Cyber Fraud: A trap like a spider’s web
People of all ages — men and women alike — are falling prey to these fraudsters.
People of all ages — men and women alike — are falling prey to these fraudsters.
Police identified the arrested men as Janak, Dinesh Kumar, and Pawan Kumar.
While impersonating Naresh Gujral, the scammer communicated with the employee of his staff and eventually shared a bank account number, asking to transfer ₹7.8 crore via RTGS.
Ludhiana Police have uncovered a large international cyber fraud operation allegedly run through illegal call centres targeting foreign nationals using fake tech support scams.
The Delhi Police have busted an organised interstate cyber fraud syndicate involved in cheating people on the pretext of providing overseas jobs and visa services, police said on Friday.
Within a span of hardly eight hours, two separate incidents of cyber fraud and money-loot at two ATM counters of a nationalised bank in Survey Park and Howrah respectively since Friday night once again exposed how safety and security systems at ATM counters are not properly monitored in the state.
The state police arrested three more accused in the alleged cyber fraud racket, who all belong to the infamous Jamtara gang.
The woman, residing in Dattatreya Nagar, received a call from a number showing State Bank of India's name on the caller ID.
Haryana Police ranked first in the country in preventing cyber fraud in 2024. Haryana Police saved about Rs 268.40 crore from cybercriminals as compared to Rs 76.85 crore in 2023. Thus, three times more money was saved from cybercriminals in 2024 as compared to 2023 and five times more than in 2022, said the Haryana Police in a statement.
In a major drive against the cyber fraud cases, Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has arrested 13 persons from five different police station areas and seven FIRs have been lodged.
