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Scammers Use AI Images to Extort Owners of Missing Pets

They turn photos from public lost‑pet posts into lifelike fakes and demand gift cards or wire transfers while refusing in‑person handovers.

ICAC Hears $1,000 Offer to Smear David Elliott as $5 Million Extortion Claim Is Challenged

Man Detained After Confessing He Faked His Own Kidnapping to Extort Wife

BJP Anantnag General Secretary Booked in ₹8.25 Lakh Job‑for‑Money and Tent‑Permission Fraud FIR

Man Arrested After Police Say He Used ChatGPT to Fake Extortion Threats Against Salman Khan

Mexico’s Staggered Prepaid Registration Rolls Out as Suspensions Begin

Gorakhpur Teen Fakes Kidnapping Using AI Image to Extort Father

Five Arrested for Posing as GST Officials and Extorting Rs 29 Lakh in Noida

Two Women Imputed for Extortion After Mar del Plata Tarot‑Consultation Raid

Udayan Guha Remanded to Judicial Custody in West Bengal Corruption Probe

Man Arrested in Hillbrow for Alleged Water Extortion as Officials Probe Misused Municipal IDs

Aroop Biswas Questioned Again in Messi Event Criminal Probe

Würzburg Woman Admits Extorting Retired Priest With Secret Nude Photos

Police Say Aroop Biswas Failed to Heed Third Summons in Messi Event Probe

Police Serve Third Summons to Ex‑Minister Arup Biswas in Messi Event Probe

Supreme Court to Hear Jacqueline Fernandez’s Challenge to Delhi Charge‑Framing

Mexico’s Mandatory CURP Mobile Registry Nears Deadline With Tens of Millions Still Unlinked

Ex‑Bengal Sports Minister Named Prime Accused in Messi Stadium FIR

MK Party Chief Whip Arrested Over Alleged R233,318 Extortion

Godman Ashok Kharat Remanded to ED Custody Until May 26