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New Spoofed Calls Prevention System Blocked 1.35 Crore International Calls in 24 Hours, Says DoT
The new 'International Incoming Spoofed Calls Prevention System' has been made operational and in just 24 hours the system has identified and blocked about 1.35 crore calls as spoofed calls.
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No One Can Arrest Through Video Calls: Cyber Security Agency On Scam Calls
The CBI, police, customs, Enforcement Directorate or judges do not arrest people through video calls, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) said in a public advisory
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Teacher Gets Scam Call About Daughter In Sex Racket, Dies Of Heart Attack
Scams over the telephone have led to several people suffering financial losses so far, but this may be the first instance in which one such attempted fraud allegedly cost a woman her life.
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Surveillance, Fear: How People Are Losing Crores To 'Digital Arrest' Scams
There have been several advisories warning people that there is no provision for 'digital arrest' or online investigation in Indian law enforcement and yet and doctors and lawyers have fallen prey to such scams, losing crores in the process.
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Tamil Nadu Professor Placed Under Digital Arrest, Duped of Rs 10 Lakh
Jayanthi, a professor and former journalist from Tamil Nadu, has fallen victim to a sophisticated online scam, losing a significant portion of her life savings.
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IIT Professor 'Digitally Arrested' For 12 Days By Scammers, Loses Rs 12 Lakh
Cyber criminals have duped an IIT Jodhpur professor of nearly Rs 12 lakh after being held under 'digit arrest' for 12 days.
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Doctor Loses 59 Lakhs In 'Digital Arrest' Scam, Was Told She Circulated Porn
A Noida-based woman doctor has lost Rs 59 lakh after scamsters tricked her into 'digital arrest' for 48 hours - a modus operandi that is being increasingly used in Delhi NCR to dupe people.
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What Is Digital Arrest, The New Scam That Targeted Lucknow Writer-Poet
A group of scammers posing as CBI officers targeted a Lucknow writer-poet and kept him under digital arrest for six hours.
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Lucknow Poet Kept Under Digital Arrest, Made To Recite Poems By Scammers
A famous city-based progressive writer and poet, Naresh Saxena, was kept under digital arrest in his room for six long hours by cyberheist operators posing as CBI officers in Lucknow, police officials said.
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"Cash-For-Marks" Scam In Assam's Gauhati University, 9 Arrested
A cash-for-marks scam has been detected in Assam in which nine people have been arrested. The men, the police say, have been conducting digital tampering of marksheets.
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New Scam: Noida Woman 'Digitally Arrested', Duped Of Rs 11 Lakh
The Uttar Pradesh Police has launched an investigation after a Noida resident found herself at the receiving end of a new cyber fraud trend, wherein she was duped of more than Rs 11 lakh and held under "digital arrest" for a day.
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Twitter Celebrity Hack: UK Citizen Arrested in Spain for Role in 2020 Scam Attack
A 22-year-old British citizen was arrested in Spain on Wednesday in connection with a July 2020 Twitter hack that compromised the accounts of high-profile politicians and celebrities, the US Justice Department said.
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New Spoofed Calls Prevention System Blocked 1.35 Crore International Calls in 24 Hours, Says DoT
The new 'International Incoming Spoofed Calls Prevention System' has been made operational and in just 24 hours the system has identified and blocked about 1.35 crore calls as spoofed calls.
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No One Can Arrest Through Video Calls: Cyber Security Agency On Scam Calls
The CBI, police, customs, Enforcement Directorate or judges do not arrest people through video calls, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) said in a public advisory
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Teacher Gets Scam Call About Daughter In Sex Racket, Dies Of Heart Attack
Scams over the telephone have led to several people suffering financial losses so far, but this may be the first instance in which one such attempted fraud allegedly cost a woman her life.
-
Surveillance, Fear: How People Are Losing Crores To 'Digital Arrest' Scams
There have been several advisories warning people that there is no provision for 'digital arrest' or online investigation in Indian law enforcement and yet and doctors and lawyers have fallen prey to such scams, losing crores in the process.
-
Tamil Nadu Professor Placed Under Digital Arrest, Duped of Rs 10 Lakh
Jayanthi, a professor and former journalist from Tamil Nadu, has fallen victim to a sophisticated online scam, losing a significant portion of her life savings.
-
IIT Professor 'Digitally Arrested' For 12 Days By Scammers, Loses Rs 12 Lakh
Cyber criminals have duped an IIT Jodhpur professor of nearly Rs 12 lakh after being held under 'digit arrest' for 12 days.
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Doctor Loses 59 Lakhs In 'Digital Arrest' Scam, Was Told She Circulated Porn
A Noida-based woman doctor has lost Rs 59 lakh after scamsters tricked her into 'digital arrest' for 48 hours - a modus operandi that is being increasingly used in Delhi NCR to dupe people.
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What Is Digital Arrest, The New Scam That Targeted Lucknow Writer-Poet
A group of scammers posing as CBI officers targeted a Lucknow writer-poet and kept him under digital arrest for six hours.
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Lucknow Poet Kept Under Digital Arrest, Made To Recite Poems By Scammers
A famous city-based progressive writer and poet, Naresh Saxena, was kept under digital arrest in his room for six long hours by cyberheist operators posing as CBI officers in Lucknow, police officials said.
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"Cash-For-Marks" Scam In Assam's Gauhati University, 9 Arrested
A cash-for-marks scam has been detected in Assam in which nine people have been arrested. The men, the police say, have been conducting digital tampering of marksheets.
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New Scam: Noida Woman 'Digitally Arrested', Duped Of Rs 11 Lakh
The Uttar Pradesh Police has launched an investigation after a Noida resident found herself at the receiving end of a new cyber fraud trend, wherein she was duped of more than Rs 11 lakh and held under "digital arrest" for a day.
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Twitter Celebrity Hack: UK Citizen Arrested in Spain for Role in 2020 Scam Attack
A 22-year-old British citizen was arrested in Spain on Wednesday in connection with a July 2020 Twitter hack that compromised the accounts of high-profile politicians and celebrities, the US Justice Department said.
