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Fact Check: Truth Behind PhonePe Offering Rs 696 Cashback During IPL 2025
Multiple social media users shared a post claiming that PhonePe was offering a Rs 696 cashback during the Indian Premier League season.
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Fake Elon Musk's Mother Asks Retired Captain To Invest, Cleans Rs 72 Lakh
A gang of fraudsters duped a retired army Captain of Rs 72.16 lakh after promising to invest in Elon Musk's SpaceX and Tesla, and cryptocurrency, the police in Haryana's Faridabad said.
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"Grossly Misleading": Nestle India Debunks Fake Job Post Offering Rs 5-10 Lakh Salaries
The scam advertises multiple positions with attractive salaries ranging from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh per annum.
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HAL Loses Rs 55 Lakh After Payment For Fighter Jet Parts To 'Fake' Company
The email was fake, but the money was real. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL lost $63,000 or Rs 55 lakh to an online scam.
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HR Manager In China Creates 22 Fake Employees, Steals Rs 19 Crore In 8 Years
He exploited a lack of oversight, discovering he had sole control over employee placement and salary payments.
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3 Impersonated Jay Shah, Sought Crores From Manipur MLAs, Arrested: Sources
Three people have been arrested for impersonating Union Home Minister Amit Shah's son Jay Shah in a fake call scam that targeted MLAs in Manipur, sources said.
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CloudSEK Identifies Large-Scale 'PrintSteal' Fake KYC Document Generation Scam in India
CloudSEK has uncovered a large-scale fraud operation in India, dubbed 'PrintSteal', involving the creation of fake Know Your Customer (KYC) documents. The operation used fake domains mimicking government websites to generate over 1.67 lakh fake documents, earning more than Rs. 40 lakh. The scammers used personally identifiable information (PII) fro...
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4 Cops Suspended Over Fake Call Centre Scam In Madhya Pradesh Capital
Four policemen, including a station house officer (SHO), have been suspended for their alleged involvement in bribery to hush up probe into the case of a fake call centre in Bhopal, officials said on Thursday.
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Influencer Loses Rs 1.1 Lakh To Sophisticated Cyber Scam After Clicking Fake KYC Link, Shares Video
In a now-viral video, Akanksha Thakral shared her experience, explaining that the caller claimed her KYC was pending.
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Man Posed As Intelligence Officer, Offered Fake Jobs At R&AW, Arrested
Two men who scammed job seekers with recruitment offers at the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) - the intelligence agency of the government- have been arrested by the Bengaluru Police.
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Fake Tiger Claws Sold Online: Global Scam Busted In Madhya Pradesh
A shocking wildlife fraud has been uncovered where a gang was operating a global racket selling counterfeit tiger parts in Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh.
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Cybercrimes Could Cost India Rs. 20,000 Crore Due to Brand Abuse and Fake Domains in 2025: CloudSEK
India could potentially suffer financial losses reaching roughly Rs. 20,000 crore due to cybercrimes in 2025, as per a recent report by a cybersecurity firm. The report predicted that brand abuse, phishing scams, and fake domain takedowns would be the leading methods to conduct cybercrimes in the ongoing year.
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ED Uncovers Rs. 600 Crore Crypto Fraud, Seizes Rs. 2.18 Crore in Search Operations
The probe was initiated following a newspaper report highlighting the case of Chirag Tomar, an Indian national currently serving a prison sentence in the US for defrauding over $20 million (roughly Rs. 174 crore) from hundreds of victims.
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Woman Fakes Wedding, Scams Relatives Of Rs 12.8 Crore In Property Scheme
A Chinese woman staged a wedding with a man, whom shedescribed as a rich real estate businessman to lure her relatives into cheap property deals. Forty-year-old Meng scammed at least five families of 12 million yuan, around Rs 12.8 Crores,
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Chinese Woman Swindles Relatives Of Rs 14 Crore By Staging Fake Wedding With 'Rich' Man
Convinced by Meng's pitch and the elaborate setup she had hatched, at least five relatives gave her large sums of money to buy the flats.
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Fact Check: Truth Behind PhonePe Offering Rs 696 Cashback During IPL 2025
Multiple social media users shared a post claiming that PhonePe was offering a Rs 696 cashback during the Indian Premier League season.
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Fake Elon Musk's Mother Asks Retired Captain To Invest, Cleans Rs 72 Lakh
A gang of fraudsters duped a retired army Captain of Rs 72.16 lakh after promising to invest in Elon Musk's SpaceX and Tesla, and cryptocurrency, the police in Haryana's Faridabad said.
-
"Grossly Misleading": Nestle India Debunks Fake Job Post Offering Rs 5-10 Lakh Salaries
The scam advertises multiple positions with attractive salaries ranging from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh per annum.
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HAL Loses Rs 55 Lakh After Payment For Fighter Jet Parts To 'Fake' Company
The email was fake, but the money was real. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL lost $63,000 or Rs 55 lakh to an online scam.
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HR Manager In China Creates 22 Fake Employees, Steals Rs 19 Crore In 8 Years
He exploited a lack of oversight, discovering he had sole control over employee placement and salary payments.
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3 Impersonated Jay Shah, Sought Crores From Manipur MLAs, Arrested: Sources
Three people have been arrested for impersonating Union Home Minister Amit Shah's son Jay Shah in a fake call scam that targeted MLAs in Manipur, sources said.
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CloudSEK Identifies Large-Scale 'PrintSteal' Fake KYC Document Generation Scam in India
CloudSEK has uncovered a large-scale fraud operation in India, dubbed 'PrintSteal', involving the creation of fake Know Your Customer (KYC) documents. The operation used fake domains mimicking government websites to generate over 1.67 lakh fake documents, earning more than Rs. 40 lakh. The scammers used personally identifiable information (PII) fro...
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4 Cops Suspended Over Fake Call Centre Scam In Madhya Pradesh Capital
Four policemen, including a station house officer (SHO), have been suspended for their alleged involvement in bribery to hush up probe into the case of a fake call centre in Bhopal, officials said on Thursday.
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Influencer Loses Rs 1.1 Lakh To Sophisticated Cyber Scam After Clicking Fake KYC Link, Shares Video
In a now-viral video, Akanksha Thakral shared her experience, explaining that the caller claimed her KYC was pending.
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Man Posed As Intelligence Officer, Offered Fake Jobs At R&AW, Arrested
Two men who scammed job seekers with recruitment offers at the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) - the intelligence agency of the government- have been arrested by the Bengaluru Police.
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Fake Tiger Claws Sold Online: Global Scam Busted In Madhya Pradesh
A shocking wildlife fraud has been uncovered where a gang was operating a global racket selling counterfeit tiger parts in Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh.
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Cybercrimes Could Cost India Rs. 20,000 Crore Due to Brand Abuse and Fake Domains in 2025: CloudSEK
India could potentially suffer financial losses reaching roughly Rs. 20,000 crore due to cybercrimes in 2025, as per a recent report by a cybersecurity firm. The report predicted that brand abuse, phishing scams, and fake domain takedowns would be the leading methods to conduct cybercrimes in the ongoing year.
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ED Uncovers Rs. 600 Crore Crypto Fraud, Seizes Rs. 2.18 Crore in Search Operations
The probe was initiated following a newspaper report highlighting the case of Chirag Tomar, an Indian national currently serving a prison sentence in the US for defrauding over $20 million (roughly Rs. 174 crore) from hundreds of victims.
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Woman Fakes Wedding, Scams Relatives Of Rs 12.8 Crore In Property Scheme
A Chinese woman staged a wedding with a man, whom shedescribed as a rich real estate businessman to lure her relatives into cheap property deals. Forty-year-old Meng scammed at least five families of 12 million yuan, around Rs 12.8 Crores,
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Chinese Woman Swindles Relatives Of Rs 14 Crore By Staging Fake Wedding With 'Rich' Man
Convinced by Meng's pitch and the elaborate setup she had hatched, at least five relatives gave her large sums of money to buy the flats.
