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Ex-Army Officer Assaulted, Robbed By Woman He Met Through Matrimonial Site
A retired Army colonel from Haryana has filed a police complaint here, alleging that he was held hostage, assaulted, looted and forced to participate in an "obscene video" at gunpoint with a woman he met through a matrimonial website, police said.
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Dating App Scam Busted In Delhi, Victims Trapped On Tinder And Bumble
Lured to bars, trapped with exorbitant bills and forced to pay up - a simple night out turned nightmare for many online dating app users in Delhi.
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Swipe Crime OTT Release Date: When and Where to Watch it Online?
The web series "Swipe Crime" releases on Amazon MX Player on December 20, 2024. Starring Rishab Chadha, Mugdha Agarwal, and others, the show explores campus friendships intertwined with cybercrime. Directed by Harsh Mainra, the plot revolves around students facing the repercussions of an internet scam, uncovering dark secrets along the way. As the ...
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Internet Slams Delhi Man After He Says He Was Scammed By Online Date. Here's Why
A man in Delhi recently claimed that he was scammed by a woman he met via an online dating app and ended up losing Rs 16,000.
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Man Claims He Was Scammed By Online Date In Delhi Cafe, Shares Story On Reddit
In the comments, many people criticised the man for falling for what they consider a very "common" scam.
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47 Indian 'Cyber Slaves' In Laos, Forced To Run Dating Apps Scam, Rescued
At least 47 Indians, who were being held against their will in Laos and being forced to scam Indians back home online, were rescued today by officials.
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'Match', Date Night And A Huge Bill: Modus Operandi In Dating App Scams
Dating App Scam: Multiple posts on Reddit, some of them a year old, narrate accounts of people who were scammed into paying exorbitant amounts during dates with women they met on dating apps.
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Tinder Date Gone Wrong: Man Scammed To Pay Rs 1.2 Lakh Bill At Delhi Cafe
Tinder Scam: When a civil service aspirant right-swiped on a dating app, he had no idea he was walking into a sinister plot carefully planned to scam men looking for love.
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Chinese Woman Scammed Of Rs 11 Lakh, Falls For Scammer And Aids In Crime
A 40-year-old Chinese woman, Hu, fell victim to a romance scam, losing Rs 11 lakh (US$14,000) to a man named Chen, whom she met online.
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DoT Issues Order Seeking Temporary Suspension of USSD-Based Call Forwarding Facility
Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued an order dated March 28 seeking a temporary suspension of USSD-based call forwarding service. The order cites the rise of online scams and unwarranted usage of the facility as the reason behind the action. It is a temporary suspension, meaning the government body does not intend to permanently disable i...
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How Indian Woman In US Lost Life Savings To Scammer She Met On Hinge
The "wine trader" wooed her online for months with his flirtatious smile and emoji-sprinkled texts. Then he went for the kill, defrauding the Philadelphia-based tech professional out of $450,000 in a cryptocurrency romance scam.
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The Day Before Delisted From Steam Days After Troubled Launch, Studio Fntastic Announces Shutdown
The Day Before has been delisted from Steam, following a horrible launch plagued by negative reviews, backlash over false advertising, and inconsistent online features. As a result, its developer Fntastic has also announced closure, with plans to use the received income to pay off debts. Its publisher Mytona, however, has promised to offer refunds ...
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Cyberabad Police Busts Online Dating Scam, 8 Gang Members Arrested
A gang of eight who cheated the public and extracted money out of them from fake dating websites were arrested on Friday by Cyber Crime Police. Police have also seized a laptop, 31 Samsung mobile phones, six documents pertaining to the crime, and 12 ATM cards.
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'Romance Fraud' Warning From UK Police After $2.4 Million Scam
London's Metropolitan Police today warned singletons to beware of online dating scams after two men were convicted of duping a woman out of £1.6 million (2.3 million euros, $2.4 million).
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Indonesia Sentences New Zealand Man to 15 Years Jail for Drugs
An Indonesian court today sentenced a New Zealand man to 15 years in jail for trafficking crystal methamphetamine into the resort island of Bali.
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Ex-Army Officer Assaulted, Robbed By Woman He Met Through Matrimonial Site
A retired Army colonel from Haryana has filed a police complaint here, alleging that he was held hostage, assaulted, looted and forced to participate in an "obscene video" at gunpoint with a woman he met through a matrimonial website, police said.
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Dating App Scam Busted In Delhi, Victims Trapped On Tinder And Bumble
Lured to bars, trapped with exorbitant bills and forced to pay up - a simple night out turned nightmare for many online dating app users in Delhi.
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Swipe Crime OTT Release Date: When and Where to Watch it Online?
The web series "Swipe Crime" releases on Amazon MX Player on December 20, 2024. Starring Rishab Chadha, Mugdha Agarwal, and others, the show explores campus friendships intertwined with cybercrime. Directed by Harsh Mainra, the plot revolves around students facing the repercussions of an internet scam, uncovering dark secrets along the way. As the ...
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Internet Slams Delhi Man After He Says He Was Scammed By Online Date. Here's Why
A man in Delhi recently claimed that he was scammed by a woman he met via an online dating app and ended up losing Rs 16,000.
-
Man Claims He Was Scammed By Online Date In Delhi Cafe, Shares Story On Reddit
In the comments, many people criticised the man for falling for what they consider a very "common" scam.
-
47 Indian 'Cyber Slaves' In Laos, Forced To Run Dating Apps Scam, Rescued
At least 47 Indians, who were being held against their will in Laos and being forced to scam Indians back home online, were rescued today by officials.
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'Match', Date Night And A Huge Bill: Modus Operandi In Dating App Scams
Dating App Scam: Multiple posts on Reddit, some of them a year old, narrate accounts of people who were scammed into paying exorbitant amounts during dates with women they met on dating apps.
-
Tinder Date Gone Wrong: Man Scammed To Pay Rs 1.2 Lakh Bill At Delhi Cafe
Tinder Scam: When a civil service aspirant right-swiped on a dating app, he had no idea he was walking into a sinister plot carefully planned to scam men looking for love.
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Chinese Woman Scammed Of Rs 11 Lakh, Falls For Scammer And Aids In Crime
A 40-year-old Chinese woman, Hu, fell victim to a romance scam, losing Rs 11 lakh (US$14,000) to a man named Chen, whom she met online.
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DoT Issues Order Seeking Temporary Suspension of USSD-Based Call Forwarding Facility
Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued an order dated March 28 seeking a temporary suspension of USSD-based call forwarding service. The order cites the rise of online scams and unwarranted usage of the facility as the reason behind the action. It is a temporary suspension, meaning the government body does not intend to permanently disable i...
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How Indian Woman In US Lost Life Savings To Scammer She Met On Hinge
The "wine trader" wooed her online for months with his flirtatious smile and emoji-sprinkled texts. Then he went for the kill, defrauding the Philadelphia-based tech professional out of $450,000 in a cryptocurrency romance scam.
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The Day Before Delisted From Steam Days After Troubled Launch, Studio Fntastic Announces Shutdown
The Day Before has been delisted from Steam, following a horrible launch plagued by negative reviews, backlash over false advertising, and inconsistent online features. As a result, its developer Fntastic has also announced closure, with plans to use the received income to pay off debts. Its publisher Mytona, however, has promised to offer refunds ...
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Cyberabad Police Busts Online Dating Scam, 8 Gang Members Arrested
A gang of eight who cheated the public and extracted money out of them from fake dating websites were arrested on Friday by Cyber Crime Police. Police have also seized a laptop, 31 Samsung mobile phones, six documents pertaining to the crime, and 12 ATM cards.
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'Romance Fraud' Warning From UK Police After $2.4 Million Scam
London's Metropolitan Police today warned singletons to beware of online dating scams after two men were convicted of duping a woman out of £1.6 million (2.3 million euros, $2.4 million).
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Indonesia Sentences New Zealand Man to 15 Years Jail for Drugs
An Indonesian court today sentenced a New Zealand man to 15 years in jail for trafficking crystal methamphetamine into the resort island of Bali.
