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17Jan

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Thane man loses ₹5 lakh in online fraud

[ad_1] Man from Maharashtra's Thane loses ₹5 lakh in online fraud after getting a fake call from TV channel service providers. A man from Maharashtra's Thane city was allegedly duped of ₹5 lakh by online fraudsters when he was checking a fault in his TV channel service, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on January 14 when the man called up his TV channel service provider as its details were not displayed on his television screen, an official from Chitalsar police station said quoting the victim's complaint. While he was speaking on the phone, he got a call from another number where the caller asked him to download the AnyDesk app. After the man downloaded the app, he found that an amount of ₹5 lakh was debited from his bank account through net banking even when he ha...

Woman gets 3 years in bogus good Samaritan online fundraiser

8Jan

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Woman gets 3 years in bogus good Samaritan online fundraiser

[ad_1] Burlington County prosecutors say Katelyn McClure, 32, wasn't present in the Mount Holly courtroom Friday because she is serving a one-year federal term in the case. A New Jersey woman who pleaded guilty to helping her boyfriend spread a feel-good story about a homeless veteran that garnered more than $400,000 in online donations has been sentenced to three years in prison on state theft charges. Burlington County prosecutors say Katelyn McClure, 32, wasn't present in the Mount Holly courtroom Friday because she is serving a one-year federal term in the case. Her state prison term will run concurrently and the former transportation department worker will be barred from ever working again as a New Jersey public employee. Prosecutors said McClure and her then-boyfriend, Mark...

Maha: Woman duped of more than ₹10 lakh in online fraud

1Jan

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Maha: Woman duped of more than ₹10 lakh in online fraud

[ad_1] A 57-year-old woman from Maharashtra's Thane district was allegedly cheated of more than ₹10 lakh by man who lured her into investing in foreign currency trading. A 57-year-old woman from Maharashtra's Thane district was allegedly cheated of more than ₹10 lakh by man who lured her into investing in foreign currency trading, police said on Friday. Based on a complaint, the police on Wednesday registered an offence under relevant sections of the Information Technology Act, an official from Ambernath police station said. According to the victim, she received a message about international currency trading on WhatsApp in July 2021, and the accused who claimed to be a manager of an investment company got in touch with her, he said. The accused promised her good returns ...

Man Who Posed in Tub Full of Cash to Plead Guilty in Bitcoin Theft Case

17Dec

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Man Who Posed in Tub Full of Cash to Plead Guilty in Bitcoin Theft Case

[ad_1] An Ohio man who posed in a tub full of cash is scheduled to plead guilty after he was charged with remotely stealing Bitcoin stored on a computer device the government seized in a case against his older brother. An Ohio man who posed in a tub full of cash is scheduled to plead guilty after he was charged with remotely stealing Bitcoin stored on a computer device the government seized in a case against his older brother. Gary Harmon, 31, is to appear for a “plea agreement hearing” in federal court in Washington, DC, on Dec. 22, court records show. Harmon was charged after 713 digital tokens, then worth almost $5 million, disappeared from a hardware wallet in an Internal Revenue Service evidence locker as authorities watched helplessly. An attorney for Harmon and a spokesman...

Shocking! Rs. 499 Netflix payment causes man to lose a huge Rs. 1.2 lakh; how it was done

2Dec

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Shocking! Rs. 499 Netflix payment causes man to lose a huge Rs. 1.2 lakh; how it was done

[ad_1] In order to pay Netflix subscription fees, a man lost Rs. 1.22 lakh in a shocking online fraud. Know what you should never do. If you are looking to renew your Netflix subscription or get a new plan, then beware! Cybercriminals are in search of the best target from which they can steal money while masquerading as a legitimate online subscription portal for Netflix. This has become very clear after an online fraud came to light in which a 75-year-old businessman, Abhinandan Ajmera, who is into plastic printing material in Juhu, Mumbai was trapped. Abhinandan lost his Rs. 1.22 lakh in an online fraud that was actually supposed to cost just Rs. 499 for the Netflix subscription. How did it happen? It happened after he received a malicious email asking him to renew his Netflix subsc...

Online scams push Chinese victims into debt and shame

10Nov

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Online scams push Chinese victims into debt and shame

[ad_1] Huang is now haunted by debt -- the target of a scheme operated by international crime groups that force human trafficking victims to do online scamming work. Once carefree and comfortable, Huang is now haunted by debt -- the target of a scheme operated by international crime groups that force human trafficking victims to do online scamming work. She is among a growing number of Chinese people lured into handing over large sums of cash by scammers posing as potential love interests. Known as "pig butchering", the schemes are operated by crime syndicates in Southeast Asia suspected of abducting Chinese citizens and others, and forcing them to swindle their compatriots. The scammers groom targets for weeks before cajoling them into ploughing money into fake investment plat...

Appalling scam! Woman duped of Rs. 846000 while buying Maharaja Bhog thali on Facebook

21Oct

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Appalling scam! Woman duped of Rs. 846000 while buying Maharaja Bhog thali on Facebook

[ad_1] In an appalling online scam, a woman got duped of Rs. 8.46 lakh while trying to buy Rs. 200 Maharaja Bhog thali on Facebook. Here are the details. A huge number of online sales and discounts have popped up during the festive season. From iPhone to Smart TV and more, most online stores have some kind of offer going on where customers can get extra benefits for making a purchase. And that's why when a Mumbai-based woman came across an ad about a ‘buy one get one free' Maharaja Bhog thali on Facebook app for just Rs. 200, she did not bat an eye. But what she did not know was that soon, she will be trapped in a scary online scam that would lead to scamsters stealing Rs. 8.46 lakh from her bank account. Read on to know the details.According to a report by Indian Express, the 54-year...