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Caller, posing as CBI official, threatens complainant by saying money-laundering case had been filed against him

An amount of Rs.17.25 crore was swindled by fraudsters into their accounts through different types of cybercrime. The district police's cybercrime wing has prevented diversion of swindled money worth Rs 2.44 crore by freezing the bank accounts concerned, according to officials.

DSP Venugopal Reddy suggests victims to register a complaint within minutes after losing the amount by calling 1930 or by raising a complaint on cybercrime.gov.in.

CM Revanth reddy directs officials to set a pre-condition to filmmakers to provide a video of one or two minutes duration to the government to promote awareness on drugs and cybercrime when they approach the government to hike ticket prices.

The 31 year-old complainant from Amberpet working for a reputed software firm lost Rs. 18 lakh to a cyber fraudster who impersonated as an executive of a courier agency.

Crackdown follows a complaint from a victim, who was lured into a WhatsApp group promising cash for social media interactions

A 28 years-old man from Hyderabad was duped of over Rs. 5 lakhs by fraudsters who assured him of huge profits on investments in stock market.

A case under Section 506 and 507 of IPC is registered against him in October 2023.

The police advised the citizens to remain vigilant and take proactive measures to safeguard themselves against cyber fraud.

It was followed by trading fraud with Rs 110 crore and the remaining amount was lost in 24 other modus operandis.

The cybercrime police during their investigation found that about 50 persons in Karimnagar, Nalgonda, Hyderabad, Jagtial, Guntur and Rajahmundry districts along with Khammam were cheated by the accused

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.

Awareness was sought to be created on investment fraud, stock trading fraud, OTP (one-time password) fraud and social media fraud among others.

“It was for the first time these cases were handled and money refunded to victims,” said the official.

The Telangana Police, in the advisory, has asked people to be careful and avoid accepting or believing calls from unknown numbers

Cyberabad cybercrime police arrested three persons on charges of cheating people on pretext of fake franchise of ITC Company

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.

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.

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

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