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Bombshell Book Reveals New Jersey Gynecologist's Secret Life As A Catfish
- Sunday September 8, 2024
- Feature | Edited by Ritu Singh
Over time, she manipulated multiple women into falling in love with her fictional persona, exchanging romantic messages and making promises of a future together.
- www.ndtv.com
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Con Artist Poses As Woman, RBI Official, Dupes Techie Of Rs 1.39 Crore
- Wednesday July 10, 2024
- Cities | Press Trust of India
A software engineer was taken for a ride by a 33-year-old con artist who utilised his mimicry skills to assume different fake identities, including a potential bride, an Income Tax judge and an RBI official, to cheat him of Rs 1.39 crore, police said
- www.ndtv.com
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Amitabh Bachchan Recalls "Best Moments" Of Kajra Re: "When We Performed This Live On Stage..."
- Tuesday May 28, 2024
- Entertainment | Edited by NDTV Movies News Desk
Bunty Aur Babli narrates the story of two ambitious dreamers and schemers who become con artists
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment
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Belle Gibson Branded "Instagram's Most Infamous Con Artist." Here's Why
- Friday April 26, 2024
- Offbeat | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
Australian influencer Belle Gibson, once celebrated for her health blog, is now exposed as a fraud in a documentary titled "Instagram's Worst Con Artist."
- www.ndtv.com
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What Is 'The Resteal'? The Scam UK Drivers Warned Of
- Thursday October 26, 2023
- World News | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
UK drivers are finding themselves victims of car theft at the hands of the very individuals who sold them the vehicles just days earlier.
- www.ndtv.com
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3 Hanged In Iran For Raping Women By Luring Them Into Fake Clinic
- Tuesday July 4, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Iran executed three men on Tuesday who were convicted of raping women they had lured to a fake cosmetic surgery clinic and injected with anaesthetic drugs.
- www.ndtv.com
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Delhi Woman Duped Of Rs 4.5 Crores By Con Artists Posing As Officials, Cops
- Saturday May 20, 2023
- Delhi News | Asian News International
Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi police unit has registered a case against a cyber crime con for allegedly cheating a woman doctor of Rs 4.5 crore in the national capital, officials said on Saturday.
- www.ndtv.com
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69-Year-Old US Man Accused Of Stealing $1.8 Million From Women On Dating Apps
- Thursday March 23, 2023
- World News | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
The "worst boyfriend on the Upper East Side," an alleged con artist, is accused of defrauding at least five New York City women out of more than $1.8 million.
- www.ndtv.com
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Email Scams Are Getting More Personal – They Even Fool Cybersecurity Experts
- Tuesday July 12, 2022
- The Conversation
Email scams are getting more personal, as scammers have begun targeting users with personalised messages. LinkedIn accounted for 52 percent of all phishing scams globally in Q1 2022, while data from Google Safe Browsing reveals there are now nearly 75 times as many phishing sites as there are malware sites. Con artists are using new, chilling tacti...
- www.gadgets360.com
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'Conman Hounded Sara Ali Khan To Gift Car, Settled For...': Chargesheet
- Thursday February 24, 2022
- India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy
Sara Ali Khan, Janhvi Kapoor and Bhumi Pednekar were among Bollywood stars in the crosshairs of a jailed con artist as recently as last year and the grifter met various female models and actors pretending to be a business tycoon inside Delhi's Tihar
- www.ndtv.com
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Actor Nora Fatehi Summoned In Rs. 200-Crore Money Laundering Case
- Thursday October 14, 2021
- India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Actor Nora Fatehi has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Rs 200 crore money laundering case against con artists Sukesh Chandrasekar and Leena Paul.
- www.ndtv.com
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Con Artists Summon "Genie", Sell "Aladdin's Lamp" To UP Doctor For 31 Lakh
- Sunday November 1, 2020
- India News | Written by Alok Pandey
Two men have been arrested in western Uttar Pradesh's Meerut after they allegedly cheated a city doctor of Rs 31 lakh by selling him "Aladdin's lamp" - the magical artifact from the popular folk tale that brings forth a wish-granting genie when it is rubbed
- www.ndtv.com
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Indian "Con Artist'' Jailed For A Year In US For Defrauding Foreigners Of Thousands Of Dollars
- Friday July 31, 2020
- Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India
A 26-year-old Indian "con artist" in the US state of Texas has been sentenced to 12 months and a day in prison for defrauding several foreign citizens living in America of over USD 160,000 by falsely claiming to be a film producer, according to the Department of Justice.
- www.ndtv.com
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Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Sues YouTube for Bitcoin Scam Videos
- Friday July 24, 2020
- Associated Press
Steve Wozniak is launching a legal attack against YouTube for allowing con artists to use him as a pawn in a Bitcoin scam, believed to have heisted millions of dollars from people around the world.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Jamtara Review: Does This New Netflix Original Do Justice to a Fascinating Story?
- Thursday January 9, 2020
- Akhil Arora
Our review of Netflix’s Jamtara, the new original series from India about con artists pulling off phishing scams in the dark underbelly of the eponymous Jharkhand village. Jamtara release date is January 10 on Netflix.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Bombshell Book Reveals New Jersey Gynecologist's Secret Life As A Catfish
- Sunday September 8, 2024
- Feature | Edited by Ritu Singh
Over time, she manipulated multiple women into falling in love with her fictional persona, exchanging romantic messages and making promises of a future together.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Con Artist Poses As Woman, RBI Official, Dupes Techie Of Rs 1.39 Crore
- Wednesday July 10, 2024
- Cities | Press Trust of India
A software engineer was taken for a ride by a 33-year-old con artist who utilised his mimicry skills to assume different fake identities, including a potential bride, an Income Tax judge and an RBI official, to cheat him of Rs 1.39 crore, police said
- www.ndtv.com
-
Amitabh Bachchan Recalls "Best Moments" Of Kajra Re: "When We Performed This Live On Stage..."
- Tuesday May 28, 2024
- Entertainment | Edited by NDTV Movies News Desk
Bunty Aur Babli narrates the story of two ambitious dreamers and schemers who become con artists
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment
-
Belle Gibson Branded "Instagram's Most Infamous Con Artist." Here's Why
- Friday April 26, 2024
- Offbeat | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
Australian influencer Belle Gibson, once celebrated for her health blog, is now exposed as a fraud in a documentary titled "Instagram's Worst Con Artist."
- www.ndtv.com
-
What Is 'The Resteal'? The Scam UK Drivers Warned Of
- Thursday October 26, 2023
- World News | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
UK drivers are finding themselves victims of car theft at the hands of the very individuals who sold them the vehicles just days earlier.
- www.ndtv.com
-
3 Hanged In Iran For Raping Women By Luring Them Into Fake Clinic
- Tuesday July 4, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Iran executed three men on Tuesday who were convicted of raping women they had lured to a fake cosmetic surgery clinic and injected with anaesthetic drugs.
- www.ndtv.com
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Delhi Woman Duped Of Rs 4.5 Crores By Con Artists Posing As Officials, Cops
- Saturday May 20, 2023
- Delhi News | Asian News International
Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi police unit has registered a case against a cyber crime con for allegedly cheating a woman doctor of Rs 4.5 crore in the national capital, officials said on Saturday.
- www.ndtv.com
-
69-Year-Old US Man Accused Of Stealing $1.8 Million From Women On Dating Apps
- Thursday March 23, 2023
- World News | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
The "worst boyfriend on the Upper East Side," an alleged con artist, is accused of defrauding at least five New York City women out of more than $1.8 million.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Email Scams Are Getting More Personal – They Even Fool Cybersecurity Experts
- Tuesday July 12, 2022
- The Conversation
Email scams are getting more personal, as scammers have begun targeting users with personalised messages. LinkedIn accounted for 52 percent of all phishing scams globally in Q1 2022, while data from Google Safe Browsing reveals there are now nearly 75 times as many phishing sites as there are malware sites. Con artists are using new, chilling tacti...
- www.gadgets360.com
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'Conman Hounded Sara Ali Khan To Gift Car, Settled For...': Chargesheet
- Thursday February 24, 2022
- India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy
Sara Ali Khan, Janhvi Kapoor and Bhumi Pednekar were among Bollywood stars in the crosshairs of a jailed con artist as recently as last year and the grifter met various female models and actors pretending to be a business tycoon inside Delhi's Tihar
- www.ndtv.com
-
Actor Nora Fatehi Summoned In Rs. 200-Crore Money Laundering Case
- Thursday October 14, 2021
- India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Actor Nora Fatehi has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Rs 200 crore money laundering case against con artists Sukesh Chandrasekar and Leena Paul.
- www.ndtv.com
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Con Artists Summon "Genie", Sell "Aladdin's Lamp" To UP Doctor For 31 Lakh
- Sunday November 1, 2020
- India News | Written by Alok Pandey
Two men have been arrested in western Uttar Pradesh's Meerut after they allegedly cheated a city doctor of Rs 31 lakh by selling him "Aladdin's lamp" - the magical artifact from the popular folk tale that brings forth a wish-granting genie when it is rubbed
- www.ndtv.com
-
Indian "Con Artist'' Jailed For A Year In US For Defrauding Foreigners Of Thousands Of Dollars
- Friday July 31, 2020
- Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India
A 26-year-old Indian "con artist" in the US state of Texas has been sentenced to 12 months and a day in prison for defrauding several foreign citizens living in America of over USD 160,000 by falsely claiming to be a film producer, according to the Department of Justice.
- www.ndtv.com
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Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Sues YouTube for Bitcoin Scam Videos
- Friday July 24, 2020
- Associated Press
Steve Wozniak is launching a legal attack against YouTube for allowing con artists to use him as a pawn in a Bitcoin scam, believed to have heisted millions of dollars from people around the world.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Jamtara Review: Does This New Netflix Original Do Justice to a Fascinating Story?
- Thursday January 9, 2020
- Akhil Arora
Our review of Netflix’s Jamtara, the new original series from India about con artists pulling off phishing scams in the dark underbelly of the eponymous Jharkhand village. Jamtara release date is January 10 on Netflix.
- www.gadgets360.com