Tag: Online Fraud

Berhampur: Two youths from Ganjam district have reportedly fallen prey to online job fraudsters amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As per reports, both the job aspirants lost Rs 2 lakh to the fraudsters who had promised them jobs at the Airport Authority of India (AAI). One of the complainants, Gupteswar Pradhan informed that he received a […]

Bhubaneswar: The enticing advertisements announcing lucrative discount offers and shopping freebies over the social media may not always be real. It could be a trap set by cyber fraudsters to swindle the gullible shoppers. Recently, a Bhubaneswar resident learnt it the hard way. Trinath Moharana, a resident of Bhubaneswar almost ended up losing around Rs […]

Bhubaneswar: The Income Tax department has warned tax payers of fake links which promises to give refunds. In a tweet, the Income Tax department has said that such links are phishing messages and not sent by the department. The IT department has further asked the tax payers/ users to be extra vigilant while coming across […]

Bhubaneswar: Online crime has gone a notch lower and deeper. As if financial fraud was not enough, the scamsters are now eyeing gullible youngsters to extort money by blackmail through social media platforms. And in the era of digital revolution, instances of cyber risk and security threat have also risen manifolds, the latest menace being […]

New Delhi: Twelve people, including two Chinese women, were arrested for allegedly cheating people by promising lucrative returns through an online marketing campaign. The accused have cheated around 40,000 people of crores in two months The Chinese nationals have been identified as Chaohong Deng Daoyong (27) and Wu Jiazhi (54), police said. The accused installed […]

Koraput: There seems to be no let-up in cyber-related frauds in Odisha with two more youths from Laxmipur block of Koraput district becoming the latest victims to the fraudster and losing nearly Rs 74,000 while buying a motorcycle online. The duped youths are Sachin Huika, son of Laxmipur sarpanch and a JCB driver, Sukha Sarka. […]

Bhubaneswar: The cyber criminals are on the prowl in Odisha and have reportedly swindled over Rs 10 lakh in the last three days, informed Bhubaneswar DCP Umashankar Dash on Wednesday. While talking to reporters, the Bhubaneswar DCP informed that the newly set up Cybercrime Helpdesk is getting flooded with calls from people who are reporting […]

Bhubaneswar: Just when people thought they have seen almost every high-profile online scams, a fresh phishing attack promising lucrative offers and deals for this Valentine’s Day – when lovers express their affection with love and gifts for their partners, has given all quite an unfamiliar jolt. Cyber experts have warned people regarding the ‘FAKE’ Valentine’s […]

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s daughter Harshita has allegedly been duped of Rs 34,000 by a man, who approached her as a buyer on an e-commerce platform, where she had put up a sofa on sale, police said on Monday. An FIR under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has […]

Balasore: A police team from Delhi’s Amar Colony Police Station on Saturday arrested a 35-year-old man from Basta area in Balasore district on the charges of online fraud and duping an export and import company of the national capital. The accused has been identified as Sanmay Panda. He has been arrested by Delhi police with […]

Bhubaneswar: It seems the fraudsters of Jamtara –infamous as the cybercrime capital of India– are now on the prowl and in search of their next target, this time in the smart city of Bhubaneswar. The Commissionerate Police recently released a video and cautioned people to remain alert as the cyber fraudsters of Jamtara in Jharkhand […]