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Cyberabad Cybercrime police arrested a man from Nalgonda for allegedly posting abusive and defamatory content against actress Anasuya Bharadwaj on social media. The action followed a complaint filed by the actress over repeated online harassment

The Cyberabad Cybercrime officials solved eight cases between February 20 and 26, arresting 11 suspects from different states. Nine of the arrests were linked to online trading fraud.

Cyberabad Cybercrime officials cracked five cases during a week-long operation, arresting 19 offenders, including nine linked to online trading scams. Courts issued 93 refund orders, returning Rs 47.14 lakh to victims. A major case involved an IT employee cheated of Rs 81.55 lakh.

Cyberabad Cybercrime officials solved three fraud cases reported between November 6 and 11, arresting four suspects involved in online trading and smishing scams. A private employee lost Rs 21.9 lakh after being lured through a fake Forex app promoted on Telegram

Police reported that M Ramakrishna (21), a BTech student from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, had been stalking the complainant by using her morphed photos on social media. He allegedly threatened to share the images with her friends and family if she continued to avoid him.

In her complaint to the cops lodged on April 27, Ananya Reddy further alleged that a few channels were also offering mentorship programs in her name and even collecting money.

The arrested person T.Shashank Reddy (24), posed as a female social media influencer and sent a friend request to the victim, who accepted it believing to be genuine.

The main accused, Mutchu Siva, and the third accused, Battagiri Ranga Parthulu were arrested, while Dhanraju was absconding. All three belonged Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. 

M.Stephen Raveendra directed officials to take up special drive to help the victims in getting refund of their lost money, which was seized in the fraudster’s bank accounts.

They were charging Rs.250 per each call received at these illegal call centers and 25% commission on the transaction amount collected by the call centers by cheating foreign nationals.

Hyderabad: Cyber fraudsters are now hacking WhatsApp mobile numbers of Non Resident Indians (NRIs) and sending requests for money to people on their contact lists in the guise of medical emergencies and other needs. According to the police, this new way of cheating by impersonation and fake WhatsApp accounts was becoming very common, with the […]

Cyberabad Cybercrime police say that regardless of connection type, one should always use public Wi-Fi with caution; urge citizens not to use Wi-Fi in public places, particularly for banking purposes

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Cybercrime police caught a person on charges of targeting suspended government employees posing as an official from the Secretariat and demanding money for their reinstatement. He was arrested nine times earlier, police said. B.Suresh Kumar Chary alias Nageswar Rao alias Kumar (48), a milk vendor from Banjara Hills and a native of […]

Several cases of cheating on pretext of job opportunities, mostly in e-commerce companies, being reported

Though these apps initially show high returns for online investments, they can never be withdrawn, police officials warned

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Cybercrime police on Monday busted an e-commerce fraud gang and arrested 10 persons, including five from Mancherial, for cheating people by sending gift scratch cards and application letters in the name of popular e-commerce and telemarketing companies. The arrested persons were Tarun Kumar from Bihar, Prabhakar Kumar Sinha from Jharkhand, Kamlesh Dubey […]

They were suspected to have duped about 2,500 people to the tune of over Rs 7 crore. Police recovered cash, land documents and other material, worth Rs 58 lakh, from them.

Cyberabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar said Nanku asked the victims to add a nominal amount to their Paytm accounts using their credit and debit cards.