Five persons have been arrested in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu by Cybercrime police of the state for allegedly cheating many online in the name of arranging government scholarships for their children, said the Police on Saturday.
The cyber fraudster mainly operated by enticing people across India by sending false messages claiming heavy discounts on flight tickets and visas. After defrauding the people, the accused used the victims' money for betting.
Delhi police have busted a gang of cheats who used to dupe people using a fraudulent loan app called 'Cash Advance' and arrested six people, said officials. The arrested persons were allegedly extorting money on the pretext of providing an instant loan, said the police.
The Economic Offences Wing, Bhubaneswar arrested an accused on March 30 from Pune for running an online ponzi scheme and defrauding thousands of people, said an official.
In an effort to deal with cyber frauds, the central government has approved a scheme that will provide assistance to States and the Union Territories (UTs) to develop high-quality forensic science facilities with modern machinery and equipment, including cyber-forensics, the government infor
The victim, a resident of Mumbai's Andheri area, received a message on her husband's phone about an unpaid electricity bill. It further said that the electricity connection will be disconnected if the bill remains unpaid. A phone number was also provided in the message.
A total of 1643 cases were registered in 60 police stations across the states in the last five years. Of these fraud amounts, Rs 29,01,60,800 were cheated from the common people during the COVID-19 period from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 in which 444 cases of cyber frauds were regis
Cyber Police Team of Delhi Police have arrested 9 members of an interstate gang for allegedly duping people in the national capital on the pretext of giving them jobs.
Delhi Police signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Truecaller, a caller ID verification platform which helps the public identify verified numbers, in order to curb cybercrimes.
Actor and politician Nagma Morarji has registered an FIR against unidentified persons at the Bandra Police Station in Mumbai after a cyber fraud gang duped her of about Rs 1 lakh.