"cyberfraud"

A 63-year-old Hyderabad resident lost Rs 43 lakh after fraudsters lured him with a fake Axis Bank IPO offer on WhatsApp. Police arrested one suspect, linked to 19 cases nationwide, for supplying bank accounts to the fraud network

Rajapet Tahsildar Damodar, who fell victim to the fraudster, had received the call from the purported ACB official on Saturday, accusing him of involvement in corrupt practices and threatening him of action

The complainant received a message on his social media account from the suspect claiming to be an investor offering assistance with financial trading.

Police said the fraudsters with the help of several bank accounts, as per their well-orchestrated plan, impersonated as organizers of reputed companies with lucrative returns on the investments

Fake message warns IPPB customers that their bank accounts will be blocked if PAN card details are not updated

Cybercriminals creating fake platforms that offer premium services, including accommodations and special VIP bathing arrangements, to extort money

A 37-year-old man fell victim to cyber fraud when scammers contacted him with promises of high returns in stock trading. The fraudsters convinced him to transfer a total of ₹7,25,000 in installments to bank accounts they provided.

The victim, a 53-year-old woman, received a phone call from a person who claimed to be an executive working with Union Bank of India (UBI), and offered to update her credit card and increase the limit to Rs. 5 lakh.

The victim received a phone call from an unknown person who claimed to an executive manager at FedEx Company. The caller informed him that a parcel containing diabetic drugs and 100 grams MDMA drug was dispatched by the victim to some person in Iran

“There is nothing like digital arrest in the law. If anybody tells you that you are digitally arrested, please report it to the cyber crime wing or the nearest police station immediately,” he advised

K. Narasimha, DCP (Crimes), Cyberabad said the gang whose members are aged in early twenties operated in groups. While some resided in Hyderabad, others operated from Rajasthan.

The Hyderabad cybercrime police blocked the transfer of Rs.28.07 lakh belonging to four persons who were conned into transferring the money to cyber fraudsters.

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.

Superintendent of Police Akhil Mahajan said the Chinese firm, which set up a call center in Cambodia, was committing cybercrimes such as job frauds, lottery frauds and others by calling Indian phone numbers.

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

QR phishing or simply 'quishing' is a social engineering phishing attack that will manipulate victims into scanning QR codes which will redirect them to bogus or fake websites.