Financial scams targeting Indians

[Siddarth27]

A 26-year-old software engineer from Cox Town lost ₹31.3 lakh from her bank accounts after becoming a victim of a courier scam and being “ digitally arrested” by cybercrooks.

Techie ‘digitally arrested’ for 3 days by cybercriminals, loses ₹31.3 lakh

26-year-old software engineer loses ₹31.3 lakh in courier scam, struggles to recover funds despite police intervention.

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[Bapun]

A retired senior executive of a multinational firm was coerced and duped into paying Rs 85 lakh by a gang posing as CBI, customs, narcotics, and income-tax officers - all on Skype

"Will Return In 15 Mins": Fake CBI Gang Cleans HDFC Account Of Rs 85 Lakh

A retired senior executive of a multinational firm was coerced into paying Rs 85 lakh by a gang posing as CBI, customs, and income-tax officers - all on Skype.

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[Vicky]

 

[Bapun]

"I started rating the hotels etc. With these tasks, there were some investment tasks too where I invested Rs 50,000 first, but I couldn't withdraw the money from the website," Kumar said. When attempted to withdraw money, he was asked to pay an additional Rs 5 lakh as tax, he further added. This way, he ended up investing Rs 20,54,464.

"They asked me to pay Rs 5 lakh more as tax to their account, where I got to know that I have been a victim of financial fraud. I am not able to withdraw my approximately Rs 20,54,464 invested money," Kumar said in his statement to the police.

Noida man loses Rs 20 lakh in 'hotel rating on Google Maps scam', alleges receiving death threats - Times of India

Sandeep Kumar received death threats from fraudsters via Telegram and phone calls demanding him to defreeze the accounts.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 

[Bapun]

A 48-year-old Ludhiana resident fell victim to a cyber scam while attempting to start a Domino's franchise. The man lost Rs 20.77 lakh to fraudsters posing as representatives of the pizza chain.

Ludhiana man searches how to open Domino's franchise on internet, loses Rs 20.77 lakh after a phone call

A 48-year-old Ludhiana resident fell victim to a cyber scam while attempting to start a Domino's franchise. The man lost Rs 20.77 lakh to fraudsters posing as representatives of the pizza chain.

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[Siddarth27]

Cyber fraudsters have now devised a new modus operandi to cheat unsuspecting people, making phone calls in the guise of police officers and claiming that a relative has been arrested in a narcotics case and that the charges would be dropped if a bribe is paid.

Fraudsters adopt new method to cheat people online

Cyber fraudsters have now devised a new modus operandi to cheat unsuspecting people: making phone calls in the guise of police officers and claiming that a relative has been arrested in a narcotics case and that the charges would be dropped if a bribe is paid.

thehindu.com

 

[Siddarth27]

The police have launched an awareness campaign, alerting people to a new modus operandi employed by cyber fraudsters, where people get registered posts promising cash rewards and gift vouchers with QR codes to trap the victim.

People told to be alert against ‘registered post’ fraud

People told to be alert against ‘registered post’ fraud

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[Bapun]

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[Bapun]

Posing as officials of the telecom and the Mumbai Crime Branch, cyber fraudsters intimidated a 77-year-old woman for almost 20 days before swindling a total of ₹1.2 crore.

In another cyber scam, 77-year-old woman from Bengaluru cheated of ₹1.2 crore

Posing as officials of the telecom and the Mumbai Crime Branch, cyber fraudsters intimidated a 77-year-old woman for almost 20 days before swindling a total of ₹1.2 crore.

www.thehindu.com

 

[honey95]

These scam is mostly done in our country at every year. They target those people via the android apps mostly fake apps like loan apps. They also target only those with big amount of money coz they already aware of their financial statements and bank account details. We seen so many cases.
In very rare cases, a techie person may victim fall in cyber. Most of low income person didn't get these fraudsters unless he'she is doing some crazy things over internet with sharing person things via social media or other websties.