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A 60-year-old man from Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, was cheated of over Rs 57 lakh by cyber fraudsters posing as investment advisors. The scam was carried out via a fake online trading platform discovered through an Instagram advertisement. A complaint was filed.

A 35-year-old Hyderabad man lost Rs. 1.1 lakh to cyber fraudsters who lured him with a fake high-paying job offer on WhatsApp. The scammers stopped responding after collecting the money under the guise of processing and investment fees

Management asks victims to lodge complaints with Singareni vigilance department; Rs 10,000 reward to be given to those who disclose details about fraudulent people

In November 2024, the gang extorted a man from the city to the tune of Rs 3.5 lakh

They took cars from people on the pretext of lease and made initial payments to gain their trust. Later, they sold them to car dealers in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh at throw away rates

Indigenously-developed system to identify and block international spoofed calls that display Indian mobile numbers has significantly brought down such calls to about 4 lakh per day

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

Police sources have denied any connections with terrorist or suspected modules.

As per available information, the victim, who is a private employee, recently received a text message to his mobile phone followed by a link. Believing it to be a reward notification from his RBL Credit Card, he opened the link and filled up all the requisite details

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

Shikha Goel, Director of TGSCB said that seven Cyber Crime Police Stations were established in the State and are functioning since 2024. The teams have been working out clues in identifying, tracking, and locating the cyber criminals involved.

The victim went to the bank, broke fixed deposits, mutual funds as well as savings and deposited the amount in the given account number through RTGS

These scams follow a specific modus operandi in which fraudsters impersonate law enforcement officials and use video calls to convince victims that they are involved in criminal activities and must answer to the law. Out of fear of repercussions, victims often succumb to the empty threats of these scammers.

The cyber fraudsters typically target vulnerable individuals, including senior citizens, by pretending to be officials from agencies like the police or tax departments

Hyderabad Police Commissioner CV Anand appreciated the efforts and proactive response of the bank officials and cybercrime staff in preventing the fraud and saving the victims and felicitated them.

Superintendent of Police D Uday Kumar Reddy called upon people buying land to be cautious. He suggested them to check the documents and field multiple times before going for registration.

The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) along with Wanaparthy police caught an eight member gang who were cheating people on pretext of providing loans under the PM Vishwakarma community loan and other welfare schemes.

The unidentified persons contacted Kamble Venkatesh of Elegaon village in Bhainsa over phone and said they had detained his daughter when she was peddling drugs.

The unidentified persons contacted Kamble Venkatesh of Elegaon village in Bhainsa over phone and said they had detained his daughter when she was peddling drugs. They then threatened to kill his daughter if he did not meet them within 10 minutes.

SP B Rohith Raju informed that the gang was duping the youths promising junior assistant, clerk, dependent jobs in SCCL, Group-2 post of assistant commercial tax officer (ACTO) as well as handling transfers of government employees, since 2018.