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Millions of people will be on the hunt for great deals when Amazon's annual Prime Day sale kicks off this week, but the tech giant and third-party cybersecurity experts both warn that scammers will also be trying to capitalize on the event…

SINGAPORE: The beauty service industry in Singapore unfortunately has a poor reputation because of a few bad actors. The latest of these is beauty salon chain Salon One, which was accused of engaging in pressure sales tactics at some of its…

The doctor deposited a total of Rs 1.09 crore in hope of recovering his commission.A 43-year-old doctor from Visar has lost a whopping Rs 1 crore in a movie rating reviews scam. Here's how it happened. In this day and age, online scams are…

The fraudster had promised the victim a 30 per cent return on the amount investedThe IT engineer from Hinjewadi fell victim to scammers who approached her with a job offer that involved simply liking YouTube videosThe frequency of online…

Over the past few years, scams across the world have increased at an alarming rate. Amongst them, text message-based scams have been common in multiple countries, including India. Now, a new report claims that consumers in the US have lost…

"It was never a question of who is this? It was completely her voice ... It was the way she would have cried," DeStefano told a local television station in April. "I never doubted for one second it was her." The scammer who took over the…

Lionel Messi (Image: Lionel Messi Twitter)Beijing police are warning against falling for one widely circulated advertisement that promises an evening in Messi's company for 300,000 yuan. Other dubious offers posted online include 'internal'…

<!-- -->Beijing police are warning against falling for scams.Beijing: Dinner, drinks and a selfie with Lionel Messi sounds like every football fan's dream, but Chinese police have warned it's just one of numerous scams surrounding his…

BEIJING: Dinner, drinks and a selfie with Lionel Messi sounds like every football fan's dream, but Chinese police have warned it's just one of numerous scams surrounding his visit to Beijing. The Argentine legend's presence in China for a…

The woman discovered that her WhatsApp account was compromised and that her contacts were receiving messages asking for money on her behalf.A 45-year-old woman from Kolkata got in touch with the Cyber Cell to report that her WhatsApp…