Hyderabad SBI Staff Averts Rs 13 Lakh Cyber Fraud
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hyderabad SBI Staff Averts Rs 13 Lakh Cyber Fraud

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Alert staff of the State bank of India, AC Guards, averted a Rs 13 lakh cyberfraud against one of their customers, after noticing that he was continuously talking on a WhatsApp call and seemed to been under stress. The bank staff sensed that he was under a cyber attack and brought it to the notice of the branch manager. Even after persistent requests from bank staff to desist, the customer was unwilling to listen and insisted on transferring the funds. The branch manager informed the cybercrime police about the incident and finally the fund transfer from the customer account was avoided.

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Bengaluru engineer scammed of ₹11.8 crore in 'digital arrest' scam, duped by fake police, CBI officers over Skype
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1 day, 6 hours ago

Bengaluru engineer scammed of ₹11.8 crore in 'digital arrest' scam, duped by fake police, CBI officers over Skype

Hindustan Times  

A Bengaluru software engineer, 39, from GKVK Layout, near Hebbal, recently became a victim of a digital arrest scam, losing a staggering ₹11.8 crore. Digital arrest of Ahmedabad man uncovers Taiwanese-linked racket: Police According to Times of India report, the incident, which unfolded between November 25 and December 12, was reported to the North-East Cybercrime, Economic offences, Narcotics police. The …

TN Cyber Crime Investigation Centre arrest four for Rs 1.65 crore online scam
6 days, 12 hours ago

TN Cyber Crime Investigation Centre arrest four for Rs 1.65 crore online scam

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Four men who were involved in an online investment scam were arrested by the State Cyber Crime Investigation Centre on December 6 and 7. The arrested include two mule account holders, a face-to-face agent, and an agent directly working in a scam compound in Cambodia. According to the police, the victim, a 67-year-old retired government employee residing in Chennai, …

Police officer from Pune loses Rs 2.3 lakh after scanning QR code to pay at local bakery
1 week, 1 day ago

Police officer from Pune loses Rs 2.3 lakh after scanning QR code to pay at local bakery

India Today  

Online scams are becoming a growing menace in India. While cyber cells and police are urging citizens to stay cautious, in a surprising incident, a police constable from Pune himself fell victim to cyber fraud, losing Rs 2.3 lakh in a scam involving a QR code. According to the report, the investigation is ongoing, and police revealed that the victim …

Gujarat police bust cyber fraud network, arrest eight as Rs 50 crore routed through 42 bank accounts
1 week, 1 day ago

Gujarat police bust cyber fraud network, arrest eight as Rs 50 crore routed through 42 bank accounts

India TV News  

The Gujarat police have succeeded in exposing an elaborate so-called underground network that had run several accounts for parking cyber fraud money and arrested eight individuals. The inspection of 42 out of approximately 200 suspect bank accounts revealed an astonishing amount, which is around Rs 50 crore deposited from cyber scam victims. The admission of the principal accused in Ahmedabad …

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 …

Hyderabad’s ₹5.66 crore ‘digital arrest’ scam shines spotlight on vulnerabilities in Indian banking
1 week, 5 days ago

Hyderabad’s ₹5.66 crore ‘digital arrest’ scam shines spotlight on vulnerabilities in Indian banking

The Hindu  

A 69-year-old mother of two from Hyderabad’s Basheerbagh lost a staggering ₹5.66 crore in a ‘digital arrest’ scam. Senior officers from various Indian banks, cybersecurity experts and law enforcement officials pointed to the lack of standardised systems to identify patterns of fraudulent transactions and called for overhaul in customer verification across banks. Director of Telangana Cyber Security Bureau Shikha Goel …

Delhi police crackdown on cyber fraud racket
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Delhi police crackdown on cyber fraud racket

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has dismantled a major racket of cybercriminals who defrauded people to the tune of nearly Rs 20 crore by creating fake identity documents of non-existent individuals, established shell companies, opened current bank accounts, and rented out these accounts for fraudulent purposes. This syndicate had been providing access to multiple current bank accounts to unknown cyber fraudsters …

Hyderabad Man Loses over Rs 2 Lakh in Cyber Fraud
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Hyderabad Man Loses over Rs 2 Lakh in Cyber Fraud

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A private employee, who wanted a personal loan from a leading financial institution, passed on sensitive information to a cyberfraudster and lost Rs 2,10,889 in the proces. The 51-year-old victim from Hyderabad had applied for a personal loan from a reputed financial institution. The scammer posing as representative of that company, told the victim that he was eligible for …

Greater Noida: ₹5.58L siphoned off from woman’s bank account
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Greater Noida: ₹5.58L siphoned off from woman’s bank account

Hindustan Times  

Noida Cybercriminals allegedly siphoned off ₹5.58 lakh from the bank account of a 38-year-old government school teacher of Greater Noida West, despite her claiming that she does not use internet banking or the Unified Payment Interface, police said on Sunday. In the FIR, Singh said, “The bank account was hacked and the yearlong savings of ₹5.88 lakh were syphoned off.” …

Hyderabad bank manager saves elderly couple from Rs 30 lakh cyber fraud
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Hyderabad bank manager saves elderly couple from Rs 30 lakh cyber fraud

India Today  

A branch manager at the State Bank of India’s Lothukunta branch in Hyderabad prevented a senior citizen couple from falling victim to a Rs 30 lakh cyber fraud on Friday. Naveen Kumar, the branch manager, acted promptly after noticing unusual behaviour from a 78-year-old customer who had come to close his Senior Citizen Savings Scheme account. When the customer denied …

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 …

Two online cyber fraud cases reported in city
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Two online cyber fraud cases reported in city

Hindustan Times  

PUNE Two cases of online cyber fraud were lodged in the city on Thursday, said police. Two online cyber fraud cases reported in city A 28-year-old youth from Baner was defrauded of ₹10 lakh in a parcel fraud case and a case was lodged on November 27. In the first case, the victim received a call from Skype ID where …

Digital arrest scam: Alert SBI staff saves senior citizen in Hyderabad from ₹13 lakh fraud
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Digital arrest scam: Alert SBI staff saves senior citizen in Hyderabad from ₹13 lakh fraud

Live Mint  

An incident in Hyderabad has come to light where vigilant employees at a State Bank of India branch saved a senior citizen from being conned ₹13 lakh in a scam involving a so-called ‘digital arrest’. The senior citizen went to the SBI branch and told a bank staffer that he wanted to break fixed deposits to withdraw the money, the …

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 …

Hyderabad: SBI Averts Digital Arrest, Saves Rs 46 Lakh of Customer
1 month ago

Hyderabad: SBI Averts Digital Arrest, Saves Rs 46 Lakh of Customer

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The staff of the State Bank of India, Chandrayangutta branch, rescued a senior citizen from the new fraud called ‘digital arrest’ and stopped him from transferring Rs 46 lakh to scamsters on Friday, a bank official said. The victim, a retired PSU employee, visited the branch with his wife and presented a cheque at the counter to transfer Rs …

Hyderabad Man Loses Rs 5 Lakh in Courier Scam
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1 month ago

Hyderabad Man Loses Rs 5 Lakh in Courier Scam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A 44-year-old private company employee from the city was duped in a courier fraud. The caller told the victim that a parcel booked to his name from Mumbai to Singapore contained 150 strips of LSD. The caller then transferred the call to a person who posed as an official from Mumbai narcotics department who directed the victim to install …

Mahbubnagar SBI Staff Saves Customer from Digital Arrest
1 month, 1 week ago

Mahbubnagar SBI Staff Saves Customer from Digital Arrest

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:The State Bank of India staff of Mahbubnagar’s Clock Tower Branch on Thursday saved a customers from ‘digital arrest’ and cyberfraud. G. Rama Krishna, AGM, SBI, said that M. Anitha, senior associate, received a request from a customer at 11 am seeking RTGS transfer of `4.2 lakh from his account. The chief manager suspected something amiss, and it was revealed …

Rs 111 crore, 623 bank A/Cs, 25 arrests: The cyber-fraud that stunned Surat police
1 month, 1 week ago

Rs 111 crore, 623 bank A/Cs, 25 arrests: The cyber-fraud that stunned Surat police

India Today  

The Surat police have busted a major gang laundering money extorted from victims of ‘digital arrest’ around the country and even overseas. The police detected that lakhs of money parted with by cyber-fraud victims were first landing in a ‘mule account’, functional on ‘rooted devices’ operated from outside India. From Mota Varachha and Sarthana areas of Surat, the police recovered …

Cyber Criminals Nabbed in Chandigarh: Two Arrested for ‘Digital Arrest’ Scam
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Cyber Criminals Nabbed in Chandigarh: Two Arrested for ‘Digital Arrest’ Scam

Hindustan Times  

Two persons have been arrested in Chandigarh in a joint operation between the Cyber crime police station in Chandigarh and the Chennai police. The duo was involved in opening and arranging multiple mule bank accounts, which were further handed over to other criminals on commission basis for felicitating transactions of cheated money.

Techie Escapes Digital Arrest, Thanks to Timely Help
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Techie Escapes Digital Arrest, Thanks to Timely Help

Deccan Chronicle  

A 44-year-old IT employee managed to escape from cyber criminals in Telangana after being held under 'digital arrest' for nearly 30 hours. The ordeal began when the fraudsters posed as Mumbai police officials and threatened him with arrest in the money laundering case. Despite the threats, the victim remained calm and informed the Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police Station. The police …

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 …

Cybercrime cops refund Rs 38 lakh to victim
2 months, 1 week ago

Cybercrime cops refund Rs 38 lakh to victim

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: In case you fall victim to cyber fraud, register a complaint at the earliest so that the chances of recovery of lost money are higher, the cybercrime police insisted. In a recent case, the Hyderabad cybercrime police helped in refunding `39 lakh to a 34-year-old man who had lost `78 lakh in a stock trading fraud. However, once the …

Hyderabad victim loses Rs 10.61 crore in digital arrest scam; Two held in Bengaluru
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Hyderabad victim loses Rs 10.61 crore in digital arrest scam; Two held in Bengaluru

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Two youngsters were apprehended by the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau in Bengaluru for their alleged involvement in a digital arrest scam that cheated a victim of Rs 10.61 crore. The accused, identified as Vinay Kumar S Khadke and Maruthi GH, are being brought to Hyderabad for further investigation, the police said. The victim was made to transfer Rs 4.62 …

Tech company loses Rs 33 lakh to cyber fraud
3 months, 1 week ago

Tech company loses Rs 33 lakh to cyber fraud

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: An IT company in Begumpet lost over Rs 33 lakh after cyber fraudsters allegedly hacked into their official email ID and sent a mail to one of their global clients claiming that the company had changed their banking information. Trusting the email communication, the company’s client, who is based in the US, made transactions to the tune of $39,679 …

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 …

Chandigarh: Lost money to cyber fraud? Call 112 to freeze transaction instantly
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Chandigarh: Lost money to cyber fraud? Call 112 to freeze transaction instantly

Hindustan Times  

To combat the rising tide of financial cyber frauds in the city, Chandigarh Police have integrated cyber fraud reporting with the 112 emergency helpline. It is pertinent to mention that Chandigarh residents lost ₹ 17 crore to cyber fraud in the first six months of the year, primarily due to well-oiled investment fraud schemes, mostly targeting high-value targets. It is …

Telangana Cybercrime Police Arrest Two in ₹175 Crore Fraud Case
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Telangana Cybercrime Police Arrest Two in ₹175 Crore Fraud Case

Deccan Chronicle  

Telangana Cybercrime officials have arrested two individuals involved in a massive ₹175 crore fraud. The investigation was initiated after the Cyber Security Bureau's data analysis team flagged numerous complaints reported on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal against six bank accounts in the State Bank of India Shamsheergunj branch. The investigation linked approximately 600 complaints to these accounts.The primary suspect, operating …

Telangana Cyber Security Bureau Arrests Brothers in Online Investment Scam
4 months ago

Telangana Cyber Security Bureau Arrests Brothers in Online Investment Scam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana Cyber Security Bureau arrested brothers Rampilla Kondal Rao and Chandrasekhar Azad, directors of Ricky Software Tech Pvt Ltd of Vijayawada, for involvement in an alleged Rs.5.4-crore online investment scam. According to TGCSB, a man from RTC crossroads in Hyderabad received a group chat invitation on WhatsApp promising investment in the initial public officering of a global investment banking …

Delay in getting cybercrime FIR filed leaves ex-IRS officer in trouble
4 months, 1 week ago

Delay in getting cybercrime FIR filed leaves ex-IRS officer in trouble

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: A senior Indian Revenue Service officer, who retired as Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax on July 31, had to run from pillar to post to register an FIR after he lost Rs 4.6 lakh in his bank account in an online fraud on August 4. The inspector of the cyber crime cell of the Chintadripet Police Station, where …

Cyber Scams In FY24: Rs 177 Cr Lost Due To ATM/Credit Card, Internet Banking Frauds In India
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Cyber Scams In FY24: Rs 177 Cr Lost Due To ATM/Credit Card, Internet Banking Frauds In India

News 18  

There has been a significant increase in banking frauds in India. A customer need not bear any loss if the deficiency is on the part of the bank and in cases, where the fault lies neither with the bank nor with the customer but lies elsewhere in the system and the customer notifies the bank within three working days of …

Hyderabad man gets phone call about phone number deactivation, loses Rs 11 lakh in new scam
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Hyderabad man gets phone call about phone number deactivation, loses Rs 11 lakh in new scam

India Today  

A new scam is emerging in the country where scammers are syphoning money from people after threatening them about the illegal use of their SIM cards. The caller further threatened the victim, claiming that another SIM card had been issued in his name, which was allegedly linked to a harassment case registered with the Mumbai Police, as reported by TOI. …

20-year-old woman takes ₹10 lakh pre-approved loan to pay online fraudsters, loses ₹3 lakh
4 months, 3 weeks ago

20-year-old woman takes ₹10 lakh pre-approved loan to pay online fraudsters, loses ₹3 lakh

Hindustan Times  

A 20-year-old woman was allegedly held hostage virtually by cyber frauds and duped of ₹3 lakh in Noida’s Sector 49 on Wednesday, police said on Friday, adding that the gang threatened the woman so much that the terrified woman took a pre-approved loan of ₹10 lakh to pay the gang. “She was told to get in touch with Maharashtra police,” …

Fraudulent transactions at IndusInd bank: ₹32.89 crore of ₹40 crore recovered
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Fraudulent transactions at IndusInd bank: ₹32.89 crore of ₹40 crore recovered

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Cyber on Friday said that they could recover ₹32.89 crore out of the ₹40 crore allegedly fraudulently transferred from IndusInd Bank to 20 different mule accounts. The frauds managed to withdraw ₹ 4.24 crore from various ATMs, Representative Image After the Bandra Kurla Complex branch of the IndusInd bank got wind of the fraudulent transactions, it alerted the …

In another cyber scam, 77-year-old woman from Bengaluru cheated of ₹1.2 crore
5 months ago

In another cyber scam, 77-year-old woman from Bengaluru cheated of ₹1.2 crore

The Hindu  

Posing as officials of the telecom and the Mumbai Crime Branch, cyber fraudsters intimidated a 77-year-old woman for almost 20 days before swindling a total of ₹1.2 crore. Lakshmi Shivakumar, a resident of R.T. Nagar, filed a complaint with the North Division Cyber Crime police recently, based on which the police have taken up a case against the accused, identified …

Golden-Hour complaint helps cybercrime victims save ₹22.21 lakh in Hyderabad
5 months, 1 week ago

Golden-Hour complaint helps cybercrime victims save ₹22.21 lakh in Hyderabad

The Hindu  

Gold-Hour complaint by cybercrime victims has saved three of them ₹22.21 lakh between July 9 and July 11. Hyderabad’s Cybercrime police said they could get the banks to freeze the money as the victims reached out within an hour of getting scammed. Golden-hour complaint can help recover 90% to 100% of the amount lost “An online complaint on the National …

180 bank accounts under scanner, staff arrested
5 months, 2 weeks ago

180 bank accounts under scanner, staff arrested

Hindustan Times  

At least 180 bank accounts, most of them corporate, are under scrutiny following the arrest of Rahul Kumar, a deputy manager at the State Bank of India, for his alleged involvement in a cyber fraud scheme, police said on Monday. Police reported that ₹ 3.32 crore was transacted from this account between May and June, with the funds originating from …

Hyderabad man loses ₹12 lakh after falling for FedEx scam, case booked with cyber police
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hyderabad man loses ₹12 lakh after falling for FedEx scam, case booked with cyber police

Hindustan Times  

A 23-year-old man fell for a parcel scam and ended up losing ₹12 lakh. As per the officials, the victim received a call from a person claiming to be from FedEx and was told that his Aadhaar number was being misused, as per reports. The bill revealed that the person had ordered 18 Jaggerbombs, two Red Bulls, French fries, salted …

₹18 lakh lost by techie in parcel scam saved in 11 minutes by alert Hyderabad constable
5 months, 3 weeks ago

₹18 lakh lost by techie in parcel scam saved in 11 minutes by alert Hyderabad constable

The Hindu  

A constable handling the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal was able to stop the fraudulent transaction of ₹18 lakh in a parcel scam. It took the officer 11 minutes to save the money lost by the software engineer from Amberpet in Hyderabad who fell prey to the scam on Thursday. The victim, a 31-year-old techie, received a call from a person …

Man Escapes Falling Prey to Cyber Crooks
6 months ago

Man Escapes Falling Prey to Cyber Crooks

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A 28-year-old private employee from Hyderabad escaped falling prey to cyber crooks because of his timely action and awareness about the nature of such scams. The youth got an automated call with the caller claiming to be from DHL and informing him that his parcel that is alleged to contain prohibited items has been rejected. The victim went on …

Techie ‘digitally arrested’ for 3 days by cybercriminals, loses ₹31.3 lakh
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Techie ‘digitally arrested’ for 3 days by cybercriminals, loses ₹31.3 lakh

The Hindu  

A 26-year-old software engineer from Cox Town lost ₹31.3 lakh from her bank accounts after becoming a victim of a courier scam and being “ digitally arrested” by cybercrooks. Even though she managed to file a complaint, finally, the East Division cybercrime police had to allegedly struggle to convince the bank to get the details of transactions and managed to …

Telangana cop saves woman from cyber fraud
7 months ago

Telangana cop saves woman from cyber fraud

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a timely intervention, TS Cybersecurity Bureau police stopped a fraudulent transfer of Rs 60 lakh to cyber criminals. Bureau director Shikha Goel said in a release on Friday that on May 15, a woman from Cyberabad received a call from an unknown number, claiming to be a police officer from Maharashtra. “TSCSB officials uploaded the transaction details on …

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 …

Eight Investment Fraudsters Arrested In City
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Eight Investment Fraudsters Arrested In City

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The city cybercrime police arrested eight investment fraudsters on Monday, in two different cases, and seized cheque books, debit cards, shell company stamps and other items. Hyderabad police commissioner Kothakota Sreenivasa Reddy said following investigation, they had identified 24 shell company bank accounts, through which `22.24 crore was siphoned off. In another case, police arrested four investment fraudsters, Mangilal …

A Hyderabad doctor lost money to parcel scam. Here is the number to report incidents of parcel scam.
8 months ago

A Hyderabad doctor lost money to parcel scam. Here is the number to report incidents of parcel scam.

The Hindu  

A 34-year-old woman, working as a doctor in Hyderabad, ended up losing ₹48 lakh to fraudsters in parcel scam, said Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police. The woman received a call from a person claiming to be calling from FedEx courier and informed her of a parcel in her name destined from Malaysia to Delhi containing drugs. “They claimed they were informing …

Tutor duped of ₹3 lakh by cyber fraudsters
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Tutor duped of ₹3 lakh by cyber fraudsters

Hindustan Times  

A 51-year-old coaching class trainer from Uttam Nagar was duped by cyber fraudsters in an online courier scam. According to the police, the victim received a call from a courier company and stated that they had intercepted a courier by the name of the victim in which they had found five passports, four credit cards, a laptop, banned drugs, shoes, …

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 …

Cyber crime victims in Telangana get refund of ₹2.19 crore through Lok Adalat
9 months ago

Cyber crime victims in Telangana get refund of ₹2.19 crore through Lok Adalat

The Hindu  

March 18, 2024 04:34 am | Updated 01:16 pm IST - HYDERABAD The victims of cyber fraud were refunded ₹2.19 crore of the money they lost in online fraud after their cases were addressed in the national Lok Adalat. The court heard and cleared 546 cases by refunding ₹2,19,80,840 to the victims, officials from the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau said. …

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 …

Caught in a web | Cybercrooks get more innovative
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Caught in a web | Cybercrooks get more innovative

The Hindu  

A 55-year-old private firm employee from Mathikere was looking for the customer care number of Railways to cancel his tickets recently. This case is an example of how cyber fraudsters are using different methods to access bank account details to steal money, a senior police officer said. “Though there are different modus operandi to get access to the bank details, …

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