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Tuesday, June 9, 2026
TopicScammers

Topic: scammers

WhatsApp group, DBS ‘honcho’ & stock tips—how retired cop who tried to end life was duped of Rs 8 cr

Before shooting himself Monday evening, former IG Amar Singh Chahal wrote a note giving details of how he was swindled in online scam. He had retired from service three years ago.

Nigeria and Ghana are training people to run global scams. US has lost billions to them

Hustle kingdom fraudsters sometimes justify their actions as seeking restitution for past injustices, such as the slave trade, economic exploitation and colonialism.

How scammers used public police database ZIPNET to dupe parents of missing kids, theft victims

Information & contact details of complainant are uploaded on ZIPNET once case is registered. Delhi Police busted two men this month who used this data to dupe vulnerable people.

Deepfake or not? How scammers used ‘morphed’ video of retd IPS officer to ‘blackmail’ Ghaziabad man

According to police, it is too early to call it a deepfake since forensic analysis of video is yet to be done. FIR has been lodged & police are in touch with social media companies.

How West Delhi brothers duped 20,000 Americans in $10m scam. US-based aunt & Russian software helped

A poky call centre was the base of a multimillion ‘tech support scam’ that targeted senior citizens in North America for nearly a decade — until FBI and Delhi Police cracked down.

‘Scammers’ now prowl on Instagram. Crypto advice can be from hacked accounts of friends, known circles

Compromised account is used to target other victims without knowledge of the user. Scammers keep deleting accounts or changing name of Instagram handles, says a police officer.

On Camera

Women heard safety lectures for centuries. ‘Bandar’ gives the same to men now

Women have long been told to spot red flags before it's too late. In the age of dating apps, screenshots and public call-outs, Anurag Kashyap's Bandar asks men to be careful.

What makes the US economy so resilient & why Indian investors should take note

Leave aside long data runs, even if focus is put on specific episodes of pronounced crisis such as COVID-19 pandemic, America excels in recovering rapidly from such phases.

Rajnath’s stern message to HAL—stick to your commitment, don’t overpromise

Defence minister helmed a review meeting of HAL projects which was attended by CDS Gen N S Raja Subramani, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh, CMD of HAL Ravi Kota and others.

Three destroyers of Brand India. It’s all in our cities

The central curse of our urban governance isn’t that more voters live in these slummified villages. It’s that the political class panders to them instead of improving their quality of life.