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New Delhi: Amul, one of India’s biggest dairy brands, has recently warned customers about a scam spreading on WhatsApp and social media. The scam uses the famous Amul Girl mascot and the company’s logo to make fake messages look real. These messages claim that customers can get gift vouchers, sometimes worth Rs 5,000 or Rs…
Last Updated:June 08, 2025, 14:56 is Shreya Bedi, an Indian student at Indiana University, was scammed by fake ICE agents into buying $5,000 in gift cards. She is now warning others and raising funds on GoFundMe. Shreya Bedi, a Master’s student at Indiana University Bloomington. (LinkedIn) An Indian student in the US was scammed by…
In Punjab’s Firozpur district, government officials fabricated a new village on paper and siphoned off lakhs of rupees in government funds. This reminds of a famous verse by renowned poet Adam Gondvi – “In your files, the village’s weather appears rosy, But these figures are false, these claims are mere words.” Through this couplet, Adam…
Last Updated:January 10, 2025, 12:26 AM IST According to sources, Chirag Kapoor has been linked to 930 digital arrest fraud cases Digital arrest scams involve fraudsters impersonating law enforcement officials on video calls, threatening victims with arrest over fake charges, and compelling them to transfer large sums of money. (Representational image) Kolkata police say they…
Popular social media influencer Ankush Bahuguna on Sunday recounted a shocking and traumatic ordeal in which he was held hostage by scammers for 40 hours. The content creator, in a video on Instagram, detailed how he was forced into a “digital arrest,” isolated from friends and family, and lost not only money but also his…
Mumbai: Police have managed to freeze a sum of Rs 4.65 crore out of Rs 7.5 crore lost by the Mumbai-based owner of a private company in a SIM swap cyber fraud, officials said. In the SIM swap fraud, a form of identity theft, scammers trick the network provider into linking the mobile phone number…
A Florida couple is facing charges of stealing properties through a simple scam that costs less than a dollar to execute. Victor Rodriguez, 50, and his wife Michelle Cherry, 33, allegedly forged “quitclaim deeds” to illegally transfer ownership of homes, including a property owned by Rodriguez’s ex-father-in-law, in Tampa and Miami-Dade County, Fox News reported….
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, on July 9, assured the legislative assembly that his government was ready to probe and act against those involved in an alleged case of bribery-cheating in offering Public Service Commission (PSC) membership to a doctor couple from Kozhikode. Media reports have claimed a youth leader of the ruling CPI(M) had…