As digital scamming explodes in Southeast Asia, including so called “pig butchering” investment scams, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime issued a comprehensive report this week with a dire warning about the rapid growth of this criminal ecosystem. “These developments have not only expanded the scope and efficiency of cyber-enabled fraud and cybercrime, but they have also lowered …
Amid the cases of financial scams on the rise, founder, and CEO of online brokerage firm Zerodha, Nithin Kamath, on 13 November said it is scary how many people fall for various financial scams. He even suggested methods to protect themselves from such scams, where people fall for fake job offer scams, scammy high-return investment schemes crypto investments, etc. It …
