Panchkula: Threatened with son’s ‘arrest’, elderly man duped of ₹5.5 lakh
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Panchkula: Threatened with son’s ‘arrest’, elderly man duped of ₹5.5 lakh

Hindustan Times  

A 69-year-old resident of Sector 16 lost ₹5.5 lakh to a fraudster posing as a police officer, claiming the man’s son was involved in a murder investigation and had been detained. The fraudsters continued to pressurise Anil Kumar Sehgal for more money, warning him that legal complications could escalate if he did not pay up. According to complainant Anil Kumar Sehgal, the ordeal began on October 21, when he received a WhatsApp call from an individual identifying himself as assistant sub-inspector Inder Preet Singh from the Baheri police station. Distressed and fearing for his son, who had left for Gurugram that morning, Sehgal complied and transferred ₹1.5 lakh to a Punjab National Bank account, followed by additional instalments to other accounts as demanded by the scammer.

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Bengaluru professor loses ₹5L to fraudster in Tirupati Balaji temple pooja scam: Report
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Bengaluru professor loses ₹5L to fraudster in Tirupati Balaji temple pooja scam: Report

Hindustan Times  

A 59-year-old professor from Bengaluru’s Seshadripuram fell prey to an elaborate social media scam, losing ₹5.2 lakh to fraudsters who falsely promised to conduct a special puja in his and his family's name at the Sri Balaji Temple in Tirupati, reported The Times of India. The fraudster promised to conduct a special puja in his and his family's name at …

Cyber fraud: Lucknow police recover, return ₹19 lakh to online scam victim
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1 week, 2 days ago

Cyber fraud: Lucknow police recover, return ₹19 lakh to online scam victim

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW The cybercrime cell of the Lucknow police on Saturday helped a state capital resident Amit Gupta get back ₹19 lakh out of ₹ 28.7 lakh that he lost in a cyber fraud on the promise of earning huge profits from trading in the stock market between May and July earlier this year. The cyber frauds, impersonating as representatives of …

Comedian Sunil Pal given ₹20K from ₹7.5 lakh ransom by kidnappers for flight: Report
1 week, 6 days ago

Comedian Sunil Pal given ₹20K from ₹7.5 lakh ransom by kidnappers for flight: Report

Hindustan Times  

After being held hostage for 24 hours by five men in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, Mumbai-based comedian Sunil Pal was handed ₹20,000 in cash to help him return home. Comedian Sunil Pal was kidnapped, demanded ₹ 20 lakh, but settled for ₹ 7.5 lakh. The kidnappers, who had lured Sunil Pal under the pretext of organising a comedy show, initially demanded …

Thane resident loses ₹59 lakh to scamsters posing as Customs, CBI officials: Report
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Thane resident loses ₹59 lakh to scamsters posing as Customs, CBI officials: Report

Hindustan Times  

A 54-year-old man from Maharashtra's Thane lost ₹59 lakh after cyber fraudsters posing as Customs officials and Central Bureau of Investigation sleuths threatened to take action against him for alleged criminal activities, the police said. A senior police officer told PTI, “The victim received multiple phone calls from a person who identified himself as a Customs officer from Delhi. The …

Kanpur man loses Rs 7.7 lakh in scam while applying for PAN card online
3 weeks ago

Kanpur man loses Rs 7.7 lakh in scam while applying for PAN card online

India Today  

India is currently going through a digital transformation. In one such recent case, a man from Kanpur ended up losing Rs 7.7 lakh to scammers while attempting to apply for a PAN card online for his great-grandson. The scam occurred when the victim, Suresh Chandra Sharma, a resident of Navsheel Moti Vihar in Sarvodaya Nagar, was trying to obtain a …

Woman scammed of 26.33 lakh by ‘CJI Chandrachud’ in ‘digi-arrest’ case
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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Woman scammed of 26.33 lakh by ‘CJI Chandrachud’ in ‘digi-arrest’ case

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: A 33-year-old resident of Chandivali, Powai, has been defrauded of ₹26.33 lakh by cyber fraudsters who brought the full weight of the ‘law’ to bear upon her, pressuring her into parting with her savings and investments. Woman scammed of 26.33 lakh by ‘CJI Chandrachud’ in ‘digi-arrest’ case The Cyber Police said things began to unravel for the victim on …

Ludhiana: Chowkiman resident loses ₹4 lakh to cyber scamsters
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Ludhiana: Chowkiman resident loses ₹4 lakh to cyber scamsters

Hindustan Times  

Unidentified cyber fraudsters tricked a resident of Chowkiman area into transferring ₹4 lakh to them after claiming that his son had been arrested in Canada for causing a fatal accident. The scammers threatened that his son would face life imprisonment unless he paid the amount to secure his bail. Victim Bhupinder Singh of Patti Mann village lodged his complaint with …

Five held for duping minister’s accountant of ₹2 crore in cyber scam
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Five held for duping minister’s accountant of ₹2 crore in cyber scam

Hindustan Times  

In a major breakthrough, the cops at Cyber Police Station on Sunday arrested five cyber criminals who had defrauded over ₹2 crore from the accountant of cabinet minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi. Following investigations, a team of cyber cops under inspector Rajeev Tiwari arrested five fraudsters from Bareilly, Dehradun and other districts. Posing as Nandi’s son, the cyber criminals instructed …

Panchkula man answers ‘CBI’ phone call, loses ₹11 lakh
1 month, 1 week ago

Panchkula man answers ‘CBI’ phone call, loses ₹11 lakh

Hindustan Times  

Posing as officials from the Delhi Police and Central Bureau of Investigation, a gang of fraudsters duped a 58-year-old Panchkula resident of ₹11.74 lakh through an elaborate scam. The fraudsters convinced Chakravarty to download Skype and connect with an account named “Delhi CCHQ”. The victim, Tamal Chakravarty, a private sector employee, residing at Suncity Parikrama, Panchkula, received a phone call …

Disha Patani's father duped of ₹25 lakh; FIR filed
1 month, 1 week ago

Disha Patani's father duped of ₹25 lakh; FIR filed

The Hindu  

Jagdish Singh Patani, retired deputy SP and father of Bollywood actor Disha Patani, was allegedly defrauded of ₹25 lakh by a group of five individuals who promised him a high-ranking position in a government commission, police here said on Friday. Sharma said, "A case has been registered against Shivendra Pratap Singh, Diwakar Garg, Acharya Jayaprakash from Juna Akhara, Preeti Garg, …

Two held on charge of cheating retired engineer of over ₹75 lakh in Kochi
1 month, 1 week ago

Two held on charge of cheating retired engineer of over ₹75 lakh in Kochi

The Hindu  

Two persons were arrested by the Palarivattom police on charge of cheating a retired engineer to the tune of over ₹75 lakh by promising him huge profits by way of online trading. According to the police, the accused got in touch with the Palarivattom-based retired engineer over WhatsApp introducing themselves as officials of a reputed online trading company in August. …

Chandigarh: ‘Friend’s son’ dupes Sector-10 resident of ₹16 lakh
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Chandigarh: ‘Friend’s son’ dupes Sector-10 resident of ₹16 lakh

Hindustan Times  

A resident of Sector 10 lost over ₹16 lakh to a scammer posing as the son of his close friend over a messaging app. The funds were sent in varying amounts to several bank accounts provided by the scammer. The victim, Harcharan Singh Sandhu, was contacted via WhatsApp in mid-September by an individual claiming to be Shiva, the son of …

Two from Hyderabad, including government employee, lose ₹50 lakh in separate scams
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Two from Hyderabad, including government employee, lose ₹50 lakh in separate scams

The Hindu  

A 55-year-old government employee from Hyderabad lost ₹48 lakh in an impersonation fraud. The victim received a call from a fraudster posing as a CBI officer in Delhi, who accused him of being involved in a money laundering case. The fraudster said that transactions worth ₹20 crore to ₹30 crore were carried out through the victim’s Bank of Baroda account …

Two Hyderabad residents scammed of over ₹5 lakh in separate cyber attacks
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Two Hyderabad residents scammed of over ₹5 lakh in separate cyber attacks

The Hindu  

Two persons from Hyderabad were defrauded of ₹5 lakh in two separate cyber attacks. In the first case, a 36-year-old woman was conned of ₹3.21 lakh in an impersonation fraud. The victim received a WhatsApp video call from a fraudster posing as representative of Mumbai cybercrime department. The fraudster claimed that the victim’s Aadhaar card was being used in various …

Man held on charge of online trading fraud
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Man held on charge of online trading fraud

The Hindu  

The Ernakulam Rural police arrested a Karnataka native on September 29 in connection with the alleged defrauding of ₹11.50 lakh from a Kizhakkambalam native after promising him huge profits through online trading. A probe revealed that the fraudsters had ‘purchased’ bank accounts of others and conducted transactions worth lakhs, while the money illegally obtained was converted into Bitcoin. The police …

Three cyber thugs held for duping retd govt teacher of ₹46,000
3 months, 1 week ago

Three cyber thugs held for duping retd govt teacher of ₹46,000

Hindustan Times  

The cyber fraudsters duped a retired teacher of ₹46,000 while making him believe that his son had met with an accident and the money was needed for his treatment. Before I could understand anything, the accused demanded money for the treatment of the injury and said that it would cost ₹50 thousand,” the victim said. Taking action on the complaint …

Two cyber crime victims refunded ₹1.09 crore in Hyderabad
3 months, 1 week ago

Two cyber crime victims refunded ₹1.09 crore in Hyderabad

The Hindu  

The Hyderabad Cyber Crime police, on Tuesday, refunded ₹1.09 crore to victims in two different cyber fraud cases. According to the police, the man was conned on the pretext of trading in institutional account on a platform named ‘Lazardoosvip.top’ and was promised substantial profits. In the second such case, a 62-year-old man was conned of ₹32.10 lakh on the pretext …

68-year-old retired bank staff cheated of ₹8.5 lakh in Gurugram
3 months, 3 weeks ago

68-year-old retired bank staff cheated of ₹8.5 lakh in Gurugram

Hindustan Times  

Gurugram: A retired bank employee was allegedly cheated of ₹8.5 lakh after he fell prey to cyber fraudsters who lured him by promising hefty profits from investments in the stock market, police said on Wednesday. A retired bank employee was allegedly cheated of ₹ 8.5 lakh after he fell prey to cyber fraudsters. They said Malkotia was initially added in …

‘Fedex’ scam in Bengaluru: Retired Lt. Colonel loses ₹73 lakh - Report
5 months, 1 week ago

‘Fedex’ scam in Bengaluru: Retired Lt. Colonel loses ₹73 lakh - Report

Hindustan Times  

A 74-year-old retired Lieutenant Colonel from Vasanth Nagar, Devansh, was defrauded of ₹73 lakh in a sophisticated FedEx scam, according to a complaint filed with the East CEN crime police on July 5. READ | Bengaluru man falls victim to courier scam, loses savings of ₹1.9 crore: Report Minutes later, Devansh received a WhatsApp video call from someone claiming to …

Cook loses ₹1 lakh to cyberfraud in Bengaluru
5 months, 1 week ago

Cook loses ₹1 lakh to cyberfraud in Bengaluru

The Hindu  

A 35-year-old cook on Wednesday filed a complaint with the central division cybercrime police against an unknown person who allegedly offered to pay him ₹8 lakh in exchange for ₹5 denomination currency notes and made away with ₹1 lakh. Based on the complaint, the police registered a case against the accused charging him under Section 318 of BNS and also …

Online scamsters cheat victims of ₹3 crore in Kerala’s Ernakulam Rural police limits in recent times
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Online scamsters cheat victims of ₹3 crore in Kerala’s Ernakulam Rural police limits in recent times

The Hindu  

Just days after the Kochi City police issued an advisory against the surging online scams revealing how nearly ₹25 crore had been cheated in about 400 cases since the start of 2024, the Ernakulam Rural police have now revealed that scamsters have cheated many victims of over ₹3 crore in recent times in a similar manner. While nearly ₹2 crore …

Panchkula jeweller loses ₹9.6 crore in investment fraud
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Panchkula jeweller loses ₹9.6 crore in investment fraud

Hindustan Times  

A city-based jeweller was allegedly duped of ₹9.68 crore in lieu of investing in shares. Upon seeking the refund of the amount he was sent an Apple Iphone in place of the money invested. Upon seeking the refund of the amount, he was sent an Apple Iphone in place of the money invested. He was asked to trade through the …

74-year-old Ludhiana man loses over ₹1 lakh in card swap fraud
6 months, 1 week ago

74-year-old Ludhiana man loses over ₹1 lakh in card swap fraud

Hindustan Times  

A 74-year-old man was allegedly duped of over ₹1 lakh after an unidentified accused swapped his debit card and later withdrew the money from an automated teller machine. On receiving an alert about the transaction on his mobile phone, the Ludhiana man realised that he had been duped and alerted the police. The Division Number 2 police booked an unidentified …

Chandigarh: Duo hoping to travel abroad duped of ₹16 lakh
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Chandigarh: Duo hoping to travel abroad duped of ₹16 lakh

Hindustan Times  

The Sector 17 police on Friday registered two separate cases of immigration fraud, involving significant sums of money. In the first case, the victim, Jitendra Kumar, a resident of Uttarakhand, alleged that Vikas Sharma, the owner of Immigration Solution, located in Sector 17-C, along with his associates, defrauded him of ₹9.2 lakh. A case under Sections 420 and 120-B of …

Bank manager from Coimbatore duped of ₹48.57 lakh in online scam
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Bank manager from Coimbatore duped of ₹48.57 lakh in online scam

The Hindu  

A bank manager from Coimbatore was duped of ₹48.57 lakh by an unknown person in an online part-time job-cum-investment scam. According to the police, Mr. Krishnaraj works as the manager of a bank in the city. As per the complaint lodged by the bank manager, he received a message regarding part-time jobs from an unidentified person on WhatsApp. According to …

Woman loses over ₹11 lakh to online fraudsters
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Woman loses over ₹11 lakh to online fraudsters

The Hindu  

A 43-year-old woman from Brahmavara lost over ₹11 lakh to online fraudsters who threatened her in the guise of Mumbai police saying several cases of harassment were registered against her. The complainant told the Brahmavara police that she received a call on her mobile on May 28 wherein the caller told her that as many as 17 cases were registered …

Panchkula man seeking refund of double payment loses ₹2.6 lakh to online fraud
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Panchkula man seeking refund of double payment loses ₹2.6 lakh to online fraud

Hindustan Times  

A 29-year-old man, in an attempt to get back his refund of a double payment made at a store, lost ₹2.67 lakh to online fraud. A case under Sections 406, 419, 420 of the Indian Penal Code was registered in cyber crime police station Sector 12, Panchkula. In his complaint, Rajat Sharma of Sector 21, Panchkula, told the police that …

Ghaziabad: Three arrested for cheating man of ₹70 lakh in online share trading scam
7 months, 1 week ago

Ghaziabad: Three arrested for cheating man of ₹70 lakh in online share trading scam

Hindustan Times  

The Ghaziabad police on Wednesday arrested three men who allegedly cheated a resident of Raj Nagar Extension for ₹70 lakh in an online share trading scam, senior police officers said, adding that they have come to know that the gang is also involved in about 32 cases of fraud registered in different cities across the country. The police identified the …

Cyber crime police in Kallakurichi recover ₹15.54 lakh lost by man in online scam
7 months, 1 week ago

Cyber crime police in Kallakurichi recover ₹15.54 lakh lost by man in online scam

The Hindu  

Sleuths attached to the cyber crime wing of the Kallakurichi district police have recovered ₹15.54 lakh, which a 47-year-old man lost in an online investment scam. According to police, the victim, William Suresh Kumar of Elavanasur Kottai, lodged a complaint with the cyber crime police, stating that he had lost ₹26.18 lakh after he followed steps outlined by an online …

Panchkula: Two including a woman arrested for cyber fraud
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Panchkula: Two including a woman arrested for cyber fraud

Hindustan Times  

A team of cyber police station arrested two persons, including a woman from Mumbai, for duping a 52-year-old woman of ₹7.79 lakh in lieu of releasing her pension. The accused were identified as Mohd Abid, hailing from Uttar Pradesh, and his female accomplice Nasrin Banno Irfan Ansari of West Mumbai. She said in November 2023, a certificate was submitted by …

3 held from Gujarat for cheating Ggm resident of ₹1.05 crore
8 months, 4 weeks ago

3 held from Gujarat for cheating Ggm resident of ₹1.05 crore

Hindustan Times  

Three suspected members of a cybercrime gang were arrested from Porbandar and Valsad in Gujarat for their alleged involvement in cheating a city resident of ₹1.05 crore after luring him with the promise of hefty returns if he invested in the stock market, police said on Sunday. Investigators said that three mobile phones, five cheque books, two bank passbooks and …

Karaikal police arrest bank employee for cheating a woman
9 months ago

Karaikal police arrest bank employee for cheating a woman

The Hindu  

An employee of a private bank was arrested on Friday for an alleged cyber crime fraud in which a 56-year-old woman was tricked and lost ₹15.75 lakh. On investigation, the police found that Ms. Rajarajeswari had frequently given her mobile phone to Dakshinamurthy, an employee of another bank and a tenant in her house, and asked him to check the …

Bengaluru man narrowly escapes UPI scam trying to sell iPad. Here’s how he foiled it
9 months ago

Bengaluru man narrowly escapes UPI scam trying to sell iPad. Here’s how he foiled it

Hindustan Times  

When a scammer attempted to coax the senior vice president of Unacademy with a fake UPI money transfer scam, he foiled his plan and how. Pandya took to X to share screenshots of his conversation with the scammer posing as buyer and highlighted the suspicious details that 'raised all the alarms' and helped him recognise the scam. The screenshots shared …

₹73 lakh ‘fraudulently’ withdrawn from Panchkula law firm’s account
9 months, 1 week ago

₹73 lakh ‘fraudulently’ withdrawn from Panchkula law firm’s account

Hindustan Times  

The owner of a law firm in Panchkula has alleged that ₹73 lakh were “fraudulently” withdrawn from the company’s bank account. Anand said he and his father were the authorised signatories on the Panchkula law firm’s account and internet banking was activated as well. Gagan Anand of Sector 4, Mansa Devi Complex, filed a complaint that his finance manager, Swati …

Sacked caretaker came to rob vulnerable elderly couple: Panchkula police
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Sacked caretaker came to rob vulnerable elderly couple: Panchkula police

Hindustan Times  

The sacked caretaker and his two accomplices broke into the retired Colonel’s house for robbery, and attacked him, his wife and their domestic help with sharp-edged weapons after they identified him, police said on Thursday. Cracking the case within eight hours on Wednesday, the detective staff of Panchkula police had arrested Vijay, who the colonel had fired around six months …

Fraudsters pose as cops, CBI sleuths & swindle Rs 4 lakh from trio in Kerala
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Fraudsters pose as cops, CBI sleuths & swindle Rs 4 lakh from trio in Kerala

New Indian Express  

KOCHI : Three more persons, including a retired government employee, in Kochi fell victim to online fraudsters, who posed as police and CBI officials and robbed them of their hard-earned money, a total of around Rs 54 lakh, in just a week. The caller claimed he was investigating transactions from an account in a nationalised bank in Mumbai, and that …

Hyderabad man earns ₹500 from online part-time job, loses ₹2.38 lakh to cyber fraudsters
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Hyderabad man earns ₹500 from online part-time job, loses ₹2.38 lakh to cyber fraudsters

The Hindu  

A man from Hyderabad, who initially earned ₹500 through an online part-time job, ended up losing ₹2.38 lakh to fraudsters. The Hyderabad cyber crimes police arrested two men in connection with the offence. Two from Gujarat held for providing bank accounts to cyber fraudsters In another case, the Cyber Crimes police of Hyderabad nabbed two men from Gujarat for providing …

Panchkula: Failure to act on customer’s fraud complaint costs bank ₹80,000
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Panchkula: Failure to act on customer’s fraud complaint costs bank ₹80,000

Hindustan Times  

Holding bank deficient in services, District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Panchkula, directed State Bank of India to pay ₹10,000 as compensation to a 63-year-old, Sector 20 resident, who lost ₹64,999 to fraudulent withdrawal in 2021. Disposing of the complaint, SBI bank was directed to pay compensation of ₹10,000 to Tarsem Kumar Mahajan, 63, of Sector-20, Panchkula, along with ₹5,500 as …

How 74-year-old lost ₹18 lakh to online investment fraud
10 months, 2 weeks ago

How 74-year-old lost ₹18 lakh to online investment fraud

The Hindu  

A 74-year-old resident of B. Mooda in Bantwal was defrauded of ₹18.92 lakh to links that promised of good returns for investment in online trading. In the complaint to Bantwal Town Police on Thursday, Subraya Rama Madiwala said that he recently received a message from an unknown number through WhatsApp that undertaking online trading through ‘Kuroto Capital Fund’ would fetch …

Ludhiana: Four men kidnap two hoteliers, rob them of SUV, cash
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Ludhiana: Four men kidnap two hoteliers, rob them of SUV, cash

Hindustan Times  

At least four persons allegedly abducted two hoteliers at gunpoint, thrashed them and robbed them of ₹50,000, a mobile phone and also forced one of them to transfer ₹1 lakh into their accounts through UPI. Ludhiana: Four men kidnap two hoteliers, rob them of SUV, cash Later, the accused dropped them near Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar and drove away in …

Sim-swap fraud: Retd PWD official loses ₹3.6 lakh, 1 arrested
1 year ago

Sim-swap fraud: Retd PWD official loses ₹3.6 lakh, 1 arrested

Hindustan Times  

A 25-year-old was arrested for duping a retired government official of ₹3.65 lakh with fraudulent transactions by changing his SIM card and taking unauthorised access to his net banking. After a few days, Dhani went to a bank to withdraw money, where he came to know that someone had made a fraudulent transaction of ₹ 3.65 lakh. Complainant Ram Dhani …

After 4 months, Ghatkopar resident gets back ₹9.85 lakh lost to cyber frauds
1 year ago

After 4 months, Ghatkopar resident gets back ₹9.85 lakh lost to cyber frauds

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: A Ghatkopar resident who lost ₹9.85 lakh to cyber frauds in July was able to retrieve the entire money back on Wednesday after the Bandra-Kurla Complex police successfully tracked the money trail up to four layers of transactions and freeze the accounts. In July, Debayan Das, 34, lost ₹9.85 lakh in a task fraud, where the victim is asked …

Retired IB officer loses ₹7.35L in electricity bill payment scam
1 year, 1 month ago

Retired IB officer loses ₹7.35L in electricity bill payment scam

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A 72-year-old retired officer of the Intelligence Bureau fell in the trap of cyber fraud’s message of unpaid electricity bills and ended up losing ₹7.35 lakh. The victim found a technical glitch in opening the link on his phone so he shared the same link on his wife’s phone and as soon as he opened the link and tried …

Two nabbed for ₹3.6-crore bank fraud in Panchkula
1 year, 1 month ago

Two nabbed for ₹3.6-crore bank fraud in Panchkula

Hindustan Times  

Police have arrested two persons for allegedly obtaining bank loans worth ₹3.6 crore by posing as permanent employees of PGIMER, Panjab University and Chandigarh MC. Police have arrested two people for a ₹ 3.6-crore bank fraud in Panchkula. The accused, Aarshpreet Singh of Nayagaon and Radhik Kalia of Baltana, Zirakpur, prepared forged documents including employee IDs, salary slips and Form …

Ludhiana-based teacher falls prey to online fraud, loses ₹14.50 lakh
1 year, 1 month ago

Ludhiana-based teacher falls prey to online fraud, loses ₹14.50 lakh

Hindustan Times  

A city-based teacher lost ₹14.50 lakh to online fraud when he contacted a man for buying a second-hand car that the latter had advertised for sale on an e-commerce site, police said on Friday. Ludhiana-based teacher falls prey to online fraud, loses ₹ 14.50 lakh The victim, identified as Sunil Kumar of New Shakti Nagar, had contacted the accused after …

Man loses Rs 2.4 lakh in cyber scam while recharging FasTag- Know what happened and how to be safe?
1 year, 1 month ago

Man loses Rs 2.4 lakh in cyber scam while recharging FasTag- Know what happened and how to be safe?

India TV News  

It was recently reported that a 47-year-old man from Nallasopara faced a distressing situation when he lost Rs 2.4 lakh to cybercriminals while trying to recharge his FasTag account. He needed to recharge his FasTag for toll payments but faced difficulties, so he searched for 'FasTag Customer Care online and got caught up with the cyber criminals. The scammer stole …

Ludhiana: Finance firm staffer, wife booked for duping man of ₹23.3 lakh
1 year, 2 months ago

Ludhiana: Finance firm staffer, wife booked for duping man of ₹23.3 lakh

Hindustan Times  

The Division number 4 police booked the employee of a finance company and his wife for duping a Chhawani Mohalla resident of ₹23.34 lakh in cash on the pretext of collecting loan instalment. Finance firm staffer, wife booked for duping man of ₹ 23.3 lakh in Ludhiana. The complainant stated that he had availed a house loan of ₹25 lakh …

₹16,180 crore siphoned off after hacking of payment gateway company account; Thane police register FIR
1 year, 2 months ago

₹16,180 crore siphoned off after hacking of payment gateway company account; Thane police register FIR

The Hindu  

A group of persons allegedly hacked into a payment gateway service provider company’s account and siphoned off funds worth over ₹16,180 crore from different bank accounts over a period of time, the Thane police said. The fraud was taking place since long and came to light following a complaint lodged with Srinagar police station in Maharashtra’s Thane city of hacking …

Techie duped for ₹71L by cyber fraudsters
1 year, 3 months ago

Techie duped for ₹71L by cyber fraudsters

Hindustan Times  

PUNE: A 35-year-old woman employed at a multinational IT company fell victim to a cyber fraud scheme, losing ₹71.82 lakh. After completion of the task, when victim was asking for the payment, the accused convinced her to invest the amount earned on the ‘Coin Switch’ platform to earn good returns. After completion of the task, when she was asking for …

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