The official said that the raid was conducted at Mainath Bhati, Arpora on information received from SDPO Mapusa Jivba Dalvi about prostitution activities being run at Anjuna
Synopsis
With financial transactions being increasingly carried out online, it is becoming difficult to keep hackers and frauds at bay. Find out how you can stay ahead of scamsters.
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Rajesh Iyer lost money while selling an old television set through an online classified ad. Aarif Ansari uploaded his CV on a job portal, only to be swindled by someone claiming to be from a placement agency. Sudha Ramakrishnan was buying clothes, when by clicking on an advertisement on a social media platform, she found herself poorer by a few thousand rupees.
With the line between the real and virtual worlds becoming hazy, online frauds are becoming more common. It’s no longer about a fancy envelope arriving in your mail to announce that you have won a lottery or that you are inheriting an estate in another continent. As the time we spend online working and playing increases, fraudsters are also finding newer avenues to con us out of our hard-earned money.