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Ponzi & Pyramid Schemes
Fraudulent investment operations promising outsize returns to new victims.
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X user raises Rs 1.5 lakh claiming it was for sister’s eye surgery. Hospital later says prescription was fake
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Hyderabad Real estate businessman loses around one crore in Epsilon wallet scam
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Middelburg company gets back R21.55m stolen in cybercrime scam
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Sr scientist duped of Rs2.8 crore by cyber crooks | Nagpur News
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (217+ words) Sr scientist duped of Rs2.8 crore by cyber crooks The Times of India Nagpur: A 40-year-old senior scientist at a central research institute was cheated of around Rs2.8 crore after he fell for a fake share-trading advertisement on social media and joined…...