A victim in Bengaluru fell prey to a scam after downloading an unsafe app, leading to unauthorized credit card transactions.

For this particular attack, let’s create a scenario: You receive a WhatsApp call that shows a profile image of your child, and their call is of an urgent nature. Your child got into some trouble; for ...

However, one downside of WhatsApp’s widespread adoption is the increasing issue of spam and unsolicited messages or ...

WhatsApp, with its billions of users worldwide, has become a major target for scammers seeking to exploit its popularity. Understanding the various types of scams and learning how to avoid them is ...

The Safe Side, our ongoing series aimed to help you stay safe online, in its tenth edition, explores ‘get-rich-quick’ ...

Scammers are preying on job seekers again with appealing, but too good-to-be-true offers. These phoney job ads are sent via text and WhatsApp, and claim to offer lots of money to ...

TUMPAT: Facebook, TikTok, WhatsApp and Telegram are the four online platforms identified as the most preferred by scammers to ...

The communications minister says losses from scams and fraud committed on these four platforms is in the hundreds of millions ...

A man from Udupi has become the latest victim of the growing online trading scam. The scammers managed to trick him into ...

Avoid ticket scams by only using official platforms to buy your tickets and don't be tempted to buy tickets through social media. Never pay for tickets via bank transfer. A WhatsApp message claiming ...

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