Online scams News

Amazon and Flipkart are offering great deals and hefty discounts on various smartphones, laptops, and more for their customers ahead of Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan. Amid the ongoing Amazon Great Freedom Festive Sale 2024 and Flipkart Flagship Sale, the chances of delivery or online scams could increase. To avoid these scams, you can follow the tips mentioned below. 

If you get an unusual message or a request for personal information, it's important to contact SBI through their verified methods to confirm it's real.

This move empowers residents with greater control over the security of their unique identification data.

Cryptocurrency scams rise in India, targeting social media users. Engineer Ankit Chaudhary lost Rs 12 lakh in a Telegram group scam. Delhi Police investigates and warns against online frauds.  

The danger lies not only in its ability to breach device security but also in its sinister mission to pilfer sensitive financial data, including crucial bank account passwords.

In a recent incident, a 53-year-old engineer from Bengaluru has fallen prey to a Bitcoin investment scam, losing a staggering 95 lakhs to a fraudulent scheme.

In a recent incident in Delhi, a 32-year-old woman fell victim to a scam, losing Rs 6 lakhs to a fraudster posing as a merchant navy officer from Sweden.

Truecaller has issued a warning about one such scam that is plaguing the online world – Romance Scams. This is a type of scam where someone pretends to be in love with you in order to gain your trust and then exploits that trust to extort money.

If you also become a victim of Smishing inadvertently, you can dial 1930 to report online financial fraud and report any cybercrime at cybercrime.gov.in.

In today's time people have to know anything. So he reaches to search on Google. Need customer care number or any helpline number, all of you immediately go to Google. Many cases of fraud with people are coming to the fore on Google. In which the latest case is of a person living in Noida.

HDFC Bank warns customers about scams. Fraudsters distribute links to these websites by SMS, social media, email, Instant Messenger, and other means. Many clients click on the link without first reviewing the exact URL.

Credit card holders can use 5 simple ways to make sure that they don't end up losing money in online or offline fraud. 

As per Microsoft's survey, the two most significant factors for shoppers this year are price and availability. 54 percent of people are concerned about supply chain problems. One in five people is willing to buy their must-have holiday items from a third-party vendor, such as an auction or resale site.

Users should be aware that there may be a high cost to pay. The tech support scam is quite common, and it is becoming more prevalent. Those who have fallen victim to the tech support scam should remove any apps that the crooks encouraged you to install right away.

SBI advised its customers to not download apps from sources that are unverified. The bank has further said that it is possible that messages including OTP, PIN, CVV may be read remotely. SBI was targeted in a phishing scam where hackers flooded them with suspicious text messages, requesting them to redeem their SBI credit points worth Rs 9,870.

If you thought that phishing emails aiming to defraud you of your hard earned income only come as lottery and charity baits, then be alert!

Post demonetization, India is expected to be a key target for cyber criminals using malware to attack point-of-sales (POS) devices and mobile wallets this year, security software firm F-Secure said today.

 Millennials, often portrayed as tech-savvy caricatures, are actually more likely to fall for technology-related scams through calls, e-mails or popup ads as compared to their grandparents, a new survey has found.