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Mumbai: The police have launched a probe after a scammer created a profile on a matrimonial website to target a 36- year-old event organiser from Nagpur. The scammer later made a video call to the ...

The WhatsApp video call scam explained in recent cybercrime alerts reveals a worrying rise in sextortion cases across India. Fraudsters are targeting users through unexpected video calls, secretly ...

India directs WhatsApp to block fraudulent device IDs, retain user data, and deploy AI-led safeguards as digital fraud cases surge and regulatory scrutiny intensifies.

The Union home ministry has asked WhatsApp to introduce additional guardrails to protect against the rising cases of digital arrest ...

The government has ordered WhatsApp to block device IDs linked to "digital arrest" scams, following a report from Ministry of Home Affairs report flagging rising cyber fraud.

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These are some of the key measures WhatsApp has been asked to implement by a high-level Inter-Departmental Committee (IDC) ...