Chandigarh: A 63-year-old retired employee of Punjab Engineering College (PEC) was allegedly duped of Rs 4.5 lakh by cyber fraudsters who posed as a friend living abroad and later threatened him while impersonating a cyber cell official.The complainant, Ashok Kumar Sharma, a resident of Dhanas, Chandigarh, told cyber police that on April 28, 2026, he…
Kolkata: A retail company in Kolkata lost Rs 1.5 crore in a digital impersonation scam.An accounts employee received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number that used the photo of the company’s managing director. The sender pretended to be the managing director and asked for an urgent fund transfer.Believing the message was real, the employee…
Patna: A retired Army soldier from Patna was allegedly duped of Rs 3.3 lakh after cyber fraudsters kept him under a 10-day “digital arrest” by falsely linking him to a Rs 6.8-crore fraud. The ordeal allegedly left him so traumatised that he later attempted suicide. The case came to light on Thursday.According to police, the…
Kanpur: A 73-year-old retired teacher was allegedly duped of Rs 25 lakh by cyber fraudsters, who kept him under “digital arrest” for five days after falsely claiming that his Aadhaar card had been found with terrorists arrested in Jammu.The victim, Raghav Ram Yadav, a resident of Dabauli, lodged a complaint at Govind Nagar police station…
Pune: A cybercrook committed a Rs1.17 crore fraud on a nationalised bank’s Aundh branch after impersonating a businessman — a premium account holder of the financial institution.The crook allegedly got the bank officials to make RTGS transfers to five different accounts on March 30 after sending a request for the same on the letterhead of…
Jhansi: Police on Saturday arrested an alleged interstate conman accused of siphoning off Rs 40 lakh belonging to the grandson of legendary hockey icon Major Dhyan Chand through an elaborate banking fraud involving forged documents and suspected collusion within a bank.The accused, Sameer Samonto (49), a resident of West Bengal’s Hooghly district, allegedly orchestrated the…
