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Mumbai, April 10 A 72-year-old doctor was conned out of Rs 10 lakh by cyber criminals posing as Mahanagar Gas Limited employees, a police official said on Friday.Dr. Neelkamal Harishchandra Tandon received a call claiming that he had not paid his gas bill, and that his supply would be...

Madhepura (Bihar), April 8 The Bihar Police on Tuesday arrested a husband-wife couple on charges of allegedly defrauding a contractor of Rs 34.74 lakh by posing as senior government officials and promising to secure contracts, officials said on Wednesday.The accused have been identified as...

New Delhi, April 6 Two cyber fraudsters have been arrested for allegedly defrauding a resident of east Delhi by posing as electricity officials, police said on Monday.According to the police, the complainant, Vinod Sharma, a resident of Mansarovar Park, received a call on March 8 from a person...

Thane, April 4 Cyber fraudsters, posing as CBI officers, allegedly cheated a 42-year-old man from Thane district in Maharashtra of Rs 71.1 lakh by threatening to implicate him in a false harassment case, police said on Saturday.According to the police, the victim, a resident of Dombivli...

Mumbai, April 1 – In a concerning case of cyber fraud, a sitting judge of a city court in Mumbai was defrauded of ₹93,000 by cybercriminals who used a malicious customer care application to gain access to his banking details.The 46-year-old judge, stationed at the Small Causes Court, sought...

Mumbai, March 30 A 69-year-old man was cheated of Rs 1.57 crore in a cyber fraud, a Mumbai police official said on Monday.The victim, a resident of Andheri who retired from a private firm, was tricked by a cyber criminal who contacted him in December last year and claimed that he was...

Mumbai, March 28 – The Mumbai Police arrested a man on Saturday, accusing him of cyber-cheating a judge of the Bombay High Court. Acting on a complaint filed by the victim, a 25-year-old from Jamtara, Jharkhand, was taken into custody for allegedly creating fake customer care numbers and...

Hyderabad, March 21 Cyber criminals defrauded an accountant of a private company by impersonating the company's owner, police said on Saturday.The cyber criminals sent a message to the accountant on an instant messaging app in early March, including a picture of a woman and claiming that she...

New Delhi, March 12 The Delhi Police has arrested a Nigerian national for allegedly cheating a resident of Rohini by posing as a foreign traveler carrying a large sum of cash, officials said on Thursday.The accused, identified as Osazuwa Promise (32), was arrested from Greater Noida...

Mumbai, March 6 Mumbai police have arrested a man from Gujarat for his alleged involvement in a cyber fraud case, in which a senior citizen was defrauded of Rs 2.25 crore after being threatened with arrest in a fake terrorism-related investigation, an official said on Friday.The accused...

New Delhi, March 3 The Delhi Police have arrested three men and brought a woman under preventive detention in connection with an alleged cyber fraud module that cheated a grocery shop owner in northwest Delhi of Rs 17 lakh by posing as stock market investors, an official said on Tuesday.The...

Dehradun, February 22 A 70-year-old woman in Dehradun has allegedly been defrauded of over Rs 3 crore by cyber fraudsters, who posed as CBI officers and kept her under "digital arrest," police said on Sunday.They said that based on the woman's complaint, a case was registered at the Cyber...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 13 Two individuals were arrested on Friday for allegedly stealing a mobile phone and transferring money from the owner's bank account after accessing his UPI account, police said.The accused have been identified as Harikrishnan (28) from West Kallada in Kollam...