Loses Rs. 1.6 crore to conmen posing as Mumbai Police officials Mysuru: Cyber criminals have devised a new strategy of swindling money from senior citizens by claiming that their phone number has been used to disseminate obscene advertisements and harassing messages. Mysuru’s Cybercrime, Economic Offences and Narcotics (CEN) Police Station have registered a case after…
Mysuru: Online fraudsters have defrauded a bank employee of Rs. 10.66 lakh under the guise of cancelling a new credit card process. The victim, identified as Harish (name changed), a resident of Kalyangiri, Mysuru, lost Rs. 10,66,717 in a series of unauthorised transactions from his bank accounts. The scam occurred on Thursday around 4.30 pm…
Mysuru: Online fraudsters have cheated a man to the tune of Rs. 30.85 lakh on the pretext of online trading. The man who lost his money is Roopesh (name changed), a resident of Yadavagiri in city. Roopesh, who saw an advertisement pertaining to online trading of Facebook, clicked on the advertisement following which his mobile…
Mysuru: Online fraudsters, who lured a youth by offering part time job, made him invest Rs. 30.49 lakh by promising good returns and have cheated the youth. The youth, who lost his money, is Shekar (name changed), a marketing executive and a resident of Ramakrishnanagar in city. On Aug. 30, Shekar saw a part time…
Mysore/Mysuru: Miscreants in the guise of Police have made a vain bid to extort money from a businessman and a case has been registered at city’s CEN Police Station. On July 30 at about 3.30 pm, businessman Shekar (name changed), a resident of Ramakrishnanagar, got a call on his mobile phone and when he received…
Mysore/Mysuru: A retired person, who was lured into online trading business has lost over Rs. One crore to the fraudster. The retired person, who lost his money is 59-year-old Mahesh (name changed), a resident of Kuvempunagar in city. Mahesh, who was browsing his Facebook page on June 17, came across an online trading advertisement and…
Mysore/Mysuru: An incident of a woman being cheated of Rs. 10.50 lakh in an online trading fraud has been reported from Bogadi in city recently. The Police said that the woman was offered a part time job and was later lured to invest in online trading promising more profit and was cheated. On July 1,…
Mysore/Mysuru: A retired official has lost Rs. 66 lakh in fake share market. The retired official, who lost his money, is Rajesh (name changed), a resident of Vijayanagar in city. About two months ago, Rajesh came across an advertisement pertaining to training on Facebook and clicked on the link and Rajesh’s mobile number was immediately…
Another four victims from city lost Rs. 20 lakh on June 21 Mysore/Mysuru: In the biggest cybercrime reported in Mysuru to date, a businessman lost Rs. 2.96 crore to online fraudsters. Following the serious crime, the Police have advised the public to be aware of the investment scam and asked them to avoid suspicious links,…
Mysore/Mysuru: In a concerning trend, cybercriminals are increasingly targeting not only the less educated but also highly educated individuals, exploiting new tactics to lure victims with promises of high investment returns, enticing offers in online trading and cryptocurrency ventures. In the latest case of cyber fraud, an engineer hailing from Mysuru city fell victim to…
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