Victims of cybercrime fraud from Coimbatore district lose over ₹62 crore in 11 months
1 year ago

Victims of cybercrime fraud from Coimbatore district lose over ₹62 crore in 11 months

The Hindu  

Victims of various cybercrime cheating cases from Coimbatore district, comprising jurisdictions of the City and Rural police, lost more than ₹62 crore between January and November this year. As per the data shared by the Coimbatore City Police, the city cybercrime station received 3,904 complaints related to financial fraud on cyber space in 11 months. The city cybercrime police registered 169 First Information Reports on these complaints and arrested 40 persons. During the same period, the cybercrime station of Coimbatore District Police received 2,840 complaints of financial frauds on cyberspace and registered 47 FIRs.

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11 held for cheating over 17K of ₹125.6 Cr in Gurugram
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1 day ago

11 held for cheating over 17K of ₹125.6 Cr in Gurugram

Hindustan Times  

Gurugram Police announced on Monday that 11 cybercrime gangs cheated ₹125.62 crores from over 17,000 victims across India. Computer hacker with credit card stealing data from a laptop concept for network security, identity theft and computer crime According to police, most suspects were involved in investment and parcel frauds, with at least 11 residents of Gurugram losing crores in separate …

Cyber criminals defraud citizens of ₹1 crore in six cases
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Cyber criminals defraud citizens of ₹1 crore in six cases

Hindustan Times  

Pune: Cyber cheats dupe citizens of nearly ₹1 crore in six cases lodged on December 22. Cyber cheats dupe citizens of nearly ₹ 1 crore in six cases lodged on December 22. ) In the fourth case, a 26-year-old resident has lodged a complaint with the Lonikand police stating that he was cheated of ₹10.30 lakh after he was gulled …

Cyber Fraud Hits Rs 300 Crore, Police to Target Bank Collusion
2 days, 5 hours ago

Cyber Fraud Hits Rs 300 Crore, Police to Target Bank Collusion

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Bank managements will be under the radar of the city police in 2025 and anyone found colluding with fraudsters directly or indirectly would be duly prosecuted. Of this, the city cybercrime units froze Rs.77 crore and the police facilitated return of about Rs.39 crore to the victims. It has been observed that cyber fraudsters had managed to open current …

Cyber cheats dupe citizens of ₹1.58 crore
4 days, 6 hours ago

Cyber cheats dupe citizens of ₹1.58 crore

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Police have lodged nine cyber fraud cases where cybercriminals siphoned off funds worth ₹58 lakhs from different bank accounts of the victims. All nine cases were lodged on Thursday, December 19 while as many as ten cyber fraud-related cases were lodged on Wednesday, wherein an aggregate amount of ₹1 crore was siphoned off by the accused. The city …

Rs 2,047 cr lost in 2024, Karnataka set to buff up against cybercrime
5 days ago

Rs 2,047 cr lost in 2024, Karnataka set to buff up against cybercrime

India Today  

Back in 2001, Karnataka was the first state in India to set up a cybercrime police station, in anticipation of an emerging threat. Now, as cybercrime reaches alarming proportions—the money lost to such frauds in Karnataka in 2024 is pegged at Rs 2,047 crore—the state government is doubling down on its approach to tackling the menace by setting up a …

TN Cyber Crime Investigation Centre arrest four for Rs 1.65 crore online scam
1 week 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, …

Rs 700 cr lost in fraud in Cyberabad: Mohanty
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Rs 700 cr lost in fraud in Cyberabad: Mohanty

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: FedEx, digital arrests, investment frauds, and so on, have made people residing in Cyberabad limits lose around Rs 700 crore to cybercrime this year, said Cyberabad police. To make more people aware of the existence of cybercrime and to curb this menace, the Cyberabad police has launched a brand-new initiative - Project P.R.O.T.E.C.T - Preventing Risks Online Through Education, …

Elderly woman in Bengaluru cheated of Rs 1.24 crore in cyber fraud
1 week, 1 day ago

Elderly woman in Bengaluru cheated of Rs 1.24 crore in cyber fraud

India Today  

An 83-year-old woman from Bengaluru was cheated of Rs 1.24 crore by fraudsters posing as law enforcement officials. The incident, which took place between October and November, came to light when the victim filed a complaint with the city cyber police after growing suspicious of the scammers’ activities. The FIR also detailed the four separate transactions made by the woman …

People in Madhya Pradesh lost 130 per cent more money due to digital arrest in 2024 compared to 2023
1 week, 1 day ago

People in Madhya Pradesh lost 130 per cent more money due to digital arrest in 2024 compared to 2023

New Indian Express  

BHOPAL: Money lost due to digital arrest -- the rising phenomenon of cyber fraudsters posing as enforcement agencies’ sleuths to extort money from targets -- has increased by more than 130 per cent within a year in Madhya Pradesh. The alarming statistics were shared by the state government on the second day of the ongoing winter session of the Vidhan …

Gujarat police bust cyber fraud network, arrest eight as Rs 50 crore routed through 42 bank accounts
1 week, 2 days 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, 3 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 …

Karnataka Reports Rs 109 Crore Digital Fraud
1 week, 5 days ago

Karnataka Reports Rs 109 Crore Digital Fraud

Deccan Chronicle  

Belagavi: Karnataka has reported a total of 641 cases related to digital arrest fraud in the current year, with over ₹109 crore being defrauded, Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara informed the Legislative Council on Tuesday. The Minister stated that across the country, over 42,000 digital fraud cases were reported with Karnataka accounting for 11,000 of them. “In our efforts to …

Digital arrest scam: IT professional kept under ‘digital arrest’ for over a week in Coonoor, defrauded of ₹16 lakhs
1 week, 5 days ago

Digital arrest scam: IT professional kept under ‘digital arrest’ for over a week in Coonoor, defrauded of ₹16 lakhs

The Hindu  

Scammers pretending to be cyber crime police defrauded an IT professional in Coonoor of ₹16 lakhs in cash, falsely stating that she had been under ‘digital arrest’, and not allowing her to leave her home for over a week, the police have said. A few minutes later, the woman received a call on a video calling application from people claiming …

Cyber crime case: CBI conducts searches in Delhi-NCR in connection with ₹117 crore fraud
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Cyber crime case: CBI conducts searches in Delhi-NCR in connection with ₹117 crore fraud

Live Mint  

The Central Bureau of Investigation conducted searches in 10 locations in Delhi and nearby areas on Wednesday related to transnational cyber fraud cases of around ₹117 crore, reported PTI, citing CBI officials. The CBI conducted the searches while investigating a case based on a complaint from the Union Home Ministry’s Cyber Crime Coordination Centre. In the searches conducted on Wednesday, …

CBI Searches 10 Locations in Delhi in Cyber Fraud Case
2 weeks, 6 days ago

CBI Searches 10 Locations in Delhi in Cyber Fraud Case

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation today conducted searches at 10 locations in Delhi and surrounding areas in connection with an on-going investigation of a transnational cyber enabled fraud case involving large-scale financial scams. The CBI registered the said case under Sections 403 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66D of the Information Technology Act, 2000, …

Delhi police crackdown on cyber fraud racket
3 weeks 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 …

CBI conducts searches in Delhi-NCR in connection with Rs 117 crore cyber fraud case
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3 weeks ago

CBI conducts searches in Delhi-NCR in connection with Rs 117 crore cyber fraud case

India TV News  

Cyber Fraud Case: The Central Bureau of Investigation conducted searches at 10 locations in Delhi and surrounding areas today in connection with an ongoing investigation of transnational cyber-enabled financial frauds involving Rs 117 crore, said officials. According to the CBI, the searches were conducted in an ongoing investigation into a case registered under Sections 403, 420 of the Indian Penal …

Cyber fraud case: CBI raids 10 places in Delhi, Gurugram following complaint by I4C
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3 weeks ago

Cyber fraud case: CBI raids 10 places in Delhi, Gurugram following complaint by I4C

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday conducted searches at 10 locations across Delhi and its adjoining areas in connection with its probe into a case linked to cyber fraud involving embezzlement of Rs 117 crore, officials said. A senior CBI official said, “The investigation so far has revealed that fraudsters operating from overseas use digital platforms such …

Hyderabad Man Loses over Rs 2 Lakh in Cyber Fraud
3 weeks 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 …

Gurugram cops bust cybercrime ring that duped ₹74cr across India
3 weeks ago

Gurugram cops bust cybercrime ring that duped ₹74cr across India

Hindustan Times  

The Gurugram police have arrested eight cybercriminals accused of defrauding 7,719 victims across India of ₹74.2 crore over the last 6-8 months, officials said on Monday. The arrested suspects include Lakshya Kumar, Amrit Pal, and Chetan Kumar, apprehended on October 15 and 16; Kanishk Pratap of Hisar on October 23; Zakaria Khan of Nuh on October 27; Sunil Kumar of …

Agra police nab 5 members of int’l cyber fraud gang
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Agra police nab 5 members of int’l cyber fraud gang

Hindustan Times  

Five members of international gang involved in cyber frauds were arrested by Agra Police from Delhi on Monday. These accused in foreign nations used to provide account details of Indian corporate and SIM cards for those lured for stock investment trading and task jobs. These accused in foreign nations used to provide account details of Indian corporate and SIM cards …

Hyderabad bank manager saves elderly couple from Rs 30 lakh cyber fraud
3 weeks, 3 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 …

Two online cyber fraud cases reported in city
3 weeks, 5 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 …

Cyber police arrest Nagpada resident in ₹11 crore online trading fraud
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Cyber police arrest Nagpada resident in ₹11 crore online trading fraud

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The South Cyber police on Wednesday arrested a 31-year-old Nagpada resident in connection with the online share trading fraud in which a 75-year-old Colaba resident recently lost ₹11 crore. Cyber police arrest Nagpada resident in ₹ 11 crore online trading fraud The arrested accused was identified as Kaif Ibrahim Mansuri, who used to work as a customer relationship executive …

CCU officials help two cybercrime victims get refund
3 weeks, 6 days ago

CCU officials help two cybercrime victims get refund

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:The city cybercrime unit refunded Rs 8,46,227 to two victims in separate cases. The CCU immediately on being approached registered a case under Section 66 of the IT Act and Sections 419 and 420 of the IPC and initiated an investigation. Inspector K. Prasad Rao sent notices to the bank officials and asked them to freeze the fraudulent amount. CCU …

India lost over ₹11,000 crore to cyber scams in first 9 months of 2024: Report
3 weeks, 6 days ago

India lost over ₹11,000 crore to cyber scams in first 9 months of 2024: Report

Hindustan Times  

India has endured a loss of around ₹11,333 crore to cyber scams in the first nine months of 2024, said a recent report. Stock trading frauds caused the maximum amount of loss, ₹ 4,636 crore from over 2 lakh complaints. Meanwhile, cases of digital arrests, which authorities have seen an uptick in, caused a loss of ₹1,616 crore from around …

IIT Bombay student gets fake threat of ‘digital arrest', loses ₹7 lakh
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

IIT Bombay student gets fake threat of ‘digital arrest', loses ₹7 lakh

Hindustan Times  

A student from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay became the latest victim of a growing cyber fraud known as "digital arrest," losing a staggering ₹7.29 lakh to a scammer posing as a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India employee. The caller posed as an employee of the TRAI and informed him that 17 complaints of illegal activities were registered against his …

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

Gang behind ‘digital arrest’ busted, 2 held
1 month ago

Gang behind ‘digital arrest’ busted, 2 held

Hindustan Times  

Punjab Police have arrested two Assam-based men for their alleged involvement in cases of “digital fraud”. Digital arrest refers to a cyber scam where fraudsters, posing as law enforcement officials, deceive victims into believing they have committed a serious crime and must stay visible online until their demands are met, exploiting fear to extort money. The matter came to light …

Over 10 People Falling Prey to Scammers in Vizag Every Day
1 month, 1 week ago

Over 10 People Falling Prey to Scammers in Vizag Every Day

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Every day at least 10 to 20 people are falling prey to scammers in Vizag City alone as the cases of cyber frauds have gone up rapidly during the past few months with most of the crimes arising from greed, ignorance, and fear of the victims. As per the data from the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, more than …

Cyber fraudsters pose as cops, con 73-yr-old of ₹24L in Ludhiana
1 month, 1 week ago

Cyber fraudsters pose as cops, con 73-yr-old of ₹24L in Ludhiana

Hindustan Times  

Unidentified cyber fraudsters posing as cops allegedly duped a retired Merchant Navy engineer of ₹24.2 lakh, officials said. They said the fraudsters put up an elaborate hoax, claiming the victim was implicated in child pornography and money laundering cases. Singh said that despite his initially resistance, he was persuaded after the fraudsters staged a convincing video call. The caller said …

Hyderabad Cybercrime cops help credit card fraud victim recover Rs 1.18 lakh
1 month, 1 week ago

Hyderabad Cybercrime cops help credit card fraud victim recover Rs 1.18 lakh

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The city cyber crime unit cops helped a cyberfraud victim get back `1.18 lakh which he had lost to a scamster. According to the CCU police, the victim was responding to a call from the fraudster who offered to increase the credit card limit and collected his details. The victim approached the police station on Wednesday following which the …

Telangana Cyber Bureau's state-wide crackdown helps solve 2,702 all-India cases
1 month, 1 week ago

Telangana Cyber Bureau's state-wide crackdown helps solve 2,702 all-India cases

India Today  

In a significant move against cybercrime, the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau recently arrested 48 suspects linked to a widespread cybercrime network. The statewide crackdown, conducted in collaboration with local law enforcement, targeted suspects involved in 508 cases in Telangana and over 2,194 cases across India, amounting to financial losses of more than Rs 8.16 crore. Suspects face charges under various …

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 …

Rs 93 cr lost to cyber scammers in Coimbatore this year
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rs 93 cr lost to cyber scammers in Coimbatore this year

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: Coimbatore City Police Commissioner V Balakrishnan said that there has been a significant increase in cybercrime cases and around Rs 93 crore was lured by scammers this year. However, in 2024, we received complaints worth Rs 98 crore and have managed to freeze approximately 50 per cent of the cash that was lured from the public by the scammers. …

BSNL, Jio, Airtel, Vi users attention! TRAI warns of new scams targeting mobile users
1 month, 2 weeks ago

BSNL, Jio, Airtel, Vi users attention! TRAI warns of new scams targeting mobile users

India TV News  

Cybercrimes are becoming a significant issue in India, with scammers tricking people out of large sums of money. Rising Digital Arrest in India India reported a financial loss of approximately Rs 120.3 crore due to a ‘digital arrest’ scam from January to April 2024, according to government data. Rajesh Kumar, CEO of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, noted that …

Online trading fraud: Three men from Coimbatore and Namakkal arrested
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Online trading fraud: Three men from Coimbatore and Namakkal arrested

The Hindu  

The Cyber Crime Wing of the Tamil Nadu Police arrested three men from Coimbatore and Namakkal districts on charges of cheating several people by coaxing them to transfer money on the false promise of high returns on investments in an online trading scheme. On July 19, a complainant from Madurai reported that he was defrauded of ₹92 lakh after he …

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.

Two Hyderabad residents scammed of over ₹5 lakh in separate cyber attacks
1 month, 4 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 …

Cybercrime in India: A staggering loss of Rs 14,600 crore
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Cybercrime in India: A staggering loss of Rs 14,600 crore

ABP News  

The article highlights the staggering sum of Rs 14,600 crore lost to online financial fraud in India since 2020. It emphasizes the rise in cybercrime, particularly online financial fraud, which constitutes nearly 84% of the total cybercrime complaints reported. The article outlines the modus operandi of cyber scams, including phishing attacks, fake investment platforms, and cryptocurrency fraud. It also mentions …

Cyber conmen run a bloodbath: Lucknow loses nearly ₹200 cr in 6k-plus cases of cyber fraud in 9 months
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Cyber conmen run a bloodbath: Lucknow loses nearly ₹200 cr in 6k-plus cases of cyber fraud in 9 months

Hindustan Times  

Hundreds of unsuspecting citizens are falling prey to instances of cyber fraud with people in Lucknow losing nearly ₹200 crore between January and September this year in over 6,532 total cyber fraud cases registered in the state capital, according to details accessed by HT. The majority of cyber fraud cases are either reported to the cybercrime police station in Vibhuti …

Kozhikode cyber police nab two from Rajasthan in online fraud
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kozhikode cyber police nab two from Rajasthan in online fraud

The Hindu  

A special squad of the Kozhikode city cyber police has arrested two suspects involved in a recently reported online financial fraud in the name of charity in which a doctor reportedly lost ₹4 crore. Police sources said the suspects exploited the victim’s sympathy for charity by pretending as youngsters in dire financial need due to job loss during the COVID-19 …

TGCSB Nabs 27 Cyber Criminals
2 months, 3 weeks ago

TGCSB Nabs 27 Cyber Criminals

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau arrested from Rajasthan, 27 cyber criminals said to be involved in over 189 cybercrimes in the state. We have deployed four SOW teams in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Nagaur and conducted operations during the last fortnight of September,” said Shikha Goel, DGP, TGCSB, on Tuesday. Goel said the suspects used to commit cyber fraud after offering high …

Online financial fraud cases on the rise in Puducherry
3 months ago

Online financial fraud cases on the rise in Puducherry

The Hindu  

More people in Puducherry are falling into the traps laid by cyber fraudsters as data suggest a two-fold increase in online financial cheating cases during the first nine months of this year. As per data available with Cyber wing of the territorial police, as many as 107 cases pertaining to online financial frauds were registered in Puducherry from January to …

Online fraudsters cheat Coimbatore man of ₹1.14 crore
3 months, 1 week ago

Online fraudsters cheat Coimbatore man of ₹1.14 crore

The Hindu  

The cybercrime police in Coimbatore have launched an investigation after a resident of Vadavalli in the city was cheated of ₹ 1.14 crore by online fraudsters in a part-time job-cum-investment scam. After the complainant took up the part-time job, the fraudsters lured him into investment schemes with profit margins. The complainant transferred a total of ₹1.14 crore to various bank …

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 …

Kerala Police receive Central award for handling cybercrime against women, children
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala Police receive Central award for handling cybercrime against women, children

The Hindu  

The Kerala Police have bagged the Union Home Ministry’s award for best performance in handling online crime against women and children. The accolade was presented by Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the first foundation day celebrations of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre held in New Delhi on Tuesday. The State police force was represented by State Police Chief …

Two defrauded of ₹1.4 crore in Noida in name of stock investment
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Two defrauded of ₹1.4 crore in Noida in name of stock investment

The Hindu  

Two Noida-residents were defrauded of about ₹1.40 crore by cyber thugs by promising huge returns on stock market investments, police said on Monday. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Preeti Yadav said the victims include a woman and a man who have filed separate complaints. Ms. Yadav said that Trishala, who lives in the Golf Avenue Society in Sector 75, lodged …

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 …

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