Ahmedabad: A 58-year-old managing director of based valve manufacturing company in Odhav lost Rs 75.6 lakh to cyberfraudsters who allegedly posed as representatives of two business-to-business (B2B) export marketing firms and lured him with promises of international purchase orders. The complaint was registered with Ahmedabad Cyber Crime police on Monday.According to the FIR, the businessman…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat reported bank frauds involving Rs 3,707.7 crore over the last three financial years. This is the sixth-highest among all other Indian states and Union Territories, according to Reserve Bank of India data.The value of reported frauds increased each year, rising 30.4% from Rs 986.2 crore in 2023-24 to Rs 1,285.9 crore in 2024-25,…
Mangaluru: A 28-year-old mechanical engineering graduate lost Rs 2.9 lakh in a job scam after fraudsters posed as recruitment agents for a multinational manufacturing corporation.According to the complaint registered at Kankanady Town police station, the victim had completed his mechanical engineering degree, and was at home when he received a call on May 27. The…
Ahmedabad: A WhatsApp message carrying what appeared to be an RBI notice has cost a real estate businessman Rs 1.5 crore. Cyberscammers, allegedly, used a fake regulatory communication to hack into his office computer system and create a cloned WhatsApp account to impersonate him and trick his accountant into transferring the money.The complainant, who runs…
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…
