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Hyderabad: After last year’s crackdown on illegal instant loan apps and the Chinese angle coming to light, many of the loan fraudsters appear to have shifted to the Philippines and Nepal to hide their Chinese identity, preliminary investigations by the police into a few fresh cases indicated. “In recent days, we received a few complaints […]
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Hyderabad: It is not just the victims in cybercrime cases who are finding their purses getting thinner. Cops investigating a majority of cybercrime cases are seeing their budgets being wiped out faster than ever. The increase in cybercrime cases, officials say, is costing a bomb to the police with huge amounts being spent for identifying […]
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Hyderabad: Have you been facing problems with your SIM card of late? Is it playing spoilsport with no network, as if it has been blocked, with no calls or messages possible at all? Better report the issue immediately to your service provider. According to the police, chances are high that fraudsters have submitted forged identity […]
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Hyderabad: The Cybercrime police have booked a case against a man for making offensive comments against Hindu deities and hurting sentiments of the community. The man, Srinath Chowdhary, identified by his social media accounts, made the comments a few days ago, after which actor Karate Kalyani lodged a complaint with the Hyderabad Cybercrime police. Efforts […]
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Hyderabad: The punters are back. With the cricket fever reaching a feverish pitch with the Indian Premier League (IPL) beginning, cricket betting gangs, both local and interstate, are back in business with organisers luring mostly students, private employees and jobless youths. This is that time of the year when the police too are busy carrying […]
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Hyderabad: Cybercriminals beware! From the home of IT in Hyderabad, where everything starts with cyber, a growing young and enthusiastic army of cyber warriors are training hard to fight the crooks of the cyber world. The initiative, one that has been rightly named Digital Literacy to Secure Youth (DiLSey), is already a hit among schools […]
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Hyderabad: Our civilisation is built upon our ability to distinguish facts from fiction. What would happen to our communities, our businesses, and our government if we couldn’t trust what we read, heard or saw? Right now, we are in a time where sensationalism is rewarded because it attracts attention and manipulates beliefs and drives people […]
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Hyderabad: A complaint was lodged with the Rachakonda Cybercrime police against unidentified persons for posting derogatory comments against Chief Minister K.Chandrashekhar Rao on social media. The complainant, V Ram Narasimha Goud, in his complaint alleged that comments were being made from a fake ID named ‘Chalo Delhi’ on Facebook. Based on the complaint, the Cybercrime […]
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Hyderabad: A city-based man was duped of Rs.40 lakh by cyber fraudsters on a matrimony site. The victim came in contact with a woman on the website and befriended her. She told him she was settled in Europe and would soon be visiting India when they would be marrying. The woman, through WhatsApp and Facebook […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cybercrime police have booked a case against unknown persons who sent an email to the Board of Control for Cricket in India on behalf of the audit department alleging irregularities in Hyderabad Cricket Association. In the complaint made by an official from the Accountant General’s Office – Hyderabad, it was stated that […]
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Warangal: Subedari police along with the Cybercrime wing of Warangal police commissionerate arrested a couple from Sector 32 of Dwarka locality in New Delhi on March 9 on the charges of cheating a man to the tune of Rs 1.17 crore. The police have brought them to Warangal on transit warrant after producing them before […]
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Hyderabad: City Police Commissioner CV Anand on Monday visited the Hyderabad Central Crime Station and reviewed the cases under investigation. In a meeting with officials, the Commissioner asked them to stress on timely investigation and disposal of the cases to minimize pendency. With regard to narcotics cases, he felt there was an urgent need for […]
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Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao has lodged a complaint with Hyderabad Cybercrime officials alleging that unidentified persons posted on social media a morphed picture of him along with Sangareddy Congress MLA Jayaprakash Reddy and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao with a caption saying the Congress leaders were supporting KCR. In his complaint, Hanumantha […]
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Hyderabad: After duping victims of their money, the notorious KBC lottery fraudsters are now putting them at risk of facing criminal cases as well. According to police, fraudsters are now asking people to buy two SIM cards of a particular telecom service provider. After the victims get the SIM card and insert them in the […]
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Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Cybercrime police arrested nine persons from Wanaparthy, belonging to an interstate gang from Dhanbad of Jharkhand who are allegedly involved in bank loan frauds here on Friday. The arrested persons are K.Raju, K.Santhosh, E.Ganesh, M.Venkatesh, K.Raju, D.Srinivasulu, K.Harilal, K.Ganesh and M.Ganesh. All are residents of Wanaparthy district. According to the police, the […]
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Hyderabad: Two persons, who duped a city-based woman of Rs 1.2 crore on the pretext of online investment in the share market, were arrested by the Hyderabad Cybercrime police on Thursday. The police seized debit cards, three mobile phones and Rs 1 lakh. The arrested persons were Rajat Patheriya and Ashwin Badare, both natives of […]
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According to the National Crime Records Bureau, there is a 400 per cent increase in cybercrime against children in 2020 in comparison to the previous year, with a majority of them related to publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit acts. Today’s children and teens are growing up in a digitally connected […]
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Karimnagar: Though the overall crime rate in Karimnagar police commissionerate limits declined in 2021, cybercrime has become a big problem for the cops. Besides online banking fraud, cheating in the name of OTP, OLX and harassing women and students on Facebook and Whatsapp have increased. Fraudsters from Jamtara of Jharkhand and Bharatpur of Rajasthan have […]
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Hyderabad: Social media is a very powerful means of freedom of speech and expression. It has become a voice for the voiceless and has been an incredible tool for empowering women to speak, express and promote their ideas that benefit the larger society. At the same time, it’s a place for sexist, racist, homophobic, and […]
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Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police booked 3,854 cases against cyber fraudsters this year as against 1,212 the previous year. A total of 164 persons were arrested by the police for their involvement in the offences. Cyberabad Police Commissioner Stephen Raveendra said cybercrime cases were witnessing an increase in view of people switching over to online transactions […]
