"cyber-crooks"

Gangs create WhatsApp groups or directly contact victims through WhatsApp numbers beginning with ‘+44’ and lure them to invest in crypto-currency business

Hyderabad: Cyber fraudsters cheated an engineering student from the city to the tune of Rs 70,000 in the guise of purchasing furniture on a popular e-commerce site. The 20-year-old youngster from Bagh Amberpet in Amberpet had recently posted an advertisement on the portal to sell a sofa set and within an hour, received a call […]

Animal lovers urged not to fall prey to fake advertisements and discounts

With WFH, cyber fraudsters posing as boss of the company you work for make calls or send ‘urgent’ mails asking for money and dupe people

On the pretext of supplying the data, the fraudster on different instances collected Rs. 3.43 lakh through online transfer and later switched off his mobile phone.

The dearth of trained cyber security professionals, in fact, has prompted a few institutes, including Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, to offer courses on cyber security

According to Cybercrime officials, it is observed that in all investment frauds, fraudsters cash in on the greed in people, mostly youngsters and homemakers who want to make some quick money.

MHA recently operationalised a national helpline number and a Citizen Financial Cyber Frauds Reporting and Management System in 16 States/Union Territories including Telangana

From stealing personal data to fraud messages promising vaccine appointments, conmen are working overtime amid pandemic

Latest Interpol notice says threat involves taking advantage of people’s vulnerabilities and luring them into a sophisticated fraud scheme

Cyberthreat Assessment 2021 released by the Interpol, primarily based on data from ASEAN countries but quite reflective of global threats, e-commerce data interception poses an emerging and imminent threat.

Create fake accounts of hotels, eateries with attractive offers to gain access to victim’s details

The police seized seven mobile phones, bank debit cards and also a country-made pistol along with six bullets from one of the gang members

Medak: Some unidentified cyber criminals created a fake Facebook account with the profile and name of Sub-Inspector, Medak, Potharaju Pochaiah on Tuesday. By obtaining the list of his Facebook friends, the cyber crooks sent messages through Facebook Messenger seeking digital transfer of Rs 10,000 immediately citing emergency. Several of his friends transferred the amount into […]