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Cops bust massive cyber fraud racket after 5 crore tax shock hits job-seeking woman

Cops bust massive cyber fraud racket after 5 crore tax shock hits job-seeking woman
Published on Apr 24, 2025 08:36 AM IST

Contractual workers, juice vendor in UP's Aligarh get I-T notices worth crores

Contractual workers, juice vendor in UP's Aligarh get I-T notices worth crores
Updated on Apr 02, 2025 03:38 PM IST

Madhya Pradesh egg seller faces 50 crore tax inquiry due to identity theft

Madhya Pradesh egg seller receives IT notice over 50 crore transactions linked to fraudulent company. (Representative image)
Updated on Mar 29, 2025 01:19 PM IST

US: Woman accused of drugging, robbing older men in deadly romance scheme

Aurora Phelps, 43, who is in custody in Mexico, faces 21 counts, including wire fraud, identity theft and one count of kidnapping resulting in death.
Updated on Feb 22, 2025 06:56 PM IST

Cybercriminals create fake website of stockbroker Sharekhan to dupe investors

Cybercriminals create fake website of stockbroker Sharekhan to dupe investors
Published on Feb 13, 2025 07:32 AM IST

Identity thief whose deception led to his victim’s incarceration gets a 12-year prison term

Identity thief whose deception led to his victim’s incarceration gets a 12-year prison term
Published on Feb 01, 2025 02:24 AM IST

Three arrested for digitally arresting, scamming engineer of 9L

The three accused (2nd, 3rd, and 4th from left) carried out the entire operation via WhatsApp video calls alone.
Updated on Dec 31, 2024 08:10 AM IST

VPNs evolve into comprehensive security platforms

As operating systems become more robust with built-in virus and malware protection, VPN-focused security solutions may provide sufficient protection for most users, with the added advantage of enhanced web browsing tools. (HT)
Updated on Dec 03, 2024 07:08 AM IST

Ludhiana: GST fraud using city man’s identity uncovered, probe on

An FIR has been registered and efforts are being made to trace the accused.
Updated on Nov 30, 2024 05:06 AM IST

CA duped of 22 lakhs in online share trading scam

CA duped of 22 lakhs in online share trading scam
Updated on Nov 27, 2024 07:36 AM IST

Pensioners alert! Scam involving messages asking to fill forms, know the details

Pensioners in India are increasingly being targeted by fraudsters who claim to be from the Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO) in New Delhi
Published on Oct 06, 2024 03:59 PM IST

Shocking AI scam: Man's voice cloned, parents asked to pay 25 lakh

Jay Shooster said that cyber criminals told his parents that he was injured in a car accident and needed money to bail himself out of jail.
Published on Oct 01, 2024 07:39 PM IST

US Consulate and MCCIA sign crucial cyber security initiative

(From left) MCCIA IT committee’s Dinanath Holkar, MCCIA director general Prashant Girbane and Mike Hankey - Consul General for the US in Mumbai. US Consulate launched Centre of Excellence for Cyber Security during the MCCIA-organised Pune International Business Summit. (HT)
Updated on Feb 27, 2024 07:42 AM IST

Leading ladies or digital duplicates?

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Published on May 11, 2024 12:50 PM IST

Afternoon Brief: Xi's presence at G20 remains uncertain, fake SC website

There's no official confirmation from China regarding Xi's participation. (Reuters/File)
Updated on Aug 31, 2023 01:16 PM IST

'Identity theft': Kusha Kapila reacts to her fake profile on Bumble

Influencer Kusha Kapila
Published on Mar 07, 2023 04:27 PM IST

Indonesia: Covid positive man boards flight disguised as his wife, arrested

In this July 18 photo, a man who used a fake identity arrives at the Sultan Babullah airport in Ternate, Indonesia. The man with the coronavirus boarded a domestic flight disguised as his wife, wearing a niqab covering his face and carrying fake IDs and a negative PCR test result. He was arrested upon landing.
Published on Jul 22, 2021 01:51 PM IST

Raveena Tandon files FIR over fake Twitter account in her name

Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon poses for a photograph in Mumbai.
Updated on Oct 31, 2020 04:57 PM IST

Cyble launches AmiBreached app to help users ascertain their exposure in the dark and deep web

The launch of AmiBreached app comes as Cyble continues to see numerous data breaches and at-risk activities in the deep and dark web scaling during the COVID-19 pandemic across various establishments.
Updated on Sep 08, 2020 05:36 PM IST

NASA investigating first ever crime committed in space: Report

Astronaut Anne McClain is accused of identity theft and improperly accessing her estranged wife’s private financial records while on a sixth-month mission aboard the International Space Station
Updated on Aug 25, 2019 08:43 AM IST

Probe underway over first ever crime committed in space

In this file photo taken on November 14, 2018 NASA astronaut Anne McClain, a member of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 58/59, attends her final exam at the Gagarin Cosmonauts’ Training Centre
Updated on Aug 25, 2019 07:43 AM IST

PhD scholar lodges complaint over fake social media profile

The police are trying to catch the culprit by tracing the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the fake account. “We have written to the service provider
Updated on May 21, 2019 08:22 AM IST

Proposed Aadhaar law divides experts, again

The proposed ordinance allowing private companies to use customers’ Aadhaar identities to meet know-your-customer (KYC) rules has attracted criticism from experts and activists.
Updated on Mar 02, 2019 07:19 AM IST

MLA Jignesh Mevani booked for defamation in Pune

Jignesh Mevani, member of legislative assembly (MLA) from Gujarat, was booked for defamation and identity theft, for sharing a picture of Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, self-proclaimed spiritual leader and Shefali Vaidya, a columnist from Pune.
Updated on Jun 06, 2018 05:01 PM IST

Identity theft: Sweeper in real life, Punjab governor Badnore on Facebook

Cyber Cell officials said on an average they have been receiving one such complaint of fake account on Facebook and its photo-sharing app Instagram.
Updated on Jun 03, 2018 06:56 PM IST

Goregaon man loses 69,330 to ATM card fraud

Published on Jun 02, 2018 12:24 AM IST

Gurugram Police cyber cell flooded with applications for its summer internship

Gurugram Police’s cyber security internship will see workshops on artificial intelligence and Big Data Analytic/Dark Web Investigations, among other topics.
Updated on Jun 01, 2018 12:34 PM IST

Understand the flip side of data personalisation

A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit shows Canadian data analytics expert Christopher Wylie who worked at Cambridge Analytica appears as a witness before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee of members of the British parliament at the Houses of Parliament, London, March 27
Updated on Apr 05, 2018 04:37 PM IST