Scam
- Hyderabad
Love can wait, scammers won’t: Hyderabad CP warns youth
Hyderabad: Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Hyderabad City Commissioner of Police VC Sajjanar on Thursday, February 12, issued a public alert warning citizens about “romance scams” that dupe people of money under the…
- Mumbai
Mumbai cab driver held for charging tourist Rs 18k for 400-metre ride
Mumbai: A 50-year-old taxi driver has been arrested for allegedly charging a US tourist a whopping Rs 18,000 in what may have been the most expensive 400-metre ride through the Mumbai traffic,…
- Telangana
15 arrested in Rs 3.9 crore Bhu Bharathi, Dharani scam in Telangana
Hyderabad: The Warangal police on Friday, January 16, said it unearthed a major scam worth Rs 3.90 crore related to the Dharani and Bhu Bharathi portals. As many as 15 people have…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Dhanwantari Foundation’s land to be auctioned in Rs 516 crore scam
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has allowed the police to proceed with the auction of properties attached to the Dhanwantari Foundation International Trust (DFI) and disburse the amount to the victims of…
- Hyderabad
Tourists duped out of Rs 12k over Salar Jung museum tickets, police recover money
Hyderabad: A tourist from Delhi, along with two of his friends from Hyderabad, was duped out of Rs 12,000 after they booked tickets to the Salar Jung museum from a fraudulent website.…
- News
Hyderabad retiree loses Rs 29.5 lakh to fake trading app scam
Hyderabad: In another incident of fake trading app scams, a 63-year-old retired employee from Nallakunta was duped of Rs 29.5 lakhs by scamsters impersonating as an investment company. In early November, a…
- Middle East
Key accused in Dubai’s BlueChip Group scam held in India
The prime accused in the Dubai BlueChip Group scam and one of the UAE’s largest investment frauds was arrested in India on November 30 after 18 months. The Indian origin man was…
- Hyderabad
City doctor loses Rs 14.61 crore in one of Telangana’s biggest cyber frauds
Hyderabad: In one of Telangana’s biggest cyber-investment frauds, a Hyderabad doctor was duped of Rs 14.61 crore after cybercriminals, posing as a woman on social media, trapped him in a fake online…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad cybercrime police arrest 2 in pan-India trading fraud
Hyderabad: Cybercrime police arrested two accused of a pan-India trading fraud case after a victim filed a complaint citing a loss of Rs 12.3 lakh. Accused Ravi Kumar Lal, 38, and Shivendra…
- Hyderabad
HMWSSB warns of deceptive drinking water bill scam in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Residents of Hyderabad need to be alert as scammers have designed a new drinking water bill scam to trick them into downloading malicious software. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage…
- Telangana
‘KTR is distorting facts’ says Sridhar Babu on land scam allegations
Hyderabad: Refuting the allegations made by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao, Telangana IT and industries minister D Sridhar Babu, on Friday, November 21, stated that the Congress is…
- Offbeat
Delhi: Indian man scams Korean tourist, claims to be ‘professor’
New Delhi: A Korean content creator, Walter K, posted an Instagram video of a ‘frightening’ scam he fell victim to in Old Delhi. An elderly man, pretending to be a professor, allegedly…
- Hyderabad
Man held for duping 83 people, promised 2BHK houses in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Jeedimetla police, on Monday, November 17, arrested one person for allegedly cheating 83 people by promising them 2BHK houses in Hyderabad. Based on a complaint by a local, Thailam Ramesh,…
- India
India repatriates 197 nationals from Thailand after Myanmar scam flight
New Delhi: India on Monday repatriated a second batch of 197 of its nationals from Thailand in two military aircraft, days after they fled to Thai border town of Mae Sot from…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru driver uses look-alike Rapido app to rip off passenger
A new scam is on the rise, a Bengaluru man described an ordeal where a cab driver asked him a higher price, revealing that he used a different app with the same…
