Mysuru: Online fraudsters, who had created a fake trading company in the name of a reputed Bank, have cheated a city resident of Rs. 26 lakh. The victim, a 42-year-old resident of Vishweshwaranagar while browsing through his Instagram account, came across an advertisement related to online trading and clicked on the website link provided in…
Rs. 15 lakh cheated in online part-time job
April 12, 2025Mysuru: A city resident has lost Rs. 15 lakh online by investing money in a part-time job, that later turned out to be a scam. According to a complaint lodged at Cyber, Economic and Narcotics (CEN) Crime Police Station in city, a person residing at Kanakadasanagar here received a WhatsApp message from an unknown cell…
Doctor loses over Rs. 17 lakh to online fraudsters
April 7, 2025Mysuru: Online fraudsters have cheated a city doctor of over Rs. 17 lakh and a case has been registered at city’s CEN Crime Police Station. The doctor, a resident of T.K. Layout, while looking for information on demat and trading in Google search engine, clicked on a website link to get more information and also…
Miscreants siphon off Rs. 19 lakh from two Bank accounts
February 18, 2025Mysuru: A total of Rs. 19.30 lakh has been siphoned off from two Bank accounts of a 57-year-old man in city without his knowledge and a case has been registered at city’s CEN Police Station. The victim is Nagaraj (name changed), a resident of Srirampura in city. In his complaint, Nagaraj has stated that Rs….
Woman loses Rs. 5.6 lakh to online fraudster
February 6, 2025Mysuru: A fraudster, who befriended a woman on Facebook, has cheated her to the tune of Rs. 5.6 lakh. The victim is a resident of Gokulam. The fraudster, who befriended the woman, introduced himself as a doctor in UK. He later told the woman that he was sending a gift to her and had also…
Fraudsters cheat man of over Rs. 16 lakh
January 30, 2025Mysuru: Fraudsters, on the pretext of supplying biogas equipment for lesser price have cheated a man of over Rs. 16 lakh in city. The fraudsters, who called the man over the phone, discussed about biogas business and told the man that he would supply biogas equipment for a lesser price. The fraudsters then told that…
Youth loses Rs. 6 lakh to fraudsters
January 17, 2025Mysuru: A youth, who was allegedly lured with the offer of high returns on investment, invested several lakhs of rupees in a company, eventually to be cheated. According to a complaint lodged at Cyber, Economic and Narcotics Crime (CEN) Police Station in city, the victim residing at Aravinda Nagar in the city, had invested Rs….
Online Fraud: Woman accountant loses over Rs. 6 lakh
January 15, 2025Mysuru: Online fraudsters have cheated a woman accountant of over Rs. 6 lakh in city. The woman accountant, who lost her money is Prameela (name changed), a resident of Vijayanagar in city. Prameela received a message on her Telegram App asking her to complete simple tasks to get good profits and ignored the message initially…
Senior citizen falls prey to ‘obscene ads’ fraud call
November 3, 2024Loses 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…
Credit card fraud: Rs. 10.66 lakh swindled from bank employee
October 27, 2024Mysuru: 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…
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