a fiscal disaster, and losing friends. Here are 15 top quotes from Berkshire's bash.
Warren Buffett ruled out retirement at 65 for his successor, paid tribute to Charlie Munger, and ow…
Theron Mohamed
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I was a first-time homebuyer and got scammed out of $167,000 of my life savings
A real-estate scam cost these first-time homebuyers their six-figure downpayment. Here's what happe…
Jordan Hart
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Americans lost over $1 million last year falling for online puppy adoption scams, largely on Facebook Marketplace
Thousands of Americans fell for online puppy adoption scams on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Chinese syndicates to keep hurting India via loan app scams: Cyber expert
Chinese criminal syndicates and gangs operating digital loan shark scams are expected to further de…
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You have to read this story about a woman who was scammed out of $50,000
A writer was a victim of a phone scam, and her personal essay about it is tearing apart the interne…
Katie Notopoulos
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My dad almost paid a ransom after being told I was kidnapped — but it was all a scam
A daughter says her dad got a call saying she had been kidnapped. The scam demanded thousands in ra…
Conz Preti
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Three years after a pandemic shut down the country, COVID-related phone scams are once again on the rise
The COVID-related phone scams include defrauding Medicare and the IRS.
Madison Hall
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Russia accuses Ukraine of orchestrating a phone scam scheme to trick elderly Russians into setting military recruitment offices on fire amid string of arson attacks
The attacks have coincided with recent changes to Russia's conscription eligibility amid its mounti…
Erin Snodgrass
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The terrifying new AI scam
Scammers are using AI-generated voices of people's actual children to swindle them out of their cas…
Eve Upton-Clark
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'WhatsApp Pink': Here’s all you need to know to protect yourself from the scam
Numerous individuals are receiving messages that promise an update called 'WhatsApp Pink.' Essentia…
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What are ‘vishing scams’ that start with a Namaste and end with monetary losses
vishing is a type of phone scam where the fraudster takes advantage of human error by calling and a…
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A self-described real estate visionary was charged with running an Airbnb scam that made millions by tricking guests into booking non-existent properties
Shray Goel managed over 100 properties across the US to run a "double-booking-bait-and-switch schem…
Hannah Getahun,Kelsey Vlamis,…
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A student persuaded by his friend to get his legs amputated for a $1.3 million insurance scam wound up getting only $7,200 that he now has to return: prosecutors
Zhang, 23, soaked his feet for over 10 hours in dry ice so they'd get so badly frostbitten that he'…
Matthew Loh
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A new wave of robocallers are trying to scam crypto users here's how the scam works and how to stop it
These scams are particularly risky for cryptocurrency investors, as it's difficult to reclaim lost …