Engineer loses Rs. 1,19,960 to fraudster Mysore/Mysuru: A miscreant, in the guise of Army personnel, has cheated a house owner of Rs. 2.40 lakh online on the pretext of giving him advance for the house. The house owner is H.S. Chandan, a Software Engineer and a resident of Hebbal 2nd Stage in city. Chandan had…
Mysureans lost Rs. 14 crore in cyber frauds last year
February 22, 2023Police ask victims to lodge complaints within two hours after the fraud Bengaluru/Mysuru: Mysuru stands second in cyber frauds committed across Karnataka in 2022 and criminals wiped off Rs. 14.07 crore from the bank accounts of victims within seconds after fraudulent access. Bengaluru topped the State with people losing Rs. 266 crore to cybercrimes. The…
Doubling money: Man cheated of Rs. 1.78 lakh online
February 4, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: An online fraudster, who lured a man into investing money by promising to double it, has cheated the man to the tune of Rs. 1.78 lakh. The man, who has been cheated, is 31-year-old J.S. Rajashekar, a resident of Hosabandikeri in K.R. Mohalla. Rajashekar, who came to know about the unidentified man through Telegram…
Online fraud: Three cheated of over Rs. 24 lakh
January 30, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, three persons have been cheated of over Rs. 24 lakh by online fraudsters in city. In the first case, 53-year-old K.L. Kumar, a resident of Rajivnagar 1st Stage, who was told by one Suresh to invest in a company through a website for high returns, has lost Rs. 20 lakh. After…
Online fraud: Two cheated of over Rs. 2 lakh in city
December 18, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, online fraudsters have cheated two persons of over Rs. 2 lakh in city. In the first case, 64-year-old C. Neelakanta, a resident of Saraswathipuram, has been cheated on the pretext of getting him a Jan Aushad Kendra. The fraudster, who called Neelakanta from mobile number 76995-22896, told Neelakanta to fill up…
3 lose money in online fraud
December 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: In the latest incident of online fraud in the city, three persons have together lost Rs. 76,699 to online fraudsters in three separate incidents reported from different parts of the city. In the first incident, K.B. Salim Mallik, 30, a resident of Veene Seshanna Road lost Rs. 26,999 to an online vehicle buying and…
‘Old student’ posing as Customs Officer cheats school teachers
December 10, 2022Teachers from reputed city schools pay lakhs of rupees without even verifying claims Mysore/Mysuru: A man, who posed as a Customs Department Officer and cheated school teachers on the pretext of providing them with seized gold at cheap rates, has been arrested by the Cyber, Economic, and Narcotics Crime (CEN) Police. He claimed that he…
Online fraud: Two cheated of over Rs. 15.04 lakh
December 4, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, two persons have been cheated of over Rs. 15.04 lakh by online fraudsters in city. In the first case, 38-year-old C. Ravindra, a resident of JSS Layout 2nd Stage, who came to know one Mahati via online, was cheated of Rs. 13.82 lakh by the latter on the pretext of providing…
Online fraud: Three cheated of over Rs. 12 lakh in city
November 28, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, three persons have been cheated of over Rs. 12,32,350 by online fraudsters in city. In the first case, a lady lecturer has been cheated of Rs. 60,150 by a miscreant on the pretext of marrying her. The lady lecturer, who has been cheated is 31-year-old Kavya Gurikar, a resident of Vijayanagar…
Online fraud: Elderly persons among three lose over Rs. 8.59 lakh
November 19, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, an elderly man was blackmailed by a lady while miscreants have cheated another senior citizen on the pretext of updating KYC and a student has been cheated by promising huge profit for the investment. In the first case, a 67-year-old man has been cheated to the tune of Rs. 6.50 lakh…
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