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November 21, 2025, 04:18 PM - 2 min read
When the elderly man said he was unable to travel to Mumbai for an inquiry, he was connected via video call to a woman identifying herself as senior officer Kavita Pomane, and later to another person named Vishwas, who claimed to be a higher official. The callers told him the inquiry would be conducted online and allegedly extracted his personal, family and bank details while threatening him with arrest if he disclosed it to anyone, it said.
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November 17, 2025, 12:06 PM - 2 min read
The gang used to send links on social media to get access to victims’ phones. All the money was moved to “mule accounts” so the accused could hide their identity, police said on Sunday.
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November 15, 2025, 05:10 PM - 3 min read
Under this, the defrauded amount, once ‘blocked’ in the bank account, will be returned to the victim directly through Lok Adalat, without needing a long legal process or a lawyer.
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November 7, 2025, 12:19 PM - 2 min read
The MP claimed that around Rs 55 lakh mysteriously disappeared from his main account at SBI’s Kalighat branch, and later investigation revealed that the money had been transferred to the dormant account using forged documents, including a fake photograph and mobile number.
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October 31, 2025, 02:49 PM - 2 min read
According to police sources, Aftab and his associates operated from Tiljala, posing as representatives of technical support services to target unsuspecting individuals in the United States.
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August 14, 2025, 05:04 PM - 2 min read
According to Three Town Circle Inspector Varri Apparao, the victim, Venkateswarlu from RV Nagar, was added to a WhatsApp group in May this year.
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July 16, 2025, 05:46 PM - 3 min read
Chhattisgarh has recorded 1,301 cybercrime cases in the last one-and-a-half years, with victims losing more than Rs 107 crore, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma told the state assembly on Wednesday.
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July 1, 2025, 08:21 PM - 2 min read
Cyber fraudsters have duped a BJP MLA from Jharkhand, making him their latest victim. Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta, the legislator from the Panki constituency, was defrauded of ₹1.27 lakh after being lured into participating in a fake car auction.
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June 25, 2025, 06:09 PM - 2 min read
All the members accused in the case by ED are said to have indulged in cheating the general public through different cyber scams.
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June 7, 2025, 04:51 PM - 2 min read
The video directs people to invest in a scam website, putting innocent individuals at risk of losing money, the Hyderabad MP said in a complaint lodged with the police.
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June 3, 2025, 05:33 PM - 2 min read
The scam networks were closed down during the operation jointly conducted by South Korea, Thailand, Singapore and neighbouring Chinese gambling hub Macao, he said.
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May 28, 2025, 06:02 PM - 3 min read
The scam was uncovered when police routinely checked the seat box of a moped.
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