Nowadays every third person is advising to invest money in the share market. Now cyber thugs are also cheating people under this pretext. A bank employee of Rajendra Nagar area was cheated of Rs 44 lakh by promising huge profits by investing in the share market. Cyber thugs deposited the money through share trading app and WhatsApp group. After this, the trading app and WhatsApp group were closed. On this complaint, Rajendra Nagar police has registered a crime against unknown cyber thugs. Sanjay Verma, resident of Golden Tower Amlidih, filed a report at Rajendra Nagar police station. He is an area manager in HDFC Bank. He told that on May 2 he was added to a Whatsapp group. After this a link for online survey was sent. More than 100 people were associated with the group. This convinced him. After 10 days an ID was created telling about the benefits of share trading and IPO. After this he was asked to deposit money in the ID through Whatsapp. Some people in the group posted about the profit amount. After this the applicant also got deceived and recharged the ID. After this the applicant invested money in different companies. He Borrowed Money And Thugs Made Him A VIP Member The applicant was deceived and told that he was a VIP member. The applicant believed him. He was asked to deposit money. The applicant borrowed money from family and friends and deposited Rs. 10 lakh 45 thousand. Due to this, Rs. 68 lakh 48 thousand started appearing in the ID. After this, when the applicant asked to withdraw the money, he was told that he would have to deposit Rs. 18 lakh 40 thousand. The applicant deposited the money. But the fraudsters asked him to pay a penalty of Rs. 13 lakh for depositing the money late. Fake Links Are Not Allowed To Download From Google Play Store Cyber expert Mohit Sahu said that fraud in the name of investment in the stock market has increased. People should be cautious in this, because fraudsters use fake apps. These apps are not downloaded from Google Play Store or Apple Store. Fraudsters make you download through fake websites. There is no immediate profit in any stock market. A demat account is necessary to invest in the stock market. Purchases cannot be made in the stock market using a normal bank account or e-wallet
A civil service aspirant preparing for Indian Administrative Services (IAS) fell victim to an online dating scam, losing Rs 1.2 lakh. The victim met Versha on dating app Tinder recently. The scam happened when the duo finally decided to meet in person at Black Mirror Cafe in East Delhi's Vikas Marg area to celebrate her birthday. An FIR has been filed with the Delhi Police in this regard. Modus operandi of online dating scams Online dating scams usually begin with the victim matching a potential date on dating apps like OkCupid, Bumble, Hinge or Tinder as in this case. Soon, the two exchanged their phone numbers and started chatting online. They decided to meet at the Black Mirror Cafe on Vikas Marg to celebrate Versha’s birthday. The victim told police that they ordered snacks, two cakes, and four non-alcoholic shots. Things began to twist when Versha left the cafe citing a family emergency. The victim *Reference links mentioned on last page of report Page 8 of 13 got the shock of his life when the bill arrived. It charged Rs 1,21,917, far exceeding the cost of their order. Victim raised dispute with the cafe Stunned by the hefty bill amount, the victim raised a dispute with the cafe. But, he was confined, threatened, and beaten by the cafe staff, the victim told police. Forced to pay the bill, he transferred money to Akshay Pahwa, one of the cafe's owners. What the police investigation says? During the investigation, Pahwa revealed that the Black Mirror Cafe is co-owned by him, his cousin Vansh Pahwa and someone else named Ansh Grover. He identified several ‘table managers’ and a manager named Digranshu involved in the scam. Pahwa also confessed to the police that Versha's real name is Afsan Parveen. She also goes by Ayesha and Noor.
Mumbai Police arrested two Delhi college students involved in an online loan app scam The Bangur Nagar police have arrested two Delhi college students involved in an online loan app scam that attempted to extort a Goregaon-based woman by morphing her pictures and sending them to her relatives. According to the police, the 27-year-old complainant applied for a loan of Rs37,000 on an online app, uploading her photo and personal information in December 2023. She received only Rs21,000, transferred by the fraudsters. Soon after, she received threatening calls demanding repayment. The accused warned her that failure to repay would lead to defamation. A few days later, they morphed her photos and sent them to her relatives, threatening to make the obscene images viral on social media if she did not comply. The woman then approached the Bangur Nagar police. Investigations led the police to Delhi, where they arrested the two accused, Jain and Nikhil, in the Rohini area and brought them to Mumbai. A court has since sent them into judicial custody. The investigation revealed that the two students were in contact with a Chinese fraud gang, providing their bank account details and SIM cards for the scams. The fraudulently obtained money was transferred to these students’ accounts before being handed over to the main fraudsters. The police suspect that the accused may have committed similar crimes elsewhere and are continuing to investigate.
The Chennai police on Saturday said they arrested two people from Thiruvottiyur in a case where a Vanagaram based dentist lost Rs 1.19 crore in an online share trading application recently. Police said that when the complainant tried to pull out his money after the app showed he made significant profits, the fraudsters demanded more money. Based on this, Chennai police arrested I Satishkumar (35) and R Satish (26). They also seized Rs 23.8 lakh cash, gold chains and details of several accounts that they used to transfer the money. In a related development, Tambaram police on Saturday said they arrested two men from Kerala for posing as officials of TRAI and CBI to defraud an Irumbuliyur resident of Rs 50 lakh after threatening to investigate him for money laundering. They seized a car which was allegedly bought using the money. Meanwhile, Telangana police arrived in Chennai on Saturday to arrest a Maduravoyal resident in whose account Rs 5 crore was deposited allegedly by cyber crime fraudsters. Police said the accused had helped them in opening bank accounts.
Investment frauds in the guise of lucrative stock market returns are on the rise, with cybercriminals swindling citizens out of crores of rupees. It has now come to light that a police constable from the Pune City Police Department fell victim to such a scam, losing seven lakh rupees. A police constable residing in the Shivajinagar Police Colony lodged a complaint at the Shivajinagar Police Station regarding the incident. In November of last year, the constable came across an advertisement on social media promising triple returns on investments in the stock market. Intrigued, he contacted the phone number provided in the advertisement. Cybercriminals on the other end lured him with promises of high returns on stock market investments. The scammers directed him to download a specific app and subsequently instructed him to make investments through it. Over the past eight months, the constable transferred a total of seven lakh forty-five thousand rupees to the bank accounts specified by the fraudsters. The app deceptively showed substantial returns on his investments, but when he attempted to withdraw the purported profits, he was unable to access the funds. Realizing that the mobile numbers used by the scammers were now inactive, the constable understood he had been duped and filed a complaint with the police. Senior Police Inspector Chandrashekhar Sawant is currently investigating the case. Last year, 40 cases of online share trading scams were reported. However, the current year has seen a significant increase, with 49 cases reported in January and 61 cases in February, resulting in losses of Rs 7.6 crore and Rs 10.9 crore respectively. March had seen a further rise in such cases, indicating a growing trend in these cyber crimes. The Pimpri-Chinchwad police had arrested five individuals from Pune city for their alleged involvement in an online share market fraud scheme. This prompted authority to investigate potential connections to Hong Kong-based fraudsters.
Online fraudsters are taking recourse increasingly to fake kidnapping/arrest cases to dupe victims, this modus operandi having taken pole position in the total number of cybercrimes reported in the city. Sextortion comes a close second along with the older frauds like OTP fraud and QR code fraud. Together, around 135 cases have been reported this year across the three police commissionerates in Kolkata.
However, losses were negligible since not all who received these messages ended up paying up to the fraudsters, thanks to increased awareness.
Sources at various divisional cyber cells indicated that fake kidnapping cases always see the accused claiming that a close family member is in danger. This is done to extort ransom money.
A source from the cyber division reported that in March, there were at least 20 to 25 such complaints each week. Across all divisions of Kolkata Police, around 100 such complaints were filed. In May, this dropped to 22 for the entire month. This was after returns began to diminish as people became aware of the modus operandi.
Interestingly, during the Lok Sabha elections, the number of cyber fraud complaints in the city significantly decreased. Over the past two months, complaints have dropped by nearly 46% from around 250 complaints a month (January to March) to around 135 in each of the months of April and May.
Police sources claim that though the poll period contributed to the decrease in complaints — especially fake calls coming from north India — continuous awareness campaigns were a major reason for the decline. An official from cyber cell mentioned that awareness campaigns about cyber fraud were conducted through social media pages and a newly opened WhatsApp channel by Lalbazar. The channel provides advice on not to share OTPs and not believing fake kidnapping stories, among other tips, and has received a good response. The cops also conduct awareness campaigns in city schools, including in the Bhangar division, using mobile vans. Special programs were organized for students, where cyber division inspectors messages provided dos-and-don’ts. Lalbazar has announced that now that the polls are over, the police will resume mobile van campaigns in schools to spread the message of preventing fraud.
The Mumbai police have cracked down on a case of online share trading fraud, arresting two individuals linked to the scam that saw a software engineer and his family members lose a staggering Rs 5.14 crore, according to an official statement on Friday. Authorities took into custody a tuition teacher and a security guard on Wednesday, alleging their involvement in facilitating financial transactions for cyber fraudsters through bank accounts, the official disclosed. The scam surfaced after a software engineer residing in Sakinaka, a suburb in Mumbai's western region, approached the cyber police of the Mumbai crime branch in April with a complaint, detailing his ordeal. According to the complainant, he became a member of a WhatsApp group dedicated to online share trading in January. Subsequently, he expressed interest in investing, leading to a call instructing him to undergo training. Following the instructions, the engineer downloaded an application, creating a virtual account. He then began investing money, yielding profits. Encouraged by his success, his family members also joined in, collectively transferring Rs 5.14 crore to various bank accounts within two months, the official stated. Despite the virtual account reflecting a profit of Rs 87.85 crore, the victims were unable to withdraw the sum, raising suspicions.*Reference links mentioned on last page of report Page 10 of 18 During the investigation, the police scrutinised the bank accounts involved and traced one account to Hampreetsingh Randhwa, a 34-year-old security guard residing in Virar. Randhwa revealed that Vimalprakash Gupta, a 45-year-old tuition teacher, had facilitated the scam by providing him with a bank account, which was utilised by cyber fraudsters for financial transactions. Gupta was subsequently apprehended from Goregaon. Investigations have uncovered Gupta's connection with cyber fraudsters through the Telegram app. Allegedly, he was enticed with money in exchange for facilitating the acquisition of bank accounts for illicit financial activities, the official concluded.
A 20-year-old college student, identified as Pavana from KGF in Kolar district, which is 66.2 km away from Bengaluru, was found dead in her hostel room on Sunday night. The young woman, a first-year BSc student at Maharani Cluster University, is suspected to have taken her own life after falling victim to a cybercrime scam. According to preliminary investigation reports by the police, Pavana was discovered hanging in her room by hostel staff around midnight. Alongside her, police found a handwritten suicide note penned by Pavana herself, shedding light on the circumstances leading to her action. In the poignant letter, Pavana, the daughter of a bus conductor, confessed to having lost a significant sum of money in a cybercrime. She revealed that she had borrowed approximately Rs 15,000 from friends and *Reference links mentioned on last page of report Page 9 of 18 had successfully managed to repay Rs 10,000. However, she lamented her inability to return the remaining amount, expressing her distress over the financial burden she had inadvertently caused herself. In a plea to her parents, Pavana listed the names of her friends to whom she owed money and requested her parents to settle the debt on her behalf. Speaking on the ongoing investigation, a police official stated, "We're yet to ascertain the nature of the cybercrime in which she lost money. Her mobile phone is locked, and we need experts’ help to unlock it and check her online transactions." It is reported that Pavana was alone in her room at the time of the incident, as her friends had departed for the weekend.
Guwahati Man Defrauded Over A Crore In Cyber Investment Scam.
Chhote Narain Sinha, a resident of Rehabari in Guwahati, has reported a fraud involving an alleged investment through the reputed foreign trade company, Morgan Stanley. Sinha was swindled of ₹1.3 crore in a scam that promised high returns in the stock market.
The victim fell prey to the scheme, making multiple payments over time, believing he was investing in lucrative shares through Morgan Stanley. It was only after realising that he had been deceived, Sinha reported the matter to the cyber crime online portal and later approached the Cyber Police Station (PS) at Panbazar on May 16.
Upon receiving the complaint, the Cyber PS team initiated an investigation. They managed to freeze and recover ₹28.62 lakh of the defrauded amount before the criminals could fully transfer it out of reach. The cybercriminals had already moved significant portions of the funds through a web of transactions across various bank accounts. On Thursday, June 6, ₹22.5 lakh of the recovered amount were credited back to Sinha’s bank account.
Lured by an advertisement on Instagram that promised high returns in stock market investment, a 23-year-old software engineer joined a WhatsApp group that purportedly promoted one Rajiv Ambani, the Chief Investment Officer of ICICI Securities, who was contesting in an international stock profit competition. The victim was promised high returns if he voted for Ambani in the contest, which he could then use to invest in IPOs. However, the engineer was scammed by the conmen and suffered a loss of Rs 5.76 lakh. After joining the WhatsApp group, he was asked to download an application on Google Play (which no longer exists) from where he can continue investing. He was also encouraged to vote for Ambani on a daily basis so he could receive 5,000 credits per week. Over time, the victim also took a loan of Rs 1 lakh from the domain so he could invest in IPOs. He was told that he got a profit of Rs 1.20 lakh and it reflected as Rs 2.40 lakh on the application. He withdrew Rs 5,000 to check if the application was authentic. When he was able to gain a profit, he started trading more based on the suggestions given by the conmen. All the profits were shown on his profile in the application. But when he wanted to withdraw the profits he was asked to repay the loan. Later, he found that IPOs were getting allocated without him even applying for it and that affected his credit score. When he started raising questions about the same to the representative, he was blocked and the application stopped functioning, alleged the victim. Based on media reports, a similar scam under Rajiv Ambani’s name took place in Bengaluru in April, where a doctor and a businessman collectively lost over Rs 69 lakh. The Cyberabad Cyber Crime police registered a case under IPC Section 420 and Section 66-D of the IT Act on charges of cheating by personation. Further investigation is on.
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Nowadays every third person is advising to invest money in the share market. Now cyber thugs are also cheating people under this pretext. A bank employee of Rajendra Nagar area was cheated of Rs 44 lakh by promising huge profits by investing in the share market. Cyber thugs deposited the money through share trading app and WhatsApp group. After this, the trading app and WhatsApp group were closed. On this complaint, Rajendra Nagar police has registered a crime against unknown cyber thugs. Sanjay Verma, resident of Golden Tower Amlidih, filed a report at Rajendra Nagar police station. He is an area manager in HDFC Bank. He told that on May 2 he was added to a Whatsapp group. After this a link for online survey was sent. More than 100 people were associated with the group. This convinced him. After 10 days an ID was created telling about the benefits of share trading and IPO. After this he was asked to deposit money in the ID through Whatsapp. Some people in the group posted about the profit amount. After this the applicant also got deceived and recharged the ID. After this the applicant invested money in different companies. He Borrowed Money And Thugs Made Him A VIP Member The applicant was deceived and told that he was a VIP member. The applicant believed him. He was asked to deposit money. The applicant borrowed money from family and friends and deposited Rs. 10 lakh 45 thousand. Due to this, Rs. 68 lakh 48 thousand started appearing in the ID. After this, when the applicant asked to withdraw the money, he was told that he would have to deposit Rs. 18 lakh 40 thousand. The applicant deposited the money. But the fraudsters asked him to pay a penalty of Rs. 13 lakh for depositing the money late. Fake Links Are Not Allowed To Download From Google Play Store Cyber expert Mohit Sahu said that fraud in the name of investment in the stock market has increased. People should be cautious in this, because fraudsters use fake apps. These apps are not downloaded from Google Play Store or Apple Store. Fraudsters make you download through fake websites. There is no immediate profit in any stock market. A demat account is necessary to invest in the stock market. Purchases cannot be made in the stock market using a normal bank account or e-wallet
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A civil service aspirant preparing for Indian Administrative Services (IAS) fell victim to an online dating scam, losing Rs 1.2 lakh. The victim met Versha on dating app Tinder recently. The scam happened when the duo finally decided to meet in person at Black Mirror Cafe in East Delhi's Vikas Marg area to celebrate her birthday. An FIR has been filed with the Delhi Police in this regard. Modus operandi of online dating scams Online dating scams usually begin with the victim matching a potential date on dating apps like OkCupid, Bumble, Hinge or Tinder as in this case. Soon, the two exchanged their phone numbers and started chatting online. They decided to meet at the Black Mirror Cafe on Vikas Marg to celebrate Versha’s birthday. The victim told police that they ordered snacks, two cakes, and four non-alcoholic shots. Things began to twist when Versha left the cafe citing a family emergency. The victim *Reference links mentioned on last page of report Page 8 of 13 got the shock of his life when the bill arrived. It charged Rs 1,21,917, far exceeding the cost of their order. Victim raised dispute with the cafe Stunned by the hefty bill amount, the victim raised a dispute with the cafe. But, he was confined, threatened, and beaten by the cafe staff, the victim told police. Forced to pay the bill, he transferred money to Akshay Pahwa, one of the cafe's owners. What the police investigation says? During the investigation, Pahwa revealed that the Black Mirror Cafe is co-owned by him, his cousin Vansh Pahwa and someone else named Ansh Grover. He identified several ‘table managers’ and a manager named Digranshu involved in the scam. Pahwa also confessed to the police that Versha's real name is Afsan Parveen. She also goes by Ayesha and Noor.
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Mumbai Police arrested two Delhi college students involved in an online loan app scam The Bangur Nagar police have arrested two Delhi college students involved in an online loan app scam that attempted to extort a Goregaon-based woman by morphing her pictures and sending them to her relatives. According to the police, the 27-year-old complainant applied for a loan of Rs37,000 on an online app, uploading her photo and personal information in December 2023. She received only Rs21,000, transferred by the fraudsters. Soon after, she received threatening calls demanding repayment. The accused warned her that failure to repay would lead to defamation. A few days later, they morphed her photos and sent them to her relatives, threatening to make the obscene images viral on social media if she did not comply. The woman then approached the Bangur Nagar police. Investigations led the police to Delhi, where they arrested the two accused, Jain and Nikhil, in the Rohini area and brought them to Mumbai. A court has since sent them into judicial custody. The investigation revealed that the two students were in contact with a Chinese fraud gang, providing their bank account details and SIM cards for the scams. The fraudulently obtained money was transferred to these students’ accounts before being handed over to the main fraudsters. The police suspect that the accused may have committed similar crimes elsewhere and are continuing to investigate.
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The Chennai police on Saturday said they arrested two people from Thiruvottiyur in a case where a Vanagaram based dentist lost Rs 1.19 crore in an online share trading application recently. Police said that when the complainant tried to pull out his money after the app showed he made significant profits, the fraudsters demanded more money. Based on this, Chennai police arrested I Satishkumar (35) and R Satish (26). They also seized Rs 23.8 lakh cash, gold chains and details of several accounts that they used to transfer the money. In a related development, Tambaram police on Saturday said they arrested two men from Kerala for posing as officials of TRAI and CBI to defraud an Irumbuliyur resident of Rs 50 lakh after threatening to investigate him for money laundering. They seized a car which was allegedly bought using the money. Meanwhile, Telangana police arrived in Chennai on Saturday to arrest a Maduravoyal resident in whose account Rs 5 crore was deposited allegedly by cyber crime fraudsters. Police said the accused had helped them in opening bank accounts.
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Investment frauds in the guise of lucrative stock market returns are on the rise, with cybercriminals swindling citizens out of crores of rupees. It has now come to light that a police constable from the Pune City Police Department fell victim to such a scam, losing seven lakh rupees. A police constable residing in the Shivajinagar Police Colony lodged a complaint at the Shivajinagar Police Station regarding the incident. In November of last year, the constable came across an advertisement on social media promising triple returns on investments in the stock market. Intrigued, he contacted the phone number provided in the advertisement. Cybercriminals on the other end lured him with promises of high returns on stock market investments. The scammers directed him to download a specific app and subsequently instructed him to make investments through it. Over the past eight months, the constable transferred a total of seven lakh forty-five thousand rupees to the bank accounts specified by the fraudsters. The app deceptively showed substantial returns on his investments, but when he attempted to withdraw the purported profits, he was unable to access the funds. Realizing that the mobile numbers used by the scammers were now inactive, the constable understood he had been duped and filed a complaint with the police. Senior Police Inspector Chandrashekhar Sawant is currently investigating the case. Last year, 40 cases of online share trading scams were reported. However, the current year has seen a significant increase, with 49 cases reported in January and 61 cases in February, resulting in losses of Rs 7.6 crore and Rs 10.9 crore respectively. March had seen a further rise in such cases, indicating a growing trend in these cyber crimes. The Pimpri-Chinchwad police had arrested five individuals from Pune city for their alleged involvement in an online share market fraud scheme. This prompted authority to investigate potential connections to Hong Kong-based fraudsters.
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Online fraudsters are taking recourse increasingly to fake kidnapping/arrest cases to dupe victims, this modus operandi having taken pole position in the total number of cybercrimes reported in the city. Sextortion comes a close second along with the older frauds like OTP fraud and QR code fraud. Together, around 135 cases have been reported this year across the three police commissionerates in Kolkata.
However, losses were negligible since not all who received these messages ended up paying up to the fraudsters, thanks to increased awareness.
Sources at various divisional cyber cells indicated that fake kidnapping cases always see the accused claiming that a close family member is in danger. This is done to extort ransom money.
A source from the cyber division reported that in March, there were at least 20 to 25 such complaints each week. Across all divisions of Kolkata Police, around 100 such complaints were filed. In May, this dropped to 22 for the entire month. This was after returns began to diminish as people became aware of the modus operandi.
Interestingly, during the Lok Sabha elections, the number of cyber fraud complaints in the city significantly decreased. Over the past two months, complaints have dropped by nearly 46% from around 250 complaints a month (January to March) to around 135 in each of the months of April and May.
Police sources claim that though the poll period contributed to the decrease in complaints — especially fake calls coming from north India — continuous awareness campaigns were a major reason for the decline. An official from cyber cell mentioned that awareness campaigns about cyber fraud were conducted through social media pages and a newly opened WhatsApp channel by Lalbazar. The channel provides advice on not to share OTPs and not believing fake kidnapping stories, among other tips, and has received a good response. The cops also conduct awareness campaigns in city schools, including in the Bhangar division, using mobile vans. Special programs were organized for students, where cyber division inspectors messages provided dos-and-don’ts. Lalbazar has announced that now that the polls are over, the police will resume mobile van campaigns in schools to spread the message of preventing fraud.
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The Mumbai police have cracked down on a case of online share trading fraud, arresting two individuals linked to the scam that saw a software engineer and his family members lose a staggering Rs 5.14 crore, according to an official statement on Friday. Authorities took into custody a tuition teacher and a security guard on Wednesday, alleging their involvement in facilitating financial transactions for cyber fraudsters through bank accounts, the official disclosed. The scam surfaced after a software engineer residing in Sakinaka, a suburb in Mumbai's western region, approached the cyber police of the Mumbai crime branch in April with a complaint, detailing his ordeal. According to the complainant, he became a member of a WhatsApp group dedicated to online share trading in January. Subsequently, he expressed interest in investing, leading to a call instructing him to undergo training. Following the instructions, the engineer downloaded an application, creating a virtual account. He then began investing money, yielding profits. Encouraged by his success, his family members also joined in, collectively transferring Rs 5.14 crore to various bank accounts within two months, the official stated. Despite the virtual account reflecting a profit of Rs 87.85 crore, the victims were unable to withdraw the sum, raising suspicions.*Reference links mentioned on last page of report Page 10 of 18 During the investigation, the police scrutinised the bank accounts involved and traced one account to Hampreetsingh Randhwa, a 34-year-old security guard residing in Virar. Randhwa revealed that Vimalprakash Gupta, a 45-year-old tuition teacher, had facilitated the scam by providing him with a bank account, which was utilised by cyber fraudsters for financial transactions. Gupta was subsequently apprehended from Goregaon. Investigations have uncovered Gupta's connection with cyber fraudsters through the Telegram app. Allegedly, he was enticed with money in exchange for facilitating the acquisition of bank accounts for illicit financial activities, the official concluded.
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A 20-year-old college student, identified as Pavana from KGF in Kolar district, which is 66.2 km away from Bengaluru, was found dead in her hostel room on Sunday night. The young woman, a first-year BSc student at Maharani Cluster University, is suspected to have taken her own life after falling victim to a cybercrime scam. According to preliminary investigation reports by the police, Pavana was discovered hanging in her room by hostel staff around midnight. Alongside her, police found a handwritten suicide note penned by Pavana herself, shedding light on the circumstances leading to her action. In the poignant letter, Pavana, the daughter of a bus conductor, confessed to having lost a significant sum of money in a cybercrime. She revealed that she had borrowed approximately Rs 15,000 from friends and *Reference links mentioned on last page of report Page 9 of 18 had successfully managed to repay Rs 10,000. However, she lamented her inability to return the remaining amount, expressing her distress over the financial burden she had inadvertently caused herself. In a plea to her parents, Pavana listed the names of her friends to whom she owed money and requested her parents to settle the debt on her behalf. Speaking on the ongoing investigation, a police official stated, "We're yet to ascertain the nature of the cybercrime in which she lost money. Her mobile phone is locked, and we need experts’ help to unlock it and check her online transactions." It is reported that Pavana was alone in her room at the time of the incident, as her friends had departed for the weekend.
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Guwahati Man Defrauded Over A Crore In Cyber Investment Scam.
Chhote Narain Sinha, a resident of Rehabari in Guwahati, has reported a fraud involving an alleged investment through the reputed foreign trade company, Morgan Stanley. Sinha was swindled of ₹1.3 crore in a scam that promised high returns in the stock market.
The victim fell prey to the scheme, making multiple payments over time, believing he was investing in lucrative shares through Morgan Stanley. It was only after realising that he had been deceived, Sinha reported the matter to the cyber crime online portal and later approached the Cyber Police Station (PS) at Panbazar on May 16.
Upon receiving the complaint, the Cyber PS team initiated an investigation. They managed to freeze and recover ₹28.62 lakh of the defrauded amount before the criminals could fully transfer it out of reach. The cybercriminals had already moved significant portions of the funds through a web of transactions across various bank accounts. On Thursday, June 6, ₹22.5 lakh of the recovered amount were credited back to Sinha’s bank account.
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Lured by an advertisement on Instagram that promised high returns in stock market investment, a 23-year-old software engineer joined a WhatsApp group that purportedly promoted one Rajiv Ambani, the Chief Investment Officer of ICICI Securities, who was contesting in an international stock profit competition. The victim was promised high returns if he voted for Ambani in the contest, which he could then use to invest in IPOs. However, the engineer was scammed by the conmen and suffered a loss of Rs 5.76 lakh. After joining the WhatsApp group, he was asked to download an application on Google Play (which no longer exists) from where he can continue investing. He was also encouraged to vote for Ambani on a daily basis so he could receive 5,000 credits per week. Over time, the victim also took a loan of Rs 1 lakh from the domain so he could invest in IPOs. He was told that he got a profit of Rs 1.20 lakh and it reflected as Rs 2.40 lakh on the application. He withdrew Rs 5,000 to check if the application was authentic. When he was able to gain a profit, he started trading more based on the suggestions given by the conmen. All the profits were shown on his profile in the application. But when he wanted to withdraw the profits he was asked to repay the loan. Later, he found that IPOs were getting allocated without him even applying for it and that affected his credit score. When he started raising questions about the same to the representative, he was blocked and the application stopped functioning, alleged the victim. Based on media reports, a similar scam under Rajiv Ambani’s name took place in Bengaluru in April, where a doctor and a businessman collectively lost over Rs 69 lakh. The Cyberabad Cyber Crime police registered a case under IPC Section 420 and Section 66-D of the IT Act on charges of cheating by personation. Further investigation is on.
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