A cash-on-delivery transaction can take different forms and may affect a company’s accounting in different ways. Public companies are required to use the accrual accounting method under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). With accrual accounting, a company recognizes revenue at the time of the transaction and records the payment in accounts receivable if the payment…
Your phone is infected by malware. The malware can then read your messages that contain the OTP and compromise your account. You are duped into revealing the OTP to a fraudster on-call/SMS/Email. Hackers can contact you via SMS, pretending to be your friend or relative, and will ask for a one-time password (OTP) they may…
The Indian government has set up the Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System to report, track - and ultimately freeze - the proceeds of cyberattack-induced financial theft.
The system, which features a national helpline - 155260 - for victims of fraud, was developed by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center, or I4C, under the Ministry…
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A lottery scam is a type of advance-fee fraud that begins with an unexpected email notification, phone call, or mailing (sometimes including a large check) explaining that "You have won!" a large sum of money in a lottery. The recipient of the message—the target of the scam—is usually told to keep the notice secret, "due…
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OLX Scam, even though it is linked and widely named with Web site this scam happens with various different second hand products selling web sites.
In these scamms, the scamsters usually posing as iether some government official, Army person and contacts the seller who is trying to sell a product on OLX, or other second…
The fake website that opens asks you for your Bank and Credit/Debit Card Details (including your Password and PIN No.) for the purpose of paying the Income Tax Refund due to you. Many such cases have come to light wherein the hackers behind this scam have withdrawn funds from bank accounts through such fake emails.…
Credit Card is plastic money issued by banks and credit card companies, which allow you to spend now and pay later. The number of people using credit cards is on the rise. The main reason behind the rise in usage of credit cards is interest-free credit and also various offers, discounts, and reward points. These…
Online shopping scams are not new. They are actually old-school tricks, wherein scammers – pretending to be legitimate online sellers — use either a fake website or a fake ad on a genuine retailer site to trap customers. Online shopping is loved by many people. The main reason why a lot of people prefer online…