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Arrested have been identified as Benjamin Ndri, Kaptu Ematurin, Kitii Devalois, Martin Ndimou El and Hadji Toure, all residents of different countries in Africa VADODARA: A gang of five African men allegedly duping people by posing as businessmen was arrested by the Vadodara cybercrime sleuths from Delhi. Cops have seized 18 mobile phones, two laptops and fake US dollar currency notes from them. The cybercrime sleuths traced the gang after Rajesh Kumar Patel, a businessman from the city, filed a complaint of cheating of Rs 19.35 lakh against unidentified persons on July 4. “We tracked the accused on the basis of IP address, bank account details and tip-off. All of the five have been duping unsuspecting businessmen by offering lucrative business deals,” said Hardik Makadia, ACP (crime). According to the police, Patel had received several emails between October 2020 and March 2021 wherein he was offered CPU processor scrap at a cheaper rate. ....
Representative image VADODARA: They were planning to dupe unsuspecting people of Rs 2 crore by taking loans in their names. But the cybercrime sleuths busted their racket and arrested three men who had been committing the fraud since January this year. While two of the accused were arrested 10 days ago, the third one Jay Prakash Shukla was remanded to two days of police custody by a local court on Monday. The police said that Rakesh Khankariya, a resident of Surat, was the mastermind of the racket. “The accused used to first get hold of mobile sim cards whose services were out of order. They used to find out if any of these phone numbers were linked with loans of a private finance firm,” said Hardik Makadia, ACP (cybercrime). ....
According to the police, Thakar, a law student made fake social media profiles of the complainant and passed indecent comments on the latter (Image used for representational purpose only) VADODARA: When the cops reached Ahmedabad to nab a suspect in a cybercrime complaint, they were left stumped. A 25-year-old woman Nidhi Thakar turned out to be the person who had been harassing the Vadodara-based female complainant online since February this year. According to the police, Thakar, a law student made fake social media profiles of the complainant and passed indecent comments on the latter. “The accused made several accounts of the complainant and also posted her family photos. She used to post indecent comments on the complainant,” said Hardik Makadia, ACP (cybercrime). ....
Representative image VADODARA: A dedicated cyclist, Anju Sharma not only recorded her own cycling and running route every single day but also predicted the best time, routes to cycle to get people started on their own physical fitness routines. But what the national shooting champion thought was a standard practice for urban women like her, a different threat something that backfired her initiative of uploading her fitness regime on a popular mobile app lay lurking behind the screen. To her horror and dismay, a man sent her a message on the app account last year, marking his approval of the route she takes as well as her fitness programme. Sharma, a resident of Dabhoi Road, said, “The man said that he wanted to join me for running and cycling and also knew the route I take daily!” ....