Tech Support Scams

In a disturbing case of cybercrime, two fraudsters posed as officials from the telecom sector and Mumbai Crime Branch to scam a 77-year-old woman, Lakshmi Shivakumar, out of Rs1.2 crore. …

In a significant breakthrough, Pranavananda Mondal, a youth from Durgapur, was arrested by Maharashtra Police today in connection with a massive fraud involving the promise of erecting wireless internet towers …

A Guwahati man, Dheeraj Pao, was arrested on Friday for allegedly defrauding a resident of Arunachal Pradesh out of a whopping Rs92 lakh. The fraudster lured the victim, Jumda Padu, …

In a significant breakthrough in a cyber fraud case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Lakshay Vij, a 33-year-old from Delhi’s Dilshad Garden, in connection with a high-profile fraud that …

In a joint operation by the Kolkata police, nine individuals were arrested across two separate locations—Jamshedpur in Jharkhand and Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh—for orchestrating a series of cybercrimes that targeted …

A fake call center operating in Noida, masquerading as a travel agency to dupe individuals with promises of overseas job placements, has been uncovered by the Sector 63 police. Authorities …

In a significant crackdown, cybercrime police raided a fraudulent call center operating in the Althan area of Surat, where callers from a firm named “Learn N Earn” were found swindling …