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Whenever, a customer contacted him, he deputed the boys for events but once the function was over, he would demand extra payment than the amount agreed beforehand.
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Awareness was sought to be created on investment fraud, stock trading fraud, OTP (one-time password) fraud and social media fraud among others.
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“It was for the first time these cases were handled and money refunded to victims,” said the official.
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The Telangana Police, in the advisory, has asked people to be careful and avoid accepting or believing calls from unknown numbers
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Cyberabad cybercrime police arrested three persons on charges of cheating people on pretext of fake franchise of ITC Company
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Mohammed Soheib Bablu Khan, a resident of Mumbai, had provided bank accounts to cyber fraudsters who were cheating the public on the pretext of work from home job.
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The arrested persons, Johny J and M Samuel, contacted the victims through Telegram app on pretext of part-time job and offered the task to ‘like and subscribe’ links that they shared with them.
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Cyber fraudsters are finding new ways to avoid being caught by police and more ways of diverting the money received from the victims so that they can safely convert the fraud amount and escape the clutches of law
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In a statement Khammam ACP (Cybercrime) Shankar said that so far 550 lost phones worth around Rs 30 lakh have been blocked, traced and handed over to the rightful owners through the CEIR portal in the district
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The cyber fraudsters after obtaining the database of those keen on investing in the share market are contacting them through WhatsApp and directing them to telegram groups or website.
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Shruthi Mayur Bafna, a resident of Hyderabad helped fraudsters by providing her bank accounts details. The fraudsters in turn provided the bank details to unsuspecting victims of investment fraud and asked them to transfer the money
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The six persons were accused in 24 different cybercrime cases in Sangareddy district under different police station limits
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QR phishing or simply 'quishing' is a social engineering phishing attack that will manipulate victims into scanning QR codes which will redirect them to bogus or fake websites.
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Cybercrime wing of the Cyberabad police had successfully 'put on hold' an amount of Rs. 1.49 crores in various bank accounts in 39 cases
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TSCSB said numerous scams were detected where cybercriminals are sending QR codes and APK files under the pretext of prasad, pooja, and donations, along with fake links on WhatsApp
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In this nefarious fraud, fraudsters/hackers manipulate and divert calls and messages of victims to specific numbers to obtain OTPs and then log into their WhatsApp accounts.
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Singh is allegedly involved in 277 cybercrime cases across the country.
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Telangana DGP Ravi Gupta advised police officials to take special measures to ensure safety of people and traffic management
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Though there was decline in murder, rape and missing cases, cheating cases shoot up to 613 from 454.
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Nizamabad CP Kiran Kumar said the about 1,070 case of offences, including rape, kidnapping, rioting , murder and physical attacks were registered in the commissionerate limits.
