Many of us must have heard about card-skimming frauds. ‘Card skimming’ refers to the illegal copying of information from the magnetic stripe of a credit or ATM card. The scammers try to steal your card details so they can access your accounts. Once scammers have skimmed your card, they can create a fake or ‘cloned’…
In today’s era, most of all are involved in eCommerce activity which involves the number of transactions in buying and selling of goods and defining products. Many companies are using e-commerce worldwide to update the product and increase their sales. Ecommerce Fraud is an illegal transaction performed on an eCommerce platform by criminals and fraudsters…
Fake job Phishing scams often take place on social media and job sites. Where they demand a certain amount of money for the job and application
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…
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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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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 Many such cases have come to light wherein the hackers behind this scam have withdrawn funds from bank accounts through such fake emails.…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…