2024.10.6 A government school teacher in Agra, Malti Verma, died from cardiac arrest after receiving a fraudulent phone call. Scammers, posing as police, claimed her daughter was involved in a sex scandal and demanded Rs 1 lakh. Despite her son’s reassurances, Verma’s anxiety led to her sudden death. The incident highlights the dangers of sophisticated scam tactics.
Teacher falls for ‘sex scandal’ scam call, dies
A government school teacher in Agra, Malti Verma, died from cardiac arrest after receiving a fraudulent phone call. Scammers, posing as police, claimed her daughter was involved in a sex scandal and demanded Rs 1 lakh. Despite her son’s reassurances, Verma’s anxiety led to her sudden death. The incident highlights the dangers of sophisticated scam tactics.
Fraud calls are becoming a widespread problem, exploiting unsuspecting individuals through deception and manipulation. While the tactic is generally used to ‘extort’ money, one such call led to the death of a government school teacher in Agra. According to a report, a teacher died due to cardiac arrest that was reportedly triggered by a fraud phone call she received from scammers who falsely claimed that her daughter is involved in a sex scandal.
According to a report by news agency PTI, cyber fraudsters posing as a police inspector, threatened to expose the fabricated scandal unless the teacher, identified as Malti Verma, paid them Rs 1 lakh.
What scammers told the teacher
On September 30, the fraudsters allegedly threatened the teacher and demanded Rs one lakh to not disclose the matter, the family of the teacher said.
“On September 30, she got a Whatsapp call at 12 pm in which they said that her daughter was caught in a sex scandal and began threatening her for the future consequences of revealing her daughter’s identity,” the teacher’s son was quoted as saying.
The report added that the teacher’s son assured her it was a scam.
“After that, she talked to me over [the] phone and informed me about the call. But when I checked the phone number, I told my mother that it was a fraud call from cyber criminals,” he added.
“After that I also talked to my sister and found everything normal. I asked my mother not to worry because she was a victim of cyber fraud, but she could not control her tension and her health deteriorated after that call,” he said.
Despite her son’s reassurance and confirmation that her daughter was safe, Verma experienced severe anxiety and chest pain after the call. Her condition rapidly deteriorated, and she was pronounced dead at the hospital.
“When her health began deteriorating, we took her to a hospital, where doctors declared her dead due to cardiac arrest,” he said.
How fraudsters target users and how to safeguard
Fraudsters often employ sophisticated tactics like caller ID spoofing to appear legitimate on calls. The scammers impersonate government officials, bank representatives, or even tech support personnel – that adds legitimacy to the scheme.
Scammers’ goals are diverse – from stealing financial information and personal data to tricking victims into making payments or downloading malware.
The only way to safeguard from such scam calls is to recognise the red flags of fraud calls. These may include unsolicited offers, high-pressure tactics and requests for personal information. Users should talk to the concerned person before believing such scams.
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老师陷入“性丑闻”诈骗电话，死亡
阿格拉的公立学校老师马尔蒂·维尔马在接到诈骗电话后心脏骤停死亡。诈骗者冒充警察，声称她的女儿卷入性丑闻，并索要 10 万卢比。尽管儿子一再安慰，但维尔马的焦虑还是导致她突然死亡。这起事件凸显了复杂的诈骗手段的危险性。
据 PTI 通讯社报道，网络诈骗者冒充警务人员，威胁称除非这位名叫马尔蒂·维尔马的老师向他们支付 10 万卢比，否则他们将揭露这一捏造的丑闻。
2024.10.4 A 72-year-old retired engineer was duped of Rs 4.67 crore through video calls by scammers posing as police officials in Chennai.
Chennai retired engineer loses Rs 4.67 crore in courier scam, 13 arrested
A 72-year-old retired engineer was duped of Rs 4.67 crore through video calls by scammers posing as police officials in Chennai.
In Short
13 scammers were arrested by a special team of Chennai city police
Retired engineer was duped of Rs 4.67 crore through video call fraud
Scammers posed as officials and tricked her into transferring the money
A special team of the Chennai city police arrested as many as 13 people for allegedly duping a retired engineer of Rs 4.67 crore in a FedEx scam.
According to the police, the 72-year-old woman received an automated call claiming her mobile connection would be disconnected soon. The call prompted her to press a number for more details. Concerned that her phone number was linked to important services like Aadhaar and bank transactions, she followed the instructions.
HOW THE SCAM TOOK PLACE
The fraudsters told the woman that her phone number was linked to multiple bank accounts used for Hawala transactions. Her call was then transferred to one of the men impersonating to be a Mumbai Cyber Crime Police official, who falsely said that a parcel in her name containing drugs, fake passports, tiger skin and ATM cards was seized by customs.
The scammers warned her of immediate arrest unless she cooperated via a video call and isolated herself, which they called a “digital arrest”. They convinced the woman to transfer her savings to a supposed “RBI account” for verification, promising the money would be returned within 30 minutes. The victim was scammed out of Rs 4.67 cr in this manner.
FORMATION OF SPECIAL TEAM
After being alerted about the scam, a special team under the supervision of Greater City Commissioner Arun was formed to investigate the matter.
The police traced the suspects to Villivakkam and Triplicane. The investigation revealed that the stolen money was routed abroad through Hawala channels and returned to India as cryptocurrency via the Binance app. Officers recovered Rs 53 lakh, along with mobile phones, ATM cards, and laptops.
The 13 accused were remanded to judicial custody, and the city commissioner warned the public to be cautious of scam calls, advising them to report fraud using the 1930 helpline.
FedEx ISSUES STATEMENT FOLLOWING SCAM
In a statement, FedEx doesn’t ask for personal information through unsolicited phone calls, mail, or email for goods being shipped or held, unless requested or initiated by customers.
“If any individual receives any suspicious phone calls or messages, they are advised not to provide their personal information. Instead, they should immediately contact the local law enforcement authorities within the vicinity or report to the cybercrime department of the government of India,” the statement read.
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钦奈退休工程师在快递诈骗中损失 4.67 亿卢比，13 人被捕
一名 72 岁的退休工程师在钦奈被冒充警察的骗子通过视频通话骗取了 4.67 亿卢比。
钦奈市警方的一支特别小组逮捕了多达 13 人，他们涉嫌在联邦快递诈骗案中骗取一名退休工程师 4.67 亿卢比。
据警方称，这名 72 岁的老妇接到一个自动电话，声称她的手机连接即将断开。电话提示她按一个号码以获取更多详细信息。由于担心自己的电话号码与 Aadhaar 和银行交易等重要服务有关，她按照指示操作。
骗局是如何发生的
诈骗者告诉该女子，她的电话号码与多个用于哈瓦拉汇款的银行账户相关联。随后，她的电话被转接给一名冒充孟买网络犯罪警察局官员的男子，该男子谎称海关查获了一件以她名义寄出的包裹，里面装有毒品、假护照、虎皮和 ATM 卡。
诈骗者警告她，如果不通过视频通话配合并将自己隔离，她将立即被逮捕，他们称之为“数字逮捕”。他们说服该女子将她的存款转入一个所谓的“RBI 账户”进行验证，并承诺 30 分钟内将退还这笔钱。受害者以这种方式被骗走了 4.67 亿卢比。
2024.10.4 A couple in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur has duped dozens of elderly people of ₹ 35 crore by promising to make them young through an “Israel-made time machine”.
UP Couple’s Massive Scam: Age-Reversal Using “Israel-Made Time Machine”
The couple opened a therapy center – Revival World – in Kanpur, with claims of using a machine brought from Israel to transform a 60-year-old into a 25-year-old.
Kanpur: A couple in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur has duped dozens of elderly people of ₹ 35 crore by promising to make them young through an “Israel-made time machine”.
Rajeev Kumar Dubey and his wife Rashmi Dubey opened a therapy center – Revival World – in Kanpur, with claims of using a machine brought from Israel to transform a 60-year-old into a 25-year-old, police said.
They promised their customers that they could restore the youth of the elderly through “oxygen therapy”.
The couple, who lived on rent, deceived people by telling them that due to polluted air, they were ageing rapidly and that the “oxygen therapy” would transform them within months.
“They offered packages for ₹ 6,000 for 10 sessions and ₹ 90,000 for a three-year reward system,” senior police official Anjali Vishwakarma said.
Renu Singh, one of the victims of the massive scam, filed a police complaint alleging that she was cheated of ₹ 10.75 lakh. She also alleged that hundreds of people were duped of about ₹ 35 crore.
Based on her complaint, the police registered a cheating case and are looking for the couple. The Dubeys are suspected to have fled abroad.
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北方邦夫妇的大规模骗局：利用“以色列制造的时光机”逆转年龄
这对夫妇在坎普尔开设了一家治疗中心——复兴世界，声称使用从以色列带来的机器可以将 60 岁的人变成 25 岁。
印度北方邦坎普尔的一对夫妇欺骗了数十名老人3.5 亿卢比，承诺通过“以色列制造的时光机”让他们重返青春。
警方称，拉吉夫·库马尔·杜贝 (Rajeev Kumar Dubey) 和他的妻子拉什米·杜贝 (Rashmi Dubey) 在坎普尔开设了一家治疗中心——复兴世界 (Revival World)，声称使用从以色列带来的一台机器，将一名 60 岁的人变成了 25 岁。
他们向顾客承诺，通过“氧气疗法”，老年人就能恢复青春。
这对靠租房生活夫妇欺骗人们，声称由于空气污染，他们正在快速衰老 ，而“氧气疗法”会在几个月内改变他们。
高级警官安贾利·维什瓦卡玛 (Anjali Vishwakarma) 表示： “他们提供的套餐包括10 次课程 6,000卢比，以及三年悬赏计划 90,000卢比。”
2024.9.16 Mumbai: The police have arrested two frauds who were planning to cheat a Delhi-based student by promising her admission to a prestigious medical institution- Grant Government Medical College (GMC) in Byculla- for which they demanded ₹45 lakh and took ₹2 lakh as deposit.
MBBS admission fraud: Two con men from Delhi arrested for promising student admission at GMC for ₹45L
Mumbai police arrested Saurabh Upadhyay and Sapan Taneja for attempting to defraud a student of ₹45 lakh for medical college admission.
Mumbai: The police have arrested two frauds who were planning to cheat a Delhi-based student by promising her admission to a prestigious medical institution- Grant Government Medical College (GMC) in Byculla- for which they demanded ₹45 lakh and took ₹2 lakh as deposit.
The accused, identified as Saurabh Upadhyay, 42, and Sapan Taneja, 46 are residents of Delhi and duped several students using a similar modus operandi in New Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. The police said the accused have several cheating cases registered against them.
Upadhyay used to run a fake college admission company named ‘Edupedia Education Center’ in sector 12, in Dwarka, New Delhi where the father of the student had visited him to secure his daughter’s admission.
Narrating the case, the police said Upadhyay and Taneja initially accepted ₹2 lakh cash from the father of the student, the complainant in the case, and took them to the college while pretending to introduce them to a senior doctor for a staged interview.
After the fake interview, the two accused collected documents such as student’s blood samples and IDs. Not satisfied with the way the interview was conducted, the father suspected foul play and decided to consult his lawyer friend who helped him identify red flags in the case. On Friday, they met a police officer at Cuffe Parade to discuss the case. Once it was confirmed that both the persons promising admission were frauds, the police laid a trap and arrested them from a spot near the Gateway of India.
There are a total of seven cases registered against Upadhyay- two in Lucknow, and each in Kanpur, Pilibhit, Lakhimpur in Uttar Pradesh, Dwarka police station in Delhi and Nerul police station in Navi Mumbai. One cheating case was registered against Taneja in Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh.
According to the police, the complainant is a resident of Delhi who works in a private firm and his daughter wanted to do MBBS and she has taken an entrance exam in NEET 2024. Her father on August 26 visited Upadhyay’s office in New Delhi where Taneja filled out the admission form promising a seat in GMC in Byculla and took ₹7,700 while filling out the form.
The accused demanded ₹45 lakh for total expenses for admission. The complainant paid ₹2 lakh in two instalments on September 5 and September 8 through a bank account to the accused. The accused promised the complainant to meet outside JJ College in Mumbai and on September 12, he along with his daughter met Tajena, Upadhyay and one more accused who is wanted in the case. They met at 1pm at Government Medical College, Byculla. The accused took the complainant and her daughter to a doctor’s room at the main OPD at Sir JJ Group Hospitals pretending that there would be an interview with her, said a police officer.
“One of the accused associates collected the documents and also a blood sample of the girl saying that it is part of the process. The accused then asked the complainant to meet the next day in South Mumbai,” said senior inspector Sanjay Kate of the JJ Marg police station.
But the complainant suspected foul play and informed his lawyer friend in Mumbai who knew police official Rupesh Bhagwat of the Cuffe Parade police station and informed him. Bhagwat then narrated the incident to the deputy commissioner of police Pravin Mundhe of zone 1 and as per his direction Bhagwat along with inspector Amit Deokar laid a trap near Gateway of India premises and as soon as they met the complainant were arrested, said Kate.
As the incident occurred in the jurisdiction of Sir JJ police station, an FIR was registered there under 318 (4), 3(5) of the BNS against the accused. Saurabh Upadhyay and Sapan Taneja were arrested in the case. The accused have received money in their bank account which has been frozen. Both were produced in the court and remanded in police custody till September 18, said a police officer.
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MBBS 入学欺诈：两名来自德里的骗子因承诺以4.5 万卢比的价格让学生进入 GMC 而被捕
孟买警方逮捕了 Saurabh Upadhyay 和 Sapan Taneja，罪名是试图骗取一名学生 450 万卢比的医学院入学费用。
孟买：警方逮捕了两名骗子，他们计划欺骗一名德里学生，承诺让她进入一家著名医疗机构——位于拜库拉的格兰特政府医学院 (GMC)，为此他们勒索45万卢比，并收取2万卢比作为押金。
嫌疑人分别是 42 岁的 Saurabh Upadhyay 和 46 岁的 Sapan Taneja，他们居住在德里，在新德里和北方邦使用类似的作弊手法欺骗了数名学生。警方表示，这些嫌疑人已立案调查，涉及多起作弊案件。
Upadhyay 曾在新德里德瓦卡区第 12 区经营一家名为“Edupedia 教育中心”的虚假大学招生公司，该学生的父亲曾拜访过该公司以确保其女儿被录取。
警方在叙述案件时表示，Upadhyay 和 Taneja 最初从学生的父亲（即本案原告）那里接受了 20 万卢比现金，并将他们带到大学，假装将他们介绍给一位资深医生进行面谈。
在假面试之后，两名被告收集了学生的血液样本和身份证等文件。父亲对面试的方式不满意，怀疑其中有欺诈行为，并决定咨询他的律师朋友，后者帮助他识别了案件中的危险信号。周五，他们在 Cuffe Parade 会见了一名警官，讨论此案。在确认两名承诺录取的人都是骗子后，警察设下陷阱，在印度门附近的一个地点将他们逮捕。
共有七起案件针对 Upadhyay，其中勒克瑙两起，北方邦坎普尔、皮利比特、拉基姆普尔、德里德瓦卡警察局和新孟买尼鲁尔警察局各一起。一起针对 Taneja 的欺诈案发生在北方邦拉基姆普尔。
2024.9.16 The cyber fraudsters duped a retired teacher of ₹46,000 while making him believe that his son had met with an accident and the money was needed for his treatment.
Three cyber thugs held for duping retd govt teacher of ₹46,000
The cyber fraudsters duped a retired teacher of ₹46,000 while making him believe that his son had met with an accident and the money was needed for his treatment
The cyber fraudsters duped a retired teacher of ₹46,000 while making him believe that his son had met with an accident and the money was needed for his treatment.
“The incident was reported September 14 to Gudamba police. On Sunday, three accused identified as Shailendra Gupta, 30, Anshumaan Singh, 23, and Ravi Singh were arrested. All the accused are unemployed,” said Lucknow police in a press note.
Bechelal Verma, a resident of Bahadurpur Gudamba, is a retired teacher at Sports College. Verma told police that his son Akash works as a contractor in Gonda. On August 27, at around 4.36 pm, he received a video call from an unknown number and the person seen on the video call was in police uniform. “He said that Akash had met with an accident near the toll plaza. After this, Akash’s voice for help was heard. Before I could understand anything, the accused demanded money for the treatment of the injury and said that it would cost ₹50 thousand,” the victim said.
He further added that he sent ₹40,000 through UPI, but the accused started demanding another ₹6,000. “After some time, when I called up my son Akash, and I realized that I have been cheated,” he told police.
Taking action on the complaint of fraud, the police started an investigation with the help of a cyber team and surveillance and arrested the three accused on Sunday. “Anshuman and Ravi live in a rented house in Sarojini Nagar. The accused had formed a gang and carried out the fraud. Police have found a mobile, an ATM card and a SIM acrd with the accused,” said SHO Gudamba Nitish Kr Srivastava.
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三名网络暴徒因诈骗退休政府教师46,000卢比而被逮捕
网络诈骗者骗取了一名退休教师46,000卢比，让他相信他的儿子遭遇了事故，需要钱来治疗。
“该事件于 9 月 14 日向古丹巴警方报告。周日，三名嫌疑人被捕，他们分别是 30 岁的 Shailendra Gupta、23 岁的 Anshumaan Singh 和 Ravi Singh。所有嫌疑人均无业，”勒克瑙警方在一份新闻稿中表示。
巴哈杜尔普尔古丹巴的居民贝切拉尔·维尔马是体育学院的退休教师。维尔马告诉警方，他的儿子阿卡什在贡达做承包商。8 月 27 日下午 4 点 36 分左右，他接到一个陌生号码打来的视频电话，视频通话中的人身穿警服。“他说阿卡什在收费站附近出了车祸。之后，阿卡什的求助声传来。还没等我明白过来，就被要求支付治疗费用，并说要花5 万卢比，”受害者说。
他进一步补充说，他通过 UPI 汇了40,000卢比，但对方开始要求再汇 6,000卢比。“过了一段时间，当我打电话给我的儿子阿卡什时，我意识到我被骗了，”他告诉警方。
警方接到诈骗投诉后，在网络团队和监控的帮助下展开调查，并于周日逮捕了三名被告。“Anshuman 和 Ravi 住在 Sarojini Nagar 的一所出租屋里。被告组建了一个团伙并实施诈骗。警方在被告身上发现了一部手机、一张 ATM 卡和一张 SIM 卡，”SHO Gudamba Nitish Kr Srivastava 说。
2024.9.14 A Mumbai woman was arrested for allegedly trafficking job seekers to Cambodia where they were forced into cybercriminal activities under abusive conditions.
Mumbai woman arrested in Telangana for sending people to Cambodia for cybercrimes
A Mumbai woman was arrested for allegedly trafficking job seekers to Cambodia where they were forced into cybercriminal activities under abusive conditions.
In Short
Recruitment agent misled job seekers with false promises
Victims coerced into cybercrime activities upon arrival in Cambodia
Accused charged under human trafficking, cybercrime laws
Telangana Police’s cybercrime wing has arrested a 30-year-old woman from Mumbai, who is an alleged recruitment agent, in connection with an international job racket case.
The woman, Priyanka Shivkumar Siddu, from Mumbai’s Chembur, is accused of trafficking job seekers to Cambodia, where they were forced into cybercriminal activities under dire conditions, according to the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB).
The officials allege that after previously working at a now-defunct job processing agency, Siddu launched her own unlicensed agency, misleading job seekers with promises of legitimate employment visas. Siddu’s scheme involved collaboration with Narayana, another agent who had connections with one Jithender Shah, also known as Amer Khan, director of a Chinese-owned company in Cambodia.
Priyanka visited Cambodia to verify job opportunities and was offered a commission of around Rs 42,000 per candidate she sent. Upon returning to India, she began processing visas for her nephew Akshay Vaidhya and his friend Danish Khan, who were the first victims of her scam, police said.
After arriving in Cambodia, Vaidhya and Khan were subjected to intense travel before being coerced into cybercrime activities.
Priyanka’s deceptive advertisements attracted more victims, including Vamsi Krishna and Sai Prasad from Hyderabad, who paid Rs 30,000 each for their visas. These individuals faced severe abuse and psychological torture after refusing to comply with the cybercrime demands.
The Telangana Cyber Crime Police have charged Siddu under multiple sections, including human trafficking and cybercrime laws. The investigation continues as authorities work to uncover the full extent of her criminal network and the suffering of her victims.
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孟买女子因将人员送往柬埔寨进行网络犯罪而在特伦甘纳邦被捕
特伦甘纳邦警察局网络犯罪部门逮捕了一名来自孟买的 30 岁女子，她涉嫌担任招聘代理人，并涉嫌参与一宗国际招聘诈骗案。
据特伦甘纳邦网络安全局 (TGCSB) 称，这名女子名叫 Priyanka Shivkumar Siddu，来自孟买 Chembur，她被指控将求职者贩卖到柬埔寨，并迫使他们在恶劣的条件下从事网络犯罪活动。
官员们指控，Siddu曾在一家现已倒闭的就业处理机构工作，之后她创办了自己的无牌机构，以合法就业签证的承诺误导求职者。Siddu的计划涉及与另一名中介人纳拉亚纳的合作，后者与柬埔寨一家中资公司的董事吉滕德·沙阿（Jithender Shah，又名阿梅尔·汗）有联系。
特伦甘纳邦网络犯罪警察已根据多项罪名指控 Siddu，包括人口贩卖和网络犯罪法。当局仍在继续调查，努力揭露她的犯罪网络的全貌以及受害者所遭受的苦难。
2024.9.14 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested four accused in a case related to cyber fraud of ₹2.60 crore by a person posing as a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official, who was part of a network involving “Chinese scammers”.
Enforcement Directorate arrests four more accused linked to cyber fraud syndicate involving “Chinese scammers”
The accused were arrested from Pallipattu in Tamil Nadu
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested four accused in a case related to cyber fraud of ₹2.60 crore by a person posing as a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official, who was part of a network involving “Chinese scammers”.
The accused have been identified as Tamilarasan Kuppan (29), Ajith (28), Prakash (26), and Aravindan (23). They were arrested from Pallipattu in Tamil Nadu. “All the four accused were involved in incorporation of shell companies and opening of bank accounts, through which Proceeds of Crime (PoC) generated from cyber scams were laundered,” said the Agency.
While the ED has secured their four-day custody from a special court in Bengaluru for interrogation, it has frozen PoC of ₹2.80 crore in the bank account of a shell company.
The ED initiated the investigation on the basis of First Information Reports (FIRs) registered at various police stations across the country, including the one lodged with the Special Offences and Cyber Crime Police, Jaipur.
“The whole process and activities related to transactions in the bank accounts of these shell companies were done through a WhatsApp group where Tamilarasan, Ajith, Aravindan, Prakash along with Chinese scammers were members,” it said.
The four accused ran a syndicate to assist cyber fraudsters in arranging dummy directors, addresses and documents for incorporation of shell companies and liaison with bank personnel for opening of accounts through which the funds generated from the cyber frauds were diverted and laundered.
Earlier, the ED had arrested four others named M. Shashi Kumar, M. Sachin, S.K. Kiran and C. Charan Raj in Bengaluru. They are currently in judicial custody.
“So far, 17 searches have been conducted on various premises which led to the seizure of various incriminating material, including mobile phones and other digital devices, and freezing of ₹2.80 crore in the bank account,” the Agency said.
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执法局逮捕另外四名与“中国骗子”网络诈骗集团有关的嫌疑人
执法局 (ED) 逮捕了四名嫌疑人，他们涉嫌冒充印度中央调查局 (CBI) 官员实施 2.6 亿印度卢比网络诈骗，该诈骗犯是“中国骗子”网络的成员。
嫌疑人已被确定为 Tamilarasan Kuppan（29 岁）、Ajith（28 岁）、Prakash（26 岁）和 Aravindan（23 岁）。他们于泰米尔纳德邦 Pallipattu 被捕。“所有四名嫌疑人都参与成立空壳公司和开设银行账户，通过这些账户洗白网络诈骗产生的犯罪收益 (PoC)，”该机构表示。
印度执法局已从班加罗尔特别法庭获得了为期四天的拘押审讯权，同时执法局已冻结了一家空壳公司银行账户中 2.8 亿印度卢比的存款
2024.9.14 A 28-year-old actor in Mumbai lost ₹5.10 lakh in a gift scam after befriending a man online who promised her a job and marriage. Police are investigating.
28-year-old actor loses ₹5.10 lakh in gift scam
A 28-year-old actor in Mumbai lost ₹5.10 lakh in a gift scam after befriending a man online who promised her a job and marriage. Police are investigating.
MUMBAI: The Malad police registered a cheating case on Thursday after a 28-year-old actor who specialises in VFX movies lost ₹5.10 lakh in a gift scam.
The incident took place this year between August 8 and September 8, when the victim identified as Shalini Jha was at her home in Chincholi Bunder, Malad West, when she received a friend request from a man, who identified himself as Amarpreet Singh on a social media app.
Jha accepted his request as his profile showed he was settled in the United Kingdom. The two began chatting and exchanged phone numbers.
A few days later, Jha said that Singh called her, offered her a job in the UK, and even sent her a marriage proposal, saying that he would start her visa formalities so she could move to the UK as soon as possible.
On August 7, the accused called Jha and told her that he had sent a gift worth around ₹90 lakh for her which would be arriving the next day. Jha said that on August 9, she received a call from a person who told her that he was speaking from the airport parcel department and that to claim the gift she would have to pay ₹9 lakh as tax.
Jha did not pay the money, following which on August 11, she received a call from a man claimed to be from the Income Tax department, and told her that if she failed to pay the amount, the parcel would be seized. After the warning, Jha transferred ₹5.10 lakh from her account to the bank account which was given to her by the fraud.
On September 9, she received a call asking her to make the remaining payment. She did not have the money; she approached her sister-in-law for a loan. Jha’s sister-in-law asked her as to why she wanted the money, she revealed the ordeal, and it was then she was told that it was a scam and that she was cheated.
“We have registered a case against the unidentified caller and are trying to identify and track the accused persons through the bank transaction that the victim made,” said a police officer from Malad police station.
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28 岁演员因礼品诈骗损失 51 万卢比
孟买一名 28 岁的演员在网上结识了一名男子，这名男子承诺给她提供工作和婚姻，结果在一次礼物诈骗中损失了 51 万卢比。警方正在调查。
孟买：周四，马拉德警方立案调查了一起诈骗案，一名 28 岁的视觉特效电影演员在一次礼品诈骗中损失了 51 万印度卢比。
事件发生于今年 8 月 8 日至 9 月 8 日之间，受害者名叫 Shalini Jha，当时她正在位于马拉德西部 Chincholi Bunder 的家中，突然收到一名男子的好友请求，该男子在社交媒体应用上自称是 Amarpreet Singh。
贾接受了他的请求，因为他的个人资料显示他定居在英国。两人开始聊天并交换了电话号码。
几天后，贾说辛格给她打电话，给她提供了一份在英国的工作，甚至向她求婚，并表示将为她办理签证手续，以便她能尽快移居英国。
8 月 7 日，被告打电话给 Jha，告诉她他给她寄了一件价值约 90 万卢比的礼物，第二天就会到。Jha 说，8 月 9 日，她接到一名人员的电话，对方告诉她，他是机场包裹部门的，如果要领取这件礼物，她必须缴纳9万卢比的税款。
Jha 没有支付这笔钱，随后在 8 月 11 日，她接到一名自称来自所得税部门的男子打来的电话，并告诉她，如果她不支付这笔款项，包裹将被扣押。在收到警告后，Jha 将 51 万卢比从她的账户转入了诈骗分子给她的银行账户。
9 月 9 日，她接到一个电话，要求她支付剩余款项。她没有钱；她向嫂子借钱。Jha 的嫂子问她为什么要钱，她透露了整个过程，然后她被告知这是一个骗局，她被骗了。
马拉德警察局一名警官说道：“我们已经对这名身份不明的来电者立案，并试图通过受害者的银行交易来识别和追踪嫌疑人。”
2024.9.13 An FIR was registered at Wanawadi police station based on the complaint by the Brigadier who lost Rs 31 lakh over a period of 15 days in August.
Brigadier loses Rs 31 lakh in share trading cyber fraud, Pune police launch probe
An FIR was registered at Wanawadi police station based on the complaint by the Brigadier who lost Rs 31 lakh over a period of 15 days in August.
A Brigadier from the Indian Army lost Rs 31 lakh in an online share trading fraud, in which the cyber criminals misused the name of an American investment firm and offered high returns on a fraudulent phone-based application.
An FIR was registered at Wanawadi police station based on the complaint by the Brigadier who lost Rs 31 lakh over a period of 15 days in August.
According to the police, in July, the complainant received a Whatsapp message from an unidentified number which had a link to join a group. The Whatsapp group had the name of a US-headquartered investment major and members discussed getting profits on stock investments. The members were discussing a particular application that gave them huge profit margins. Sometime after joining the group, the complainant was sent a link of a fraudulent phone-based application, which he downloaded.
Based on the messages sent to him, the complainant started sending specific amounts to the bank accounts as directed. All these fund transfers to fraudulent accounts were reflected as his investments on the phone-based application, which was showing corresponding high gains against the total money sent.
When the complainant tried to withdraw his earnings, he was asked to make a large transfer, which he made. When he tried to withdraw once again, he was again asked to pay more which raised his suspicions. When he again checked the phone-based application, it was not available for download.
He subsequently registered a case on the cyber crime helpline and approached police. An officer from Wanawadi police station said a probe had been initiated in the case.
In a case registered last week, an Army doctor in his 30s lost a staggering Rs 1.2 crore in online share trading fraud to cyber criminals who made him believe that his total earnings were to the tune of Rs 10 crore.
In separate cases of share trading frauds registered with Pune City police in August, a veteran from the Indian Air Force and another from the Indian Navy lost total Rs 1.3 crore in share trading frauds. The two veterans were manipulated into making large transfers to fraudulent accounts after they were added to WhatsApp groups promising high returns on stock investments.
In an advisory issued in this regard on February 26, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said, “Fraudsters are enticing victims through online trading courses, seminars, and mentorship programs in the stock market, leveraging social media platforms like WhatsApp or Telegram, as well as live broadcasts. Posing as employees or affiliates of SEBI-registered Foreign Portfolio Investors, they coax individuals into downloading applications that purportedly allow them to purchase shares, subscribe to IPOs, and enjoy “Institutional account benefits”—all without the need for an official trading or Demat account. These operations often use mobile numbers registered under false names to orchestrate their schemes.”
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准将因股票交易网络诈骗损失 310 万卢比，浦那警方展开调查
根据一名准将的投诉，瓦纳瓦迪警察局已立案调查，该准将在 8 月份的 15 天内损失了 310 万卢比。
印度陆军一名准将因一起在线股票交易诈骗损失了 310 万卢比，网络犯罪分子滥用了一家美国投资公司的名称，并通过欺诈性电话应用程序承诺提供高额回报。
根据一名准将的投诉，瓦纳瓦迪警察局已立案调查，该准将在 8 月份的 15 天内损失了 310 万卢比。
据警方介绍，7 月份，投诉人收到一条来自未知号码的 Whatsapp 消息，其中有一个加入群组的链接。该 Whatsapp 群组以一家总部位于美国的投资巨头的名字命名，成员们讨论了如何通过股票投资获利。成员们正在讨论一款能为他们带来巨额利润的应用程序。加入该群组后不久，投诉人收到了一个欺诈性手机应用程序的链接，他下载了该应用程序。
根据收到的信息，投诉人开始按照指示向银行账户汇入特定金额。所有这些汇入欺诈账户的资金都显示为他在手机应用程序上的投资，与汇出的总金额相比，该应用程序显示出相应的高额收益。
当投诉人试图提取他的收入时，他被要求进行一笔大额转账，他照做了。当他再次尝试提款时，他再次被要求支付更多费用，这引起了他的怀疑。当他再次检查手机应用程序时，它无法下载。
8 月份，浦那市警方登记了多起股票交易诈骗案，印度空军的一名老兵和印度海军的一名老兵在股票交易诈骗中损失了总计 1.3 千万卢比。这两名老兵被加进 WhatsApp 群组，并承诺股票投资能带来高额回报，随后被操纵向欺诈账户进行大额转账。
2024.9.13 CBI to investigate the ‘online trading scam’ cases in Assam. The announcement came after police arrested more than 60 persons across the state and stumbled on an alleged multi-score scam, in which deposits were collected with a promise of online trading and high returns.
CBI to investigate the ‘online trading scam’ cases in Assam
The announcement came after police arrested more than 60 persons across the state and stumbled on an alleged multi-score scam, in which deposits were collected with a promise of online trading and high returns.
Guwahati: Amid strong criticism of the Opposition parties, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday announced that the CBI would investigate 32 cases registered related to alleged online trading scam that have rocked the state.
The announcement came after police arrested more than 60 persons across the state and stumbled on an alleged multi-score scam, in which deposits were collected with a promise of online trading and high returns.
“During my recent meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, I requested him to handover the cases to the CBI. The Home Minister approved my request and the CBI will take over the cases within a month after necessary formalities. Police have already registered 32 cases and all these cases will be handed over to the CBI. If more cases come up, those will also be gradually handed over to the CBI,” CM Himanta Biswa Sarma told reporters after a meeting of the state Cabinet.
The Opposition parties slammed the Sarma government asking how such scams could take place and dupe people even as the CM continuously talks about zero tolerance against corruption and illegal activities.
Sarma recently said the state government had also written to the Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax department seeking their help to unravel the money trail in the alleged scam.
According to police, investigation revealed that crores were collected from depositors with the promise of investments in share markets and high returns. Some online applications were also created to collect the deposits.
Police set up special investigation teams for probes in at least 14 districts.
Police earlier said Vishal Phukan, one of the “prime accused” had promised 30 per cent returns from investments in just two months and collected crores from potential investors from across the state. The case was registered based on complaints from investors duped by the duo.
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印度中央调查局将调查阿萨姆邦“网上交易诈骗”案件
此前，警方在全州逮捕了 60 多人，并破获了一起涉嫌多重评分诈骗案。该案中，诈骗者以网上交易和高额回报为承诺，骗取存款。
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