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Sex workers reportedly luring customers online; According to the police, many people complained receiving random WhatsApp messages or SMSes from unknown numbers, offering ‘friendship chats’ or ‘fun video calls
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Cybercrime police have been receiving several complaints of cheating in the name of oxygen equipment, beds, ambulance and medicines
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Hyderabad: A woman, who posted her profile on a matrimonial site, was duped of Rs 10.50 lakh. According to the police, the woman, a resident of Begumpet, had posted her profile on a matrimonial website a few months ago, after which one person, claiming to be working in the United States, contacted her. After chatting […]
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Cops advise people to crosscheck request before transferring money
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Although many impersonators are harmless, many focus on defamation and extorting money
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A message was making the rounds on WhatsApp about a call from ‘912250041117’, which says answering calls from that number could result in the phone getting hacked
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Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Police on Friday arrested a man on charges of cheating people in the guise of investments in US dollars. The arrested was identified as P Vamshidhar Reddy (30), a trader from KPHB 7th Phase. Two suspects, Devaraj Reddy and Mohd Subhan, both from Kukatpally, are absconding. According to the Cybercrime police, the […]
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Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Cybercrime police on Friday arrested a youngster K Taraka Mahesh (23), an auto-rickshaw driver from Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, on charges of harassing his transgender wife on Facebook. The victim who is a resident of L B Nagar became friends with Mahesh on the social media in 2018 and eventually both got married […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cybercrime police arrested two more persons in connection with the online trading fraud wherein a victim lost Rs 1.2 crore. So far, five persons have been arrested in the case. The victim had approached police on March 1 stating that she received a message from a Facebook ID ‘Sakshi Mehta’, who introduced […]
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The Cybercrime police suspect that gangs from North India or Nigeria could be behind the fraud
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According to the police, the victim had received a phone call from a woman who introduced herself as an executive working with an insurance policies brokerage firm.
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Based on a complaint, the Cybercrime police booked a case and with the help of technical clues identified and nabbed him
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According to the police, the doctor received a call from an unidentified person promising to arrange a job for her with a salary of Rs 85,000 in a corporate hospital and asked her to pay Rs 70,000 towards processing fee
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The arrested was Kumar Rajvansh (49), a businessman from Chandapura in Bengaluru
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The arrested person was B Sai Kiran (19), a degree student from Dhanwada in Mahabubnagar
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According to the police, the victim, Suresh of SR Nagar, had initially invested Rs 2 lakh in a company after coming to know about it through one of his friends.
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Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Cybercrime police on Monday busted an e-commerce fraud gang and arrested 10 persons, including five from Mancherial, for cheating people by sending gift scratch cards and application letters in the name of popular e-commerce and telemarketing companies. The arrested persons were Tarun Kumar from Bihar, Prabhakar Kumar Sinha from Jharkhand, Kamlesh Dubey […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cybercrime police on Saturday caught a youngster from Mumbai on charges of harassing a minor girl from the city on social media. Sources said Amir Ahmed Khan (22), who works for a footwear manufacturing company, became close with the 15-year-old girl on a dating app. They exchanged phone numbers and continued chatting […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cybercrime police arrested four persons including directors of two financing firms from Bengaluru on charges of lending instant loans and harassing customers here on Saturday. The arrested persons were Niranjan Umapathy, director of Water Elephant Financial Services Pvt Limited and Beadwallet Technologies Pvt Ltd; Yeshi Gyatso, director of Beadwallet Technologies Pvt Ltd; […]
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The arrested person was identified as K Bharath (22), an unemployed youth from Pocharam village in Ranga Reddy district
