Police have nabbed 7 people including one woman and 6 Nigerian nationals, besides seizing 3 laptops, 17 mobiles, internet dongles, Rs 40,860/- in cash, and 3 passports.
Mumbai's Sewri Police have arrested two persons from Jharkhand's Ranchi for allegedly duping people by sending them false messages to pay their electricity bills.
"The accused allegedly duped banks of over Rs 50 lakh by fraudulently using details of celebrities like MS Dhoni, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Sachin Tendulkar, Saif Ali Khan, Hritik Roshan, Alia Bhatt, Shilpa Shetty & others," DCP Shahdara Rohit Meena said.
Officials of the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police have arrested two persons, accused of posing as land owners and duping people of hefty sums, officials said on Monday.
The accused has been identified as Prashant Panda (34), a resident of Pune. He has duped many people in several states so far. The accused lost his job during COVID-19 pandemic and after that he started cheating people by posing as a fake TTE. He used to spend all the money in debauchery wit
Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police arrested two people, including one foreign national from the Ivory Coast for duping of Rs 1.22 crore on the pretext of sending a gift parcel.
Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police arrested three people for duping 32 Telugu students studying at various universities in Canada and the USA to the tune of Rs 2 crore on the pretext of paying semester fees.
Uttarakhand Police busted a fake employment centre in Laksar and arrested four youths accused of duping people on the pretext of providing government jobs, police said.
According to police, the complaint was filed by Pradeep Poonia (23), a student of Delhi University at Cyber Police Station wherein he alleged that he has been cheated of Rs.12,250.
CBI recived a complaint from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) that a person was fraudulently impersonating himself as a senior official of the PMO and duping officials of the Uttar Pradesh government.