Yogesh Sapkale

Yogesh Sapkale is the Deputy Editor at Moneylife. He writes on a wide range of topics, including banking, finance, regulations, consumer rights, money fraud, cybercrimes and cybersecurity. In his popular weekly series, Fraud Alert , he explains the evolving tricks used by fraudsters and cybercriminals who...

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A drought does more than wither crops and dry up wells. It can also leave families so short of...
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Festivals and holidays make us loosen up. We open our wallets and splurge more, make plans on a...
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Cybercrime has become so woven into everyday life that most of us have stopped thinking of it as...
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Not so long ago, spotting a scam was fairly straightforward. A badly worded message, an email...
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There is a particular kind of online trap that works precisely because it does not even look...
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The July 'cockroach' protests at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi brought forward two important...
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For Tukaram Mundhe, the officer from the Indian Administrative Services (IAS), who took charge...
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The unified payments interface, or UPI, has changed the way Indians pay for things — splitting a...
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A right to information (RTI) reply from Central Bank of India has laid bare a sharp and...
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Received an email this week that looks exactly like it has come from the income tax (I-T)...
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State-run Bank of Baroda (BoB) has written off loans worth ₹35,715 crore belonging to borrowers...
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When money is needed urgently, a loan that promises instant approval online can feel like a...
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Last year, while watching the sci-fi series Alien: Earth, created by Noah Hawley, one thought...
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For years, staying safe online came down to a few simple rules: don't click on suspicious links,...
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Picture this: your bank account, your digital wallet, every photo you've ever taken, your...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just helping people write emails, summarise documents...
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"I thought I had found an easy way to earn a little extra money." That is more or less how these...
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Amazon and Flipkart are kicking off their annual festive sales this weekend.
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Cybercriminals have upgraded the Boss Scam. Instead of creating fake WhatsApp profiles, they now...
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