A spoofing scam is impersonating the Consulate General of India, putting the Bay Area's Indian residents at risk.

They pose as the police, put you under ‘digital arrest’, and tether you to a video call till your savings are gone. How India’s fastest growing fear scam, and other cyber frauds, work.

When the 58-year-old fraud victim told investigators in Maryland the details of how she had been duped out of $1.7 million, they knew she was hardly alone. A year-long, expanding investigation – the ...

AI Quick Read Artificial intelligence is rapidly making online fraud more sophisticated in India, with scammers now using cloned voices, deepfake videos, AI-generated emails and realistic chatbots to ...