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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Well-funded internet startups have become a soft target for fraudsters. They are being taken for a ride in the most innovative of ways in a constant cat-and-mouse game.

This article is part of a series called Scam Season—a series where The Morning Context documents the unethical, unsafe and fraudulent aspects of tech businesses in India.
At the dark stores of this quick-commerce startup, cigarettes are now placed under lock and key. Only a few in the staff have access, but the plan seems to have worked. What was once the most commonly stolen item, meant to be delivered to customers, is now all safe and secure.
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