Scam
- Middle East
Key accused in Dubai’s BlueChip Group scam held in India
The prime accused in the Dubai BlueChip Group scam and one of the UAE’s largest investment frauds was arrested in India on November 30 after 18 months. The Indian origin man was…
- Hyderabad
City doctor loses Rs 14.61 crore in one of Telangana’s biggest cyber frauds
Hyderabad: In one of Telangana’s biggest cyber-investment frauds, a Hyderabad doctor was duped of Rs 14.61 crore after cybercriminals, posing as a woman on social media, trapped him in a fake online…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad cybercrime police arrest 2 in pan-India trading fraud
Hyderabad: Cybercrime police arrested two accused of a pan-India trading fraud case after a victim filed a complaint citing a loss of Rs 12.3 lakh. Accused Ravi Kumar Lal, 38, and Shivendra…
- Hyderabad
HMWSSB warns of deceptive drinking water bill scam in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Residents of Hyderabad need to be alert as scammers have designed a new drinking water bill scam to trick them into downloading malicious software. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage…
- Telangana
‘KTR is distorting facts’ says Sridhar Babu on land scam allegations
Hyderabad: Refuting the allegations made by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao, Telangana IT and industries minister D Sridhar Babu, on Friday, November 21, stated that the Congress is…
- Offbeat
Delhi: Indian man scams Korean tourist, claims to be ‘professor’
New Delhi: A Korean content creator, Walter K, posted an Instagram video of a ‘frightening’ scam he fell victim to in Old Delhi. An elderly man, pretending to be a professor, allegedly…
- Hyderabad
Man held for duping 83 people, promised 2BHK houses in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Jeedimetla police, on Monday, November 17, arrested one person for allegedly cheating 83 people by promising them 2BHK houses in Hyderabad. Based on a complaint by a local, Thailam Ramesh,…
- India
India repatriates 197 nationals from Thailand after Myanmar scam flight
New Delhi: India on Monday repatriated a second batch of 197 of its nationals from Thailand in two military aircraft, days after they fled to Thai border town of Mae Sot from…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru driver uses look-alike Rapido app to rip off passenger
A new scam is on the rise, a Bengaluru man described an ordeal where a cab driver asked him a higher price, revealing that he used a different app with the same…
- Hyderabad
‘Facebook friend’ cheats Hyderabad man of Rs 10 lakh; case registered
Hyderabad: A 42-year-old man from Hyderabad’s Langar Houz lost Rs 10.21 lakh after being trapped in an online investment scam by a woman he met on Facebook. Police said the victim befriended…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Scamsters pose as cops, ‘digitally arrest’ septuagenarian for a month
Hyderabad: A 79-year-old retired teacher from Asifnagar was defrauded of Rs 20 lakh by cybercriminals who posed as police officers and kept her under a so-called “digital arrest” for nearly a month.…
- India
Thane man loses Rs 37.8 lakh in stock trading scam; case registered
Thane: A 45-year-old man from Maharashtra’s Thane district was allegedly duped of Rs 37.8 lakh by cyber fraudsters who lured him to invest in the stock market, police said on Friday. The…
- India
Fake cash-on-delivery scam tricks families into paying, goes viral online
A new cash-on-delivery (COD) fraud has emerged after social media influencer Tvisha Tuli shared a post on Instagram about how she was cheated into paying for non-existent parcels sent via genuine courier…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Couple booked for duping investors in chit fund scam
Hyderabad: The RGI Airport police booked a case against a couple for allegedly duping people after collecting money in chit fund business. According to the police, the couple Pallemoni Surender Mudiraj and…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 80-year-old man loses over Rs 19 lakh in fake trading scam
Another innocent citizen has become a victim of an internet scam in Hyderabad this time, an 80-year-old man from Tolichowki, who lost more than Rs 19 lakh to a fake insider trading…
