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The cybercrime police arrested a social worker on charges of posting fake news saying the Telangana police personnel were working as labourers in CM farm house.
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad cybercrime police booked a case against the makers of the Telugu movie “Commitment” for allegedly hurting the sentiments of a particular community. A complaint was made at the Hyderabad Cybercrime police station on Saturday wherein it was alleged that in the movie a few alleged vulgar scenes have been shot against background […]
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Hyderabad: From bank account details to QR Codes, and now even power bills, cunning fraudsters are turning everything they can into fodder to swindle people of their money. Recent cases in the city show that fraudsters are contacting customers posing as employees of the Electricity Board and duping them on the pretext of clearing pending […]
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Hyderabad: Posing as employees from the power department, fraudsters duped a man from Mehdipatnam of Rs. 8.5 lakh. The victim who received a text message from an unknown phone number, which informed him that he had not cleared power bills and the power connection at his house, will be disconnected at night. The man called […]
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Hyderabad: Telugu movie artist ‘Karate’ Kalyani on Friday approached the Hyderabad Cybercrime Police and lodged a complaint against one Syed Sharfuddin Ilyas alleging that during a recent debate on a vernacular channel, he had made derogatory comments against Hindu gods. Kalyani alleged that due to such comments, the sentiments of the community were hurt and […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cybercrime police have registered two cases against local YouTubers on charges of uploading a video clip of the Jubilee Hills gang-rape victim and revealing her identity. The police took suo motu note of the videos after the YouTubers uploaded it and also held debates by calling panelists to discuss the issue. “The […]
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Hyderabad: In yet another cryptocurrency fraud, a city-based businessman lost Rs.10 lakh to fraudsters. The man, a resident of Musheerabad, had got a message on WhatsApp with details of crypto currency trade and a link to join a ‘BTC group’ a week ago. He joined the WhatsApp group through the link and initially invested around […]
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Hyderabad: When the sun shines, there will be many trying to make hay, and that is exactly what is happening as government job prospects for the youth of Telangana are shining bright. Fraudsters are out to cheat those applying for jobs, prompting the police to issue a warning asking job aspirants to be extra vigilant. […]
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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 Rachakonda cybercrime police arrested two persons on charges of cheating people in the guise of online trading on Wednesday. The arrested persons were B. Ravi (36), from Attapur and V.Raghu (35) from Mulugu. Police said Ravi was cheating people through various Multi-Level Marketing schemes with help of his accomplices Veer Singh, Sandeep Singh […]
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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: The Hyderabad Cybercrime police teams are continuing investigation into the Mahesh Cooperative Urban Bank e-fraud case. So far five persons, including three from Bengaluru and two from Delhi, were arrested by the police while scores of others were questioned. Cyber fraudsters had hacked into four bank accounts in different branches of Mahesh Bank and […]
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Hyderabad: The Cybercrime police booked two cases against various persons on charges of morphing the image of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and circulating false messages on social media. The other case was booked against some persons for circulating false information about the Bhagyalaxmi temple at Charminar.
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Hyderabad: A 19 year-old student, pursuing a course in multimedia, who posed as a woman and collected nude videos and pictures of young girls after befriending them on Instagram to later blackmail them, was arrested here. According to the Hyderabad cybercrime police, Palakurthi Ajay (19) of Dilsukhnagar and native of Warangal, befriended a minor girl […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cybercrime police will soon be filing charge sheet in a few more cases registered in regard to the Chinese loan app fraud. A total of 28 cases were booked by the Hyderabad police and 22 persons including some China nationals were arrested in the fraud running into thousands of crores rupees. “Charge […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cybercrime police arrested a Nigerian who allegedly cheated people on pretext of sending gift parcels. The police seized seven mobile phones, two bank accounts pass books and a debit card from him. The man identified as Onyeka Solomon Wisdom alias Simon, (24) a native of Asaba in Nigeria stays in Chanakyapuri in […]
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Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Cybercrime police helped a man, who fell victim to a cyber fraud, to get back Rs.11 lakh that he lost to an online gaming company. In July this year, Syed Asgar Ali had approached the Cybercrime police alleging his eight-year-old grandson had lost Rs.11.5 lakh while playing an online game. A case […]
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Hyderabad: The image of a betel nut chewing, evil looking character behind those shady calls trying to extract your personal data from you is changing. Two recent raids by the Cyberabad Cybercrime Police have revealed that cyber fraudsters have become as sophisticated, organised and entrepreneurial as any other IT firm. From recruiting and training tele-callers […]
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Hyderabad: To be wary of strangers is one of the most valuable lessons while living in the web age. A shady rise in the number of friend requests on Facebook for many people here, mostly from profiles that have display pictures of attractive women and claiming to be from across the border, has prompted Cybercrime […]
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Hyderabad: A complaint was lodged with the cybercrime police in Rachakonda, after a man allegedly received threatening messages on his mobile phone in the name of Maoists. Police sources said the man, a resident of Ramanthapur, was receiving messages from an unknown number claiming to be from Maoists and demanding Rs 5 lakh. They asked […]