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Hyderabad cybercrime police arrested two men for cheating a 52-year-old woman of Rs 3.79 lakh by luring her into an online trading scam through WhatsApp. The suspects provided bank accounts to fraudsters. Efforts are on to catch others involved

 A man has approached the Cyberabad Cybercrime police alleging he was duped to the tune of Rs 1.16 crore by cyber fraudsters who promised him huge returns in online trading

Gurjot Singh reportedly involved in as many as 16 investment fraud cases across India, including two cases in Telangana

The 47-year-old private employee was recently added to a Telegram group by unidentified persons, where he was contacted by a woman claiming to show huge returns for investment in ‘Bitcoins’ and also offered him guidance and tips for the same.

The victim had posted an advertisement on ‘Quikr App’, and received a call from a person who claimed to be working with the army. The man told the woman that his accountant will get in touch with her for further transactions.

The student was searching to buy avocados online and came across a supplier from Vijayawada. However, he was instead contacted by cyber fraudsters who claimed to be representatives of the fruit export company

The complainant, who is a private employee, was planning to visit Srisailam temple, therefore contacted a number given on a fake website related to a guest house

The Hyderabad Cybercrime police nabbed three persons from Delhi on charges of cheating customers by selling fake soaps of branded companies

The complainant received a message on his WhatsApp stating that loans would be sanctioned at a very low interest rate within a couple of hours, subject to eligibility

According to available information, the techie—an active investor in the US stock market—discovered his identity had been stolen after noticing multiple wire transactions made over a span of two weeks. His suspicion was first triggered by emails indicating that new accounts had been opened in his name. 1/2

The arrested person is P Srinivas Reddy (41), a private employee from Tilaknagar. He is allegedly involved in stock trading fraud cases at five places across the country.

According to the cybercrime police, the suspect targeted job aspirants through Telegram app and offered high paying jobs in reputed software companies.

The arrested Ranjit Kumar (42), a software professional, and a resident of Bihar had supplied accounts to the fraudsters in exchange for a commission.

The fraudsters made the victim transfer the money within ten days under the pretext of registration, security deposit, no-objection certificate, etc., promising to provide a Kia Motors dealership.

The arrested suspect was identified as Vyas Rutvik Smital Kumar (26) from Ahmedabad in Gujarat. He is involved in 80 cases across India including 11 cases in Telangana.

According to the police, the suspect specifically targeted elderly victims by exploiting issues with their internet connection

The accounts were later used by fraudsters to con people and get the money transferred into it

Based on the complaints, the Cybercrime Police booked cases and followed it up with the banks concerned and ensured the money was ‘Put on Hold'

Naveen collected huge money from the victims and cheated them

Arrested persons are Harpal Singh (54), a home loan consultant from Ahmedabad and Saiyad Aiyub Bhai (50), a property dealer from Surat