Jailed scammer sends threat mail to Allahabad HC judge using cop's phone, FIR lodgedA shocking plot has been uncovered in Lucknow. Anubhav Mittal, already jailed for a massive Rs 3,700 crore cyber fraud, allegedly used a po...
09 Nov, 2025, 03.32 PM IST
Lucknow's 'mule account' menace: How local youths are fuelling global cyber fraud networkIn Lucknow, young adults are being lured into cyber fraud schemes by renting out their bank accounts for quick cash. These accounts are use...
10 Aug, 2025, 10.46 AM IST
Digital frauds surge in east UP; sharp rise in Lucknow, Prayagraj, Kanpur, rural areas: AirtelEastern Uttar Pradesh is experiencing a surge in digital fraud, with cybercriminals employing tactics like fake delivery links and phishing...
09 Jul, 2025, 08.36 PM IST
Cyber fraud: 75-year-old man duped Rs 11 crore in MumbaiA 75-year-old Mumbai man lost ₹11.1 crore to a share trading scam after joining a fraudulent WhatsApp group. He transferred funds to variou...
27 Nov, 2024, 07.38 AM IST
UP CM Yogi lauds new criminal laws, says the essence of laws lies in delivering justiceUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated a conference on forensic science and cybersecurity, emphasizing the new criminal l...
26 Nov, 2024, 09.11 PM IST
No provision for 'digital arrest' worldwide; report cybercrimes at earliest: ExpertsCybercriminals in Uttar Pradesh are posing as officials from CBI and RBI. They deceive victims into transferring money by using digital arr...
03 Nov, 2024, 04.53 PM IST
Diljit Dosanjh’s reacts to Delhi Police’s ticket scam postDiljit Dosanjh's Dil-Luminati Tour kicks off in Delhi on October 26. Amid high demand for tickets, Delhi Police warns against fraudulent ti...
17 Sep, 2024, 01.42 PM IST
Major cyber fraud prevented in Lucknow, would have been one of the biggest cases in UP's historyThe story started with fraudsters opening another account in AKTU's name in the same bank where it already had an account. Then, bank offic...
20 Jun, 2024, 11.22 AM IST
Upper circuit stocks, hot IPOs: How a Hyderabad stock trader lost Rs 3 crore to an investment scamA 48-year-old stock trader from Gachibowli, Hyderabad, lost Rs 3.37 crore in an investment scam. It began with a deceptive WhatsApp invitat...
05 May, 2024, 05.57 PM IST
Wfh frauds: Police arrest two in UP & Bihar linked to 2,700 complaints across countryFraudulent work-from-home schemes, luring victims with promises of payment for simple tasks before coaxing them into making investments wit...
29 Feb, 2024, 12.34 PM IST
Operation Chakra 2: CBI takes over probe into financial cyber scam involving suspected Chinese nationalThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the investigation of an alleged scam involving a Chinese national targeting Indian...
20 Oct, 2023, 08.24 PM IST
Cases targeting women with explicit content double in 3 yearsEven as the Mumbai police arrested a third suspect involved in the Bulli Bai app case, the NCRB said in a report that Uttar Pradesh (2,120)...
06 Jan, 2022, 12.13 AM IST
Cash, crime & the city: The growing challenge of economic crimes in India's Tier-II cities and how to deal with itWhile Delhi and Mumbai log the highest number of economic offences, the recent crime data show that cities such as Jaipur, Lucknow & Patna ...
03 Oct, 2021, 03.18 PM IST
Crimes too went digital in the pandemic, up 12%Uttar Pradesh pipped Karnataka to emerge as the state with the highest number of cybercrimes reported in 2020 - constituting over a fifth o...
29 Sep, 2021, 02.41 PM IST
Data of 14 lakh people breached, online buyers duped of Rs 200 croreNandan Rao Patel, arrested here on Saturday by the Noida field unit of the STF, used to procure the data of clients of major online shoppin...
31 Mar, 2019, 10.53 PM IST
How insurance firms are dealing with fraud claimsInsurers have identified at least 80 districts across the country which have excelled in fraudulent claims over the past decade.
06 Jul, 2017, 01.35 PM IST
- Scamsters using I-T department website to dupe people: Experts
Cyber experts have warned Internet users of phishing scamsters who are luring people with government domain names and sending unscrupulous ...
05 Feb, 2012, 02.26 PM IST