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A 45-year-old businessman from the city attracted by an advertisement regarding solar panels posted by cyber fraudsters on social media, contacted for details.

Uttar Pradesh's Director General of Police, Prashant Kumar, stated that digital warriors—a group of social media influencers and college students—will work to raise awareness about cybercrime, combat misinformation, train citizens as cyber trainers, and promote the positive work and initiatives of the police.

A 53-year-old businessman from the city received a WhatsApp message promoting a trading app. After downloading the app, he reached out to its customer service, who suggested depositing money for investments in IPO allotments.

According to officials privy to the developments, the units of Cybercrime police in Hyderabad and districts are also tracking social media activity of fans of Allu Arjun, who are indulging in spreading unverified and malicious posts, especially against Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, after the actor’s arrest

The victim filed a complaint with the Hyderabad Cybercrime police, who are investigating the case.

The malware, disguised as legitimate documents like contracts or promotional materials, is often delivered through password-protected files hosted on platforms such as OneDrive to evade detection, claimed CloudSEK, a cybersecurity firm

On December 10, the victim made a complaint to 1930 call centre and informed that an amount of Rs. 1.90 crore was debited from his bank account

In recent months, there has been an alarming surge in the number of scam calls targeting citizens. Those who are gullible become victims of online frauds and end up losing everything from money to identity.

The cybercrime police helped two victims, one a senior citizen aged 76 years and the other was a 28 year-old woman.

The man had applied for a personal loan and had eventually received a call on WhatsApp from unknown person who claimed to be an executive of ‘Reliance Capital’. The caller then collected details of Aadhaar, PAN card and bank statement.

The arrested are Rahul Dangi and Rahul Bhoi, both residents of Rajasthan.

So far, financial amount of more than Rs 3,431 crore has been saved in more than 9.94 lakh complaints, informs Bandi Sanjay

Driven by a personal grudge over some issue with the victim, the suspect went on to circulate victim’s morphed images through the fake Instagram account.

To mark the occasion, an impressive passing out parade was held at the Academy, which was attended by senior police officers including Telangana State Director General of Police (DGP), Dr Jitender, who was the Chief Guest for the event, along with families of the constables.

A Hyderabad woman, working at a private company, transferred Rs. 1.70 lakh after receiving WhatsApp messages from her superior’s number, believing them to be genuine, said cybercrime officials.

MLC Tatha Madhusudhan said that it was undemocratic that Telangana activist Dileep, who came to the cybercrime police station for questioning as per the orders of the court, was illegally arrested by the police.

The arrested person was identified as Sadakat Khan (37) from Sultanpur in UP. He was arrested on November 2 at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi while returning from Maldives, where he was taking shelter.

According to the Hyderabad Cybercrime police, the victim, aged around 55 years, was charged of involvement in money laundering and threatened of arrest by the fraudsters.

The suspects were identified as Naresh Shinde and Saurangh Shinde, both from Aurangabad in Maharashtra.

Under the Hyderabad Police Commissionerate limits, the cybercrimes incidence has increased by 24 per cent this year. Revealing this, the City Police Commissioner, CV Anand on Wednesday was candid in remarking that cyber-security was no longer just a policing duty.