Mysore/Mysuru: Three persons including two students have been duped of Rs. 61,837 by online fraudsters. While the students were cheated after luring them into investing by promising high profits, another person was cheated on the pretext of getting his PAN card updated. The students, who have been duped are 23-year-old P. Ganesh of Vijayanagar 3rd…
Man arrested for sedating woman, clicking her photos
March 9, 2023He was blackmailing her and had uploaded her photos on his WhatsApp status Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru District Cyber Economic and Narcotics Crime (CEN) Police have arrested a man on charges of clicking private photos of a woman after making her drink sedative-laced juice and then uploading the photo to his WhatsApp status. The accused has been…
Online fraud: Miscreant cheats house owner of Rs. 2.40 lakh in the guise of Army man
February 25, 2023Engineer 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…









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