Mysore/Mysuru: Cyber criminals in the guise of increasing the credit card limit of a man have cheated him of Rs. 1.70 lakh. On Apr. 4 at about 1.43 pm, the man, a potter by profession, was travelling in a bus from Kirugaval to Mysuru when he received a message on his mobile phone from an…

Mysore/Mysuru: Cyber criminals, who lured a senior citizen into online trading by promising high returns for his investment, have cheated him of Rs. 7.50 lakh. According to the complaint, on Jan. 30, the mobile phone number of the 80-year-old retired employee was added to a WhatsApp group where information pertaining to primary marketing stocks was…

Mysore/Mysuru: A student has lost Rs. 2.03 lakh to cyber criminals in city and a case has been registered at Alanahalli Police Station in this regard. According to the complaint lodged by the 21-year-old student on Feb. 3, he had come across a business proposal advertisement on social media and on contacting the number provided…

Mysore/Mysuru: Cyber criminals posing as a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Officer and Bandra Police have duped a resident of Vijayanagar, Mysuru, of Rs. 82.10 lakh, threatening him with money laundering charges. The victim, Mahesh (name changed), received a call from Mob: 91051-46956. The caller, identifying himself as M.V. Amith Shyam, Public Relations Officer…