DCP West Vichitra Veer in a statement said that the accused person was impersonating himself as a US-based freelancer and used a virtual international mobile number and fake IDs to create profiles on Bumble, Snapchat, and others.
The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) Sunday morning, working with the police, arrested a Palestinian resident of Ramallah (36) in Kfar Ni'lin (located near Modiin) after he posed as an IDF soldier wearing an IDF uniform on social; media.
According to the officials, the accused was arrested on Tuesday evening and has been identified as Gopal Kansare alias Gulab, a resident of Sri Purnal Layout, Dabha. He was detained for impersonating a Major in the Indian Army on various social media platforms.
The tourists, who arrived from Poland on Sunday, were stripped of USD 1,080 near Khayaban-e-Mujahid while en route to Dolmen Mall in Clifton to purchase mobile phone SIM cards, the police stated.
Seven people have been arrested in Delhi for allegedly conducting a "fake" raid against a man living in the DLF Farms area and trying to extort Rs 5 crore from him by impersonating as officers of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED).
Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha hit back at All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Kalyan Chaubey and stated that his "agenda using official IOA stationery for a Special General Meeting (SGM) to be held on October 25 in the national capital is both "both illegal and in v
Brad Pitt's representative has recently spoken out after scammers were arrested for impersonating the actor to defraud women on social media. The Oscar winner, 60, who does not have any official social media accounts, issued a warning through his rep on Sept. 25.
The accused had messaged the victim over whatsapp messenger posing as Bhopal Collector Kaushlendra Vikram Singh and demanded money. The accused had also put up Bhopal Collector's photo as a profile picture of the whatsapp account.
In a joint operation, military intelligence and Maharashtra police arrested a man impersonating an army major for allegedly running a massive fake recruitment racket across several states.
Ahmedabad Crime Branch has arrested a person for scamming people by falsely claiming that he was a higher official of a Central agency, said the officials.
TRAI clarified that it does not initiate communication with customers regarding mobile number disconnection through messages or otherwise. The regulator has not authorized any third-party agency to contact customers for such purposes.
"The accused is a habitual thug who identifies himself in many bogus forms and has operated in a similar manner in the entire the city for last seven months," the Guwahati Commissioner of Police (CP) said.