90-year-old ex-judge duped of Rs 2.5 crore in digital arrest scam
A 90-year-old former district judge in Jaipur was cheated of Rs 2.5 crore after being kept under 'digital arrest' for 15 days. The fraud was uncovered when an SBI bank manager grew…
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Tamil Nadu arrests 837 in mule account cybercrime drive
Tamil Nadu Police arrested 837 people in a 48-hour operation targeting mule bank accounts used to route cyber fraud proceeds, The Hindu reports. The drive, launched on August 6 by the Cyber…
Japanese woman arrested for cancelling Rs 258 crore online orders
Japanese police arrested Mayu Yoshida, 32, for placing over 2,000 fake online orders for Naruto and One Piece merchandise worth 4.3 billion yen (approx Rs 258 crore) and then cancelling them. She…
Myanmar parliament passes law allowing death for cyber scam operators
Myanmar's military-backed parliament on Tuesday approved the Anti-Online Scam Bill, which authorises the death penalty for detaining or violently coercing people into working in scam centres. Union Parliament Speaker Aung Lin Dwe…
Four Including Nigerian Held for Rs 1.46 Lakh Scam
Delhi Police busted a cyber syndicate that cheated a man of Rs 1.46 lakh by promising a foreign parcel containing US dollars and gold. Four people, including a 22-year-old Nigerian national Simeon…
Farmer loses Rs 6.3 lakh in Facebook scam; woman duped over milk
A farmer in Rajkot, Gujarat, lost Rs 6.31 lakh after accepting a Facebook friend request from a woman who claimed to be a single mother from Ghana, India Today reports. The woman…
ICICI Bank ordered to refund Rs 5.18 lakh in FedEx scam
The Nagpur District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered ICICI Bank to refund over Rs 5.18 lakh with 9% annual interest to a woman who lost Rs 6.93 lakh in a FedEx…
CBI, Mumbai Police Arrest 16 in Separate Cyber Fraud Cases
The CBI has arrested four people in Punjab and Delhi for allegedly running a tech-support fraud network targeting US citizens. The agency said the suspects posed as Microsoft, bank and law enforcement…
Bengaluru man loses Rs 4.59 lakh in fake marble deal
A 50-year-old Bengaluru man lost Rs 4.59 lakh after fraudsters allegedly posed as Rajasthan marble traders, The Times of India reports. Abdul Salam, from Jayanagar’s Byrasandra, said he met a woman called…
Police crack two mule-account networks tied to cyber fraud
Delhi Police arrested two Jodhpur men accused of supplying mule bank accounts to cyber fraud syndicates. The arrests followed a complaint from a man who lost Rs 2.84 lakh in a part-time…
