Surat: A 71-year-old man lost Rs 5 lakh in a cyber fraud after allegedly clicking on a malicious APK file masquerading as a Punjab National Bank application.The victim, who runs a pesticides business in Sardar Market, received a file named “PNB One.apk” from an unknown number on WhatsApp on May 15. Believing it was a…
Mumbai: A 56-year-old Powai construction supplier who lost Rs 6.6 lakh to an MGL piped gas bill fraud received the full amount after a court directed the accused, Mangaluru resident S K Shetty, to pay the victim before entertaining Shetty’s anticipatory bail plea, the police said.Between March 25 and May 12, Mumbaikars lost Rs 3…
Kanpur: Cyber fraudsters swindled a builder of Rs 7.16 lakh in Kanpur by posing as an employee of the clinic of Padma Shri awardee neurologist Dr Sunil Pradhan and offering to facilitate an online appointment, police said on Tuesday.According to police, the victim, Abidul Arfeen, a resident of Dalelpurwa, lodged a complaint at Anwarganj police…
Dumka: Jamtara cyber police arrested three cyber fraudsters and seized six mobile phones and four SIM cards from their possession following raids in the Karmatanr police station area, police said on Wednesday.The accused were part of a network operating across several states, it added.Cyber DSP Amit Kumar said that, acting on a tip-off received by…
A hooded hacker works at a laptop amid glowing code and digital security alerts, illustrating the rising threat of cyber crime, data breaches, and online fraud. Pune: Cybercrooks duped a 67-year-old resident of Gahunje of Rs2 lakh in an online piped gas bill fraud.The fraud took place earlier in April this year. The elderly man…
Ahmedabad: A 37-year-old homemaker from Nikol was allegedly duped of Rs 7.5 lakh after cyberfraudsters sent her a fake KYC update message on WhatsApp and gained unauthorised access to her bank account, according to a complaint filed with the Cybercrime Police.The complainant told police that she received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number on…
Ahmedabad: A 20-year-old worker at a perfume shop in the city lost Rs 1.34 lakh after downloading a fraudulent application while trying to track a parcel sent to Kashmir via India Post.According to a complaint lodged with Dariapur police on Saturday, Fiyyan Shaikh, a resident of Dhalgarwad, was assisting his employer in tracking a perfume…
Pune: A 37-year-old security guard working with a private company in Hinjewadi lost Rs 3.98 lakh to cybercrooks in a fake RTO-Challan fraud on May 8.He registered a case with the Hinjewadi police on Tuesday.An officer from the Hinjewadi police said, “The complainant works as a security guard with a private company. On May 8,…
Bengaluru: A 32-year-old-manager of a private commercial bank in Channapatna, Bengaluru South, fell prey to cybercriminals who siphoned off Rs 2.4 lakh from his account.The victim told police that on the morning of May 6, he booked a resort in Sakaleshpur by paying Rs 19,000 through Agoda (a digital travel platform and online travel agency)….
