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68-Year-Old Man Loses Rs 23.5 Lakh In Cyber Fraud In Maharashtra
A 68-year-old man was allegedly cheated of Rs 23.5 lakh by cyber fraudsters who threatened him with digital arrest in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday.
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Scammer Told Her She Was Named In Terror Case. Then Defrauded Rs 30 Lakh
Unidentified fraudsters extorted Rs 30 lakh from a 67-year-old woman in Indore by claiming that her name had surfaced in a terror case investigation and putting her under so-called digital arrest, police said on Friday.
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Elderly Jabalpur Couple Placed Under "Digital Arrest" For 4 Days, Rescued By Cops
A retired school principal and her husband were placed under "digital arrest" for four days at their Jabalpur home by cyber fraudsters posing as ATS officers and rescued by police on Tuesday when she told a lawyer about their ordeal, an official said
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4 Arrested For Duping Cancer Patient Of Rs 1.3 Lakh In Insurance Fraud In Delhi
Four cyber fraudsters have been arrested for allegedly duping a cancer patient of Rs 1.30 lakh in an insurance fraud, police said on Tuesday.
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71-Year-Old Hyderabad Man Loses Nearly Rs 2 Crore To Digital Arrest Scam
In another digital arrest case, Cybercrime Police of Hyderabad have nabbed three fraudsters who extorted Rs 1.92 crore from a senior citizen.
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74-Year-Old Bengaluru Man Loses Rs 1.33 Crore In Fake IPO Scam
Shivakumar, on September 21, filed a complaint saying that Mahesh neither returned the invested money nor provided the promised profits, leading him to realise that he had been defrauded.
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80-Year-Old Mumbai Woman Duped Of Rs 1 Crore, Fraudsters Posed As Cops
An 80-year-old woman in Maharashtra's Dadar was duped of a whopping Rs 1.08 crore at the behest of fraudsters who posed as fake police and government officers.
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Scammers Exploit Australia’s Cybercrime Portal to Impersonate Police and Steal Crypto, AFP Warns
Australian authorities have warned of a new cryptocurrency scam in which criminals file fake reports through the government’s ReportCyber portal and then impersonate police officers to deceive victims. Using real case reference numbers, scammers pressure individuals into moving their crypto assets to fraudulent accounts. The AFP and Australia’s...
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Mumbai Businessman Kept Under 'Digital Arrest', Defrauded Of Rs 53 Lakh
A 60-year-old businessman from Mumbai was kept under 'digital arrest' overnight by cyber fraudsters, who posed as senior officials from law enforcement agencies and allegedly duped him of Rs 53 lakh.
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How Hackers Duped Drugmakers Dr Reddy's, Group Pharmaceuticals Of Rs 2 Crore
In a major case of cyber fraud, a sum of Rs 2.16 crore has been siphoned off after fraudsters hacked email communications between Bengaluru-based Group Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories in Hyderabad
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Surat Man Arrested For Aiding Rs 10 Crore Transfer To Pak-Based Crypto Wallet
A Surat resident has been arrested for allegedly helping a gang of cyber fraudsters transfer Rs 10 crore to a Pakistan-based cryptocurrency wallet, officials said on Saturday.
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If I Can Be Duped, What About Common People? Trinamool MP After Cyber Fraud
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee on Saturday expressed concern over the rising incidents of cyber fraud, questioning how ordinary citizens could be protected if even public representatives like him could fall prey to such scams.
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70-Year-Old 'Digitally Arrested' By Fake NIA Officers, Loses Rs 1.44 Crore
A 70-year-old man from Pune was duped of Rs 1.44 crore after being placed under 'digital arrest' by cyber fraudsters posing as National Investigation Agency and Anti Terrorism Squad officers, a police official said on Saturday.
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Rs 31 Lakh Gone In 8 Days: How Ex-Karnataka MLA Got Conned By Fake Judge
Former Karnataka MLA Gundappa Vakil was conned of Rs 31 lakh by men pretending to be CBI officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police and judge. Mr Vakil was put under digital arrest for a week.
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Cyber Fraudster Poses As Police Chief, Tries To Scam Kerala Cops Using Fake WhatsApp Account
Police have launched an investigation after a cyber fraudster attempted to cheat cops in this south Kerala district by impersonating the district police chief and seeking money through a bogus WhatsApp account, a police official said on Monday.
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68-Year-Old Man Loses Rs 23.5 Lakh In Cyber Fraud In Maharashtra
A 68-year-old man was allegedly cheated of Rs 23.5 lakh by cyber fraudsters who threatened him with digital arrest in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday.
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Scammer Told Her She Was Named In Terror Case. Then Defrauded Rs 30 Lakh
Unidentified fraudsters extorted Rs 30 lakh from a 67-year-old woman in Indore by claiming that her name had surfaced in a terror case investigation and putting her under so-called digital arrest, police said on Friday.
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Elderly Jabalpur Couple Placed Under "Digital Arrest" For 4 Days, Rescued By Cops
A retired school principal and her husband were placed under "digital arrest" for four days at their Jabalpur home by cyber fraudsters posing as ATS officers and rescued by police on Tuesday when she told a lawyer about their ordeal, an official said
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4 Arrested For Duping Cancer Patient Of Rs 1.3 Lakh In Insurance Fraud In Delhi
Four cyber fraudsters have been arrested for allegedly duping a cancer patient of Rs 1.30 lakh in an insurance fraud, police said on Tuesday.
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71-Year-Old Hyderabad Man Loses Nearly Rs 2 Crore To Digital Arrest Scam
In another digital arrest case, Cybercrime Police of Hyderabad have nabbed three fraudsters who extorted Rs 1.92 crore from a senior citizen.
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74-Year-Old Bengaluru Man Loses Rs 1.33 Crore In Fake IPO Scam
Shivakumar, on September 21, filed a complaint saying that Mahesh neither returned the invested money nor provided the promised profits, leading him to realise that he had been defrauded.
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80-Year-Old Mumbai Woman Duped Of Rs 1 Crore, Fraudsters Posed As Cops
An 80-year-old woman in Maharashtra's Dadar was duped of a whopping Rs 1.08 crore at the behest of fraudsters who posed as fake police and government officers.
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Scammers Exploit Australia’s Cybercrime Portal to Impersonate Police and Steal Crypto, AFP Warns
Australian authorities have warned of a new cryptocurrency scam in which criminals file fake reports through the government’s ReportCyber portal and then impersonate police officers to deceive victims. Using real case reference numbers, scammers pressure individuals into moving their crypto assets to fraudulent accounts. The AFP and Australia’s...
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Mumbai Businessman Kept Under 'Digital Arrest', Defrauded Of Rs 53 Lakh
A 60-year-old businessman from Mumbai was kept under 'digital arrest' overnight by cyber fraudsters, who posed as senior officials from law enforcement agencies and allegedly duped him of Rs 53 lakh.
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How Hackers Duped Drugmakers Dr Reddy's, Group Pharmaceuticals Of Rs 2 Crore
In a major case of cyber fraud, a sum of Rs 2.16 crore has been siphoned off after fraudsters hacked email communications between Bengaluru-based Group Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories in Hyderabad
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Surat Man Arrested For Aiding Rs 10 Crore Transfer To Pak-Based Crypto Wallet
A Surat resident has been arrested for allegedly helping a gang of cyber fraudsters transfer Rs 10 crore to a Pakistan-based cryptocurrency wallet, officials said on Saturday.
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If I Can Be Duped, What About Common People? Trinamool MP After Cyber Fraud
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee on Saturday expressed concern over the rising incidents of cyber fraud, questioning how ordinary citizens could be protected if even public representatives like him could fall prey to such scams.
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70-Year-Old 'Digitally Arrested' By Fake NIA Officers, Loses Rs 1.44 Crore
A 70-year-old man from Pune was duped of Rs 1.44 crore after being placed under 'digital arrest' by cyber fraudsters posing as National Investigation Agency and Anti Terrorism Squad officers, a police official said on Saturday.
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Rs 31 Lakh Gone In 8 Days: How Ex-Karnataka MLA Got Conned By Fake Judge
Former Karnataka MLA Gundappa Vakil was conned of Rs 31 lakh by men pretending to be CBI officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police and judge. Mr Vakil was put under digital arrest for a week.
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Cyber Fraudster Poses As Police Chief, Tries To Scam Kerala Cops Using Fake WhatsApp Account
Police have launched an investigation after a cyber fraudster attempted to cheat cops in this south Kerala district by impersonating the district police chief and seeking money through a bogus WhatsApp account, a police official said on Monday.
