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DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran loses Rs. 99999 in shocking online banking scam!
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DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran loses Rs. 99999 in shocking online banking scam!

[ad_1] In a shocking turn of events, the former Union minister for Communications and Information Technology and the sitting DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran said that cyber criminals stole Rs. 99999 from his personal savings account in Axis Bank through an online banking scam. Strangely, the scam “bypassed all normal safety protocols” as per Maran, as no OTP, a basic safety guard for online transactions via net banking, was generated by the bank. A complaint regarding this has been registered with the Cyber Crime Wing of the Greater Chennai City Police.The DMK MP took to X (formerly Twitter) to highlight the dangers of cyber criminals as well as to share his own story. He started with an ominous warning that “Our private data is not safe in Digital India”. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. ...
Teenage girl loses $37000 in seconds in horror phone banking scam
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Teenage girl loses $37000 in seconds in horror phone banking scam

[ad_1] An Australian teenager lost all her savings worth $37000 in an online scam. Here is what happened. In a shocking turn of events, a teenage girl named Aurora Casilli from Albany, Western Australia, lost around Australian $37000 within a matter of seconds in a phone banking scam. The 18-year-old was scammed out of all her life's savings that she had accumulated since beginning work at the age of just 14. Her dream was to buy a house of her own. She was so focused on her dream that she was working at three jobs simultaneously! After losing her money, Aurora says she “has nothing to her name,” news.com.au reported.How it happenedAurora said that on December 3 last year, she received a text message which claimed that an anonymous user was trying to make a transfer of money from her ...