Man loses Rs 1 lakh after contacting helpline to recharge FASTag, here's the full story
1 year, 10 months ago

Man loses Rs 1 lakh after contacting helpline to recharge FASTag, here's the full story

India Today  

Cyber crimes have been significantly increasing in the last few years. In a recent case reported from Karnataka, a man was duped of nearly Rs 1 lakh as he was trying to contact a helpline number to recharge his FASTag. According to a report by The New Indian Express, Pius's call was received by a man who introduced himself as a representative of Paytm Fastag and assured him help. This case of cyber fraud is not a FASTag recharge helpline number scam, in particular. In the case of Pius, he clicked on a fake website which felt like a FASTag helpline page and contacted the number given on the website.

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1 year, 1 month ago

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India TV News  

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1 year, 9 months ago

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India Today  

In a recent case of online fraud, a government official lost around Rs 1 lakh to cyber scammers after clicking on a link. To reschedule the delivery, Shete looked for the customer helpline number of Blue Dart Customer Services and dialled a call. But in order to complete the delivery procedure, the customer care representative asked Stete to pay a …

Woman lost Rs 81,000 while recharging her set-top-box online, here is what happened
1 year, 9 months ago

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India Today  

A woman from Mumbai was trying to recharge her set-top-box online when she faced some issues with the payment. However, as soon as she dialled the call and talked to the alleged customer care executive, around Rs 81,000 was stolen from her bank account. In a new case of cyber fraud, a 47-year-old woman who is a resident of Kannamwar …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Bhopal cyber police sets up new helpline number to prevent fraud

India Today  

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