In a shocking incident, an 80-year-old bookstore owner in Delhi's Connaught Place was duped of over Rs 15 lakh by a cyber-fraudster impersonating an official of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), police said on Friday.
The case came to light after a 48-year-old woman from Burari filed a complaint on the NCRP portal, alleging that she had been cheated out of Rs 1.10 lakh by an individual posing as a UK-based Facebook friend. The imposter, after establishing contact through Facebook and later WhatsApp, convi
The "Validated UPI Handles" and "SEBI Check" will enhance Investor Protection and Combat deepfakes and cyber frauds. Investors can check on 'SEBI Sheck" whether a UPI handle or bank account is registered or not before making any payment.
According to officials, Chouhan, who works as a contractor and previously invested in the share market, was tricked by fraudsters posing as representatives of an investment company offering lucrative returns.
Two youths were arrested for their involvement in cyber crimes, with authorities uncovering illegal transactions amounting to Rs nine crore carried out through 48 bank accounts, as per Kakinada district police.
DCP South District, Ankit Chauhan, stated that the complainant alleged that on April 26, he was approached by Tarun Rastogi, who claimed to represent Jetways Travels Pvt. Ltd. and proposed a business relationship for flight ticket bookings.
In a dramatic high-altitude operation, the Cyber Cell of the Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested two cyber fraudsters from Sarchu, a remote and oxygen-deprived region on the Himachal-Ladakh border, a press release said.
According to Mohali Police's Senior Superintendent of Police, Harmandeep Singh Hans, the accused are from Ghana and Nigeria, with a parallel gang managing the operation in Nigeria too. The police have found transactions worth Rs 15 crore from the gang's devices, and has seized multiple sim
The complainant, Rahul Iqbal, a manager based in Yamuna Vihar, Delhi, and employed with a Japanese firm, reported the fraud in May 2024. He said that he received a call from a person claiming to be an employee of a reputed courier service. The caller alleged that a parcel sent by Rahul to Ta
Anakapalli District Police on Friday successfully dismantled a sophisticated international cyber fraud network operating out of Achyutapuram, following a detailed report submitted by the Village Revenue Officer and comprehensive intelligence inputs.
CM Sarma said that during the course of the conference, he reviewed important achievements of the Assam Police like busting of an ivory smuggling gang along the Assam-Bhutan border, major breakthroughs in dismantling drug trafficking networks, neutralizing a major rhino poaching gang across
FRI allows for swift, targeted, and collaborative action against suspected frauds in both telecom and financial domains. With UPI being the most preferred payment method across India, this intervention could save millions of citizens from falling prey to cyber fraud, the ministry said.