Mangaluru: A 54-year-old woman was allegedly cheated of Rs 29 lakh by cyber fraudsters who befriended her on Facebook, promised to send gold and foreign currency from the Netherlands, and later collected money from her on the pretext of customs duty and other charges.According to the complaint, the woman, came into contact with a man…
Lucknow: The cyber crime cell and cyber police station of the Lucknow commissionerate have busted an illegal call centre operating out of Vibhuti Khand and arrested five people for allegedly duping job seekers across India with fake placement offers in reputed companies.The accused were arrested during a raid at the fourth floor of JS Tower…
Two mobile phones allegedly used in the fraud were recovered from his possession Gurgaon: A man was arrested for allegedly duping people through a fake Facebook page by offering cows and buffaloes for sale and collecting money in the name of registration and other formalities.The accused, Sajid, a resident of Bharatpur, Rajasthan, was arrested by…
Vadodara: In a case involving one of the largest amounts defrauded using the “digital arrest” modus operandi in Gujarat, a 62-year-old Vadodara resident lost Rs 1.48 crore after being duped into keeping himself under constant online surveillance by cybercriminals who posed as law enforcement officials.Atul Kashikhar, a resident of Vasna Road, filed a complaint with…
The victim said that on March 30, he received a phone call from a person claiming to be a CBI officer Gurgaon: A 78-year-old man from Ahmedabad, who allegedly helped cyber criminals defraud a senior citizen of over Rs 1 crore by posing as CBI officers, was arrested from Gujarat.Baldev Bhai Babu Bhai Brahmbhatt was…
Ahmedabad: Two men were arrested by Ramol police for allegedly operating an unauthorised call centre from a shop in the CTM area and cheating foreign nationals by promising personal loans at low interest rates.Police identified the accused as Jay Dave (29), a resident of Amraiwadi, and Subrata Naik (35), a resident of Kailash Colony near…
Hyderabad: Fraudsters posing as a friend on a dating app and a Customs officer have duped a 31-year-old civil engineer from Balapur of ₹5 lakh. On the victim’s complaint, a case was registered by the Hyderabad Cyber Crime police on Monday.The victim filed a complaint alleging that he connected with a person claiming to be…
Bagalkot: A govt employee, who is about to retire in 3 months, lost Rs 83 lakh to online fraudsters who kept him under digital arrest between Feb 22 to April 13.Bagalkot CEN police said that HV Suresh Rao, 59, a senior typist at Upper Krishna Project Bagalkot, was kept in digital arrest on charges of…
Pune: Online fraudsters, who posed as officials of a piped gas company, cheated a city builder of Rs 2.55 lakhs stating that the builder has not paid the pending dues of the piped gas.The cheating, according to the Cantonment police, took place on May 8. After verifying the complaint application, the police registered the case…
Pune: A retired bank manager (73) of Wadgaon Sheri has lodged a complaint with the Pune Cyber police on Saturday saying that online fraudsters, who posed as a woman, cheated him of Rs 81 lakhs by promising him handsome returns on his investment in the trade of shares and digital gold scheme.The cheating took place…
