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The woman became friends on Instagram with a man, the police said. (Representational)

Gurugram:

A woman was allegedly duped of Rs 1.46 lakh by a person she befriended on a social media platform in a customs fraud case, officials said on Wednesday.

The woman was asked to make mandatory payments to fraudsters posing as customs department officials to receive a gift from abroad, they said.

According to the police complaint, the woman became friends on Instagram with a man, who claimed that he lived in Europe and wanted to learn Hindi.

Some days later, the man said he wanted to send her some gifts from his country. Even though she refused, the man said that he had sent the gift and it will arrive soon, she said in the complaint.

After this, the woman got a call but she could not understand the language of the caller. The woman, then, received a message saying a package from one “Calais Eric” would be arriving for her at the Mumbai International Airport.

“It was also said that the package is ready for delivery. For this, the customs department will have to pay Rs 50,000 as clearance fee. When I refused, I was told that it could not be returned. After depositing the clearance fee, Rs 96,000 were demanded in the name of insurance and income tax,” the complainant said.

After she deposited the amount, they demanded Rs 1.70 lakh more. This is when she approached police, the woman said in her complaint.

Following the complaint, an FIR was registered under relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Cybercrime (south) Police Station on Tuesday. A senior cyber police officer said that they are investigating the matter.

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75-Year-Old Loses Rs 13 Crore In Telangana’s Biggest Cyber Fraud https://artifexnews.net/75-year-old-loses-rs-13-crore-in-telanganas-biggest-cyber-fraud-6483728rand29/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:49:44 +0000 https://artifexnews.net/75-year-old-loses-rs-13-crore-in-telanganas-biggest-cyber-fraud-6483728rand29/ Read More “75-Year-Old Loses Rs 13 Crore In Telangana’s Biggest Cyber Fraud” »

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He has filed a complaint with Telangana’s Cyber Security Bureau.

Hyderabad:

In what may turn out to be the biggest cyber financial fraud from an individual reported to Telangana’s Cyber Security Bureau, a 75-year-old man has lost Rs 13 crore. The victim had retired as a senior manager of a public sector unit.

Sources said the man had reportedly received a proposal for investment through WhatsApp on July 1 and within 10 days, he had invested Rs 4 crore, lured by the impressive profits projected by the scammers.

When his account showed Rs 10 crore, he wanted to withdraw. Then he was told that he would need to pay GST, CGST, conversion tax, foreign exchange tax and so on, and he ended up paying up another Rs 9 crores within 15 days, hoping to recover his investment money and the “returns” he had made.

To make these investments, he had withdrawn money from mutual funds and other savings and transferred it through his own bank account.

It was only after about 50 days that he realised that he had been defrauded.

On Monday, he went to the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau to file a complaint.

But the delay in reporting the matter left little hope of recovery. Of the total Rs 13 crore that went out of his bank, the police was able to save only Rs 20 lakh.

The amount had been withdrawn through cheques, ATM cards and such from multiple accounts spread across states like Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala. Rs 2 crore was withdrawn from faraway Dubai..

The police are questioning a couple of people in Hyderabad, from where some money had been withdrawn as well.



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Rajasthan IIT Professor ‘Digitally Arrested’ For 12 Days By Scammers, Loses Rs 12 Lakh https://artifexnews.net/rajasthan-iit-professor-digitally-arrested-for-12-days-by-scammers-loses-rs-12-lakh-6340593rand29/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 01:12:11 +0000 https://artifexnews.net/rajasthan-iit-professor-digitally-arrested-for-12-days-by-scammers-loses-rs-12-lakh-6340593rand29/ Read More “Rajasthan IIT Professor ‘Digitally Arrested’ For 12 Days By Scammers, Loses Rs 12 Lakh” »

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The Professor said that she got scared and kept doing whatever they told her to do. (Representational)

Jaipur:

Cyber criminals have duped an IIT Jodhpur professor of nearly Rs 12 lakh after being held under ‘digit arrest’ for 12 days.

The cyber criminals, posing as Mumbai Crime Branch officials, told the victim that she was a suspect in a money laundering case.

A parcel belonging to the woman professor had arrived in Mumbai in which drugs, passport and credit cards had been found. Therefore, she will have to remain under surveillance otherwise she would be arrested, the cyber criminals said.

Sub-Inspector Mahendra Kumar of Karvad police station said: “An incident of digital arrest has been reported with IIT Jodhpur’s Assistant Professor Amrita Puri, the 35-year-old wife of Nitesh Anirav and a resident of Patiala, Punjab.

She currently lives in the IIT campus at Jodhpur.

Professor Amrita in her complaint alleged that she received several calls from different numbers on August 1.

“When I received the call, the caller introduced himself as a policeman,” she said.

The caller told the professor: “A parcel of yours has arrived in Mumbai. Drugs have been found in this parcel. There are also many passports and credit cards. You should report it to Mumbai Cyber ​​Crime Branch. The cyber criminal himself transferred the call to the Cyber branch.”

“There the other person introduced himself as the DCP of Mumbai’s Cyber ​​Crime Branch. He said: “You are trapped in a money laundering case. So you have to cooperate, otherwise you will be arrested and sent to jail.” I got scared and kept doing whatever those people told me to do,” the professor said.

The cyber criminals took control of my mobile phone and kept my camera on, she added.

According to the police, the scammers talked about keeping the professor under constant surveillance.

“The cyber criminals took control of her mobile phone, kept the camera on and shared the screen. Not only this, her laptop was also taken under control through Skype app. The professor could not even contact anyone. Whatever the professor did, it was under the surveillance of the cyber criminals. The professor was put under surveillance from August 1.”

However, the cyber criminals shunted all access as soon as the money was transferred 10 days later, i.e. on August 11, when there was talks of financial verification, following which details of all the professor’s accounts and funds were taken.

On Tuesday, around Rs 11,97,000 were transferred through a cheque to one of the professor’s accounts in Yes Bank through Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS).

As soon as the money was transferred to the cyber criminals, they removed access from all communication devices of the professor.

Later, the professor realised that she had been cheated following which she informed the Cyber police station.

Further investigations are underway.

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How Cyber Thieves Cleaned Out Rs 16.5 Crore From Nainital Bank Noida Branch https://artifexnews.net/rs-16-5-crore-stolen-from-nainital-banks-noida-branch-in-major-cyber-heist-6112347rand29/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 15:04:34 +0000 https://artifexnews.net/rs-16-5-crore-stolen-from-nainital-banks-noida-branch-in-major-cyber-heist-6112347rand29/ Read More “How Cyber Thieves Cleaned Out Rs 16.5 Crore From Nainital Bank Noida Branch” »

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Nainital Bank’s IT manager filed a complaint with the police (File)

New Delhi:

In a major cyber heist, over Rs 16 crore was cleaned out of Nainital Bank’s Noida branch after its servers were hacked and money was transferred to 89 different accounts.

Cybercriminals entered the bank’s Real Time Gross Settlement, or RTGS, channel by hacking the manager’s login credentials and wiped out Rs 16.5 crore between June 16 and June 20.

The bank’s IT manager, Sumit Kumar Srivastava, went to the cyber crime police station and filed a complaint. The balance sheet was being tallied for June when the heist was noticed, Mr Srivastava said in his complaint.

On June 17, the balance sheet was found short of Rs 3,60,94,020 during a regular audit of the RTGS, the complaint said, adding that the fraud was revealed when they could not match the balance sheet for several days. 

“A case has been registered by the IT manager of the Nainital Bank. He said that about Rs 16.5 crore was withdrawn by hacking the manager’s credentials and the bank’s server. This happened between June 16 and June 20. The money was transferred to 89 accounts. A team has been formed to probe the matter,” ACP Cyber Crime Vivek Ranjan Rai told NDTV.



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Noida Man Duped Of Rs 35 Lakh By Cyber Thugs, Gets Back Rs 18 Lakh: Cops https://artifexnews.net/noida-man-duped-of-rs-35-lakh-by-cyber-thugs-gets-back-rs-18-lakh-cops-5723950rand29/ Wed, 22 May 2024 19:15:17 +0000 https://artifexnews.net/noida-man-duped-of-rs-35-lakh-by-cyber-thugs-gets-back-rs-18-lakh-cops-5723950rand29/ Read More “Noida Man Duped Of Rs 35 Lakh By Cyber Thugs, Gets Back Rs 18 Lakh: Cops” »

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The Noida man was defrauded on the pretext of investment in the share market. (Representational)

Noida:

Greater Noida resident who was duped of around Rs 35 lakh by cyber thugs has got back Rs 18 lakh, police said on Wednesday.

The 71-year-old resident of Alpha 2 was defrauded on the pretext of investment in the share market, the police said.

A police spokesperson said the senior citizen approached the local Beta 2 police station on March 3 with a complaint about the Rs 35 lakh fraud.

“An FIR was lodged in the case and the matter was taken up for investigation by the cyber cell. Subsequently, Rs 18,16,245 of the victim was returned to his account,” the spokesperson said.

The police said further probe was underway to recover the remaining amount and trace the accused behind the fake share market app. They also urged citizens to be cautious of such cyber crimes which lure people on the pretext of investment or quick money.

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Karnataka Retired Engineer Duped Of Rs 1.6 Crore By Cyber Fraudsters https://artifexnews.net/karnataka-retired-engineer-duped-of-rs-1-6-crore-by-cyber-fraudsters-5628438rand29/ Thu, 09 May 2024 19:53:41 +0000 https://artifexnews.net/karnataka-retired-engineer-duped-of-rs-1-6-crore-by-cyber-fraudsters-5628438rand29/ Read More “Karnataka Retired Engineer Duped Of Rs 1.6 Crore By Cyber Fraudsters” »

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The alleged transactions happened between May 2-6, the police said. (Representational)

Mangaluru:

A retired engineer was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.6 crore by frauds here who asked for “caution money” to ward off a possible probe by a central investigative agency, police said on Thursday.

The accused, posing as employees of an international courier service, claimed that a package the victim sent had incriminating documents and drugs and probe agencies knew of it, they said.

They allegedly asked for “caution deposit” saying it will be returned once the investigation is over, and the victim paid Rs 1.6 crore to them, police added.

The alleged transactions happened between May 2-6 and the matter came to light when the man told his daughter about it.

Police said a case regarding the incident has been registered at the Cyber, Economic and Narcotics Crime Police Station in in Mangaluru city.

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Maharashtra Cabinet Gives Nod For Rs 837 Crore Project To Deal With Cyber Crimes https://artifexnews.net/maharashtra-cabinet-gives-nod-for-rs-837-crore-project-to-deal-with-cyber-crimes-4366736rand29/ Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:30:45 +0000 https://artifexnews.net/maharashtra-cabinet-gives-nod-for-rs-837-crore-project-to-deal-with-cyber-crimes-4366736rand29/ Read More “Maharashtra Cabinet Gives Nod For Rs 837 Crore Project To Deal With Cyber Crimes” »

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The project aims to bring all modern technologies under one umbrella, government said.

Mumbai:

 The Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod for a Rs 837 crore cyber safety project to deal with cyber crimes in the state.

The project aims to bring all modern technologies under one umbrella, which will also include a control and command centre, technology-assisted investigation, a centre of excellence, a Computer Emergency Response Team, a cloud-based data centre, a security operations centre, the government said in a statement.

Under this project, people can register their complaints on a 24×7 call centre, according to the decision passed by the state cabinet.

Cyber crimes will be probed with modern technologies and skilled manpower, which can enable them to investigate the case thoroughly and also ensure conviction, the statement said.

In another decision passed by the cabinet, financially-stressed sugar cooperative factories will get loans from state cooperative banks with the assurance from the state government.

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