A government school teacher loses Rs 1.2 lakh to a cyber crook posing as a bank employee offering an Amazon-ICICI credit card. Cybercrooks target unsuspecting individuals through fraudulent customer care numbers.
A woman from Keshod town in Junagadh lost Rs 1.11 lakh in OTP fraud to a cyber crook, impersonating as an employee of a hotel in temple town Dwarka. The fraudster offered her a huge discount on room booking and siphoned off the money from her bank account. Read more about this online hotel booking fraud.
A man in Vadodara has been tricked into sending nude pics by a cyber crook. The victim has been blackmailed and threatened by the crook for the past three months. The blackmailer has been stalking the victim in public areas. The cybercrime police station has registered a complaint against the unknown offender. The accused has sent the victim's nude photos to his wife, friends, and relatives. The accused is also stalking the victim in public areas. The police suspect that the accused is known to the victim and has been harassing him for personal reasons.
A cyber crook posed as an IPS officer on Facebook and duped two men of Rs 1.3 lakh by creating a fake profile impersonating IPS officer Narasingha Bhol. The victims realized they were scammed when they contacted the real IPS officer and found out about the fraud. Cyber police have been investigating similar cases of fake social media profiles.
A manager of an automobile company in Rajkot lost Rs 60,000 to a cyber crook who posed as a bank executive. Police booked an unknown person on Wednesday for cheating under IT Act seven months after the incident and started investigation.