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UP Student Loses Money In Betting, Fakes Abduction For Ransom, Arrested
A nursing student, along with four friends, staged her own kidnapping here to blackmail her family into paying Rs 6 lakh after she lost money in online betting, police said on Thursday.
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UP Man Drowns 5-Year-Old Son To Frame Neighbour In Fake Kidnapping Case
A man was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur on Tuesday for allegedly pushing his five-year-old son in a river, leading to his death, in an attempt to wrongly frame his neighbour in the case, police said.
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UP Teen Girl, Family File Fake Rape Case To Extort Money From Neighbours: Cops
Days after a 16-year-old alleged that she was raped in a moving car, the UP Police said that the case filed in the incident was part of a conspiracy to trap the accused. The victim, a resident of Jhansi, had claimed she was kidnapped and gang-raped.
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UP Man Fakes Kidnapping, Seeks Rs 60 Lakh Ransom From Family To Repay Loan
A businessman, who his family feared had been kidnapped for a ransom of Rs 60 lakh, had allegedly faked his kidnapping to repay a loan, police said on Saturday.
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Teen Fakes Kidnapping, Demands Rs 2 Lakh As Ransom From Parents To Pay Off Gaming Debt
A first-year student allegedly faked his kidnapping and sent photos of him tied up and gagged to his parents, demanding Rs 2 lakh as ransom, the police in Rajasthan's Kota said on Thursday.
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They Were Filming A 'Kidnapping' Reel On Noida Road. Cops Arrested Them
A man in handcuffs struggles helplessly while another person tries to force him into a car waiting on a busy road - these dramatic visuals of an apparent kidnapping unfolded in Uttar Pradesh's Noida. Except, it was not real.
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Slack Co-Founder's Missing Teen Found, 26-Year-Old Man Arrested For Kidnapping
According to the police, both of them "voluntarily" ran away from Bolinas and have now reunited with their families.
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Man Gets Daughter's Pics With Rs 30 Lakh Ransom Demand. She Had Faked It
A father of a 21-year-old woman from Madhya Pradesh told the police that his daughter had been kidnapped and that he received a Rs 30-lakh ransom demand.
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Taiwanese Influencers Jailed In Cambodia For Live-Streaming Fake Abduction And Escape
Chen Neng Chuan, 31, and Lu Tsu Hsien, 34, were arrested on Wednesday after they live-streamed two videos on YouTube, staging a forced abduction and escape.
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Maharashtra Man Plan His Own Kidnapping To Extort Money From Father
A 20-year-old man from Maharashtra's Palghar district allegedly cooked up his own kidnapping story to extract money from his father, police said on Sunday.
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Fake Notes Crush Ragpicker's Rs 25-Crore Dream, Get His Boss Kidnapped
When a ragpicker in Bengaluru stumbled upon bundles of US dollars with a face value of $3 million, or approximately Rs 25 crore, he fainted thinking he had hit a jackpot and then began dreaming about a changed life.
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11-Year-Old US Girl Makes Prank Call Claiming Her Friend Was Kidnapped, Arrested
According to the police, she sent the prank text, apparently inspired by a YouTube challenge, thinking that it ''would be funny.''
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Maharashtra Teen Fakes Kidnapping, Runs Away With Boyfriend To Kolkata
A 17-year-old girl from Maharashtra's Palghar district allegedly ran away with her boyfriend to Kolkata after faking her own kidnapping story, police said on Monday.
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Unable To Repay Debt, Mumbai Man Fakes Kidnapping To Get Money From Father
A 27-year-old man from Mumbai was arrested for allegedly faking his own kidnapping and asking ransom from his family to repay his debt, the police said on Thursday.
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'Virtual Kidnapping' Scams Targeting Chinese Students In Australia On The Rise: Report
The scam involves young Chinese students getting a phone call from scammers claiming to be a representative from a Chinese authority.
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UP Student Loses Money In Betting, Fakes Abduction For Ransom, Arrested
A nursing student, along with four friends, staged her own kidnapping here to blackmail her family into paying Rs 6 lakh after she lost money in online betting, police said on Thursday.
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UP Man Drowns 5-Year-Old Son To Frame Neighbour In Fake Kidnapping Case
A man was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur on Tuesday for allegedly pushing his five-year-old son in a river, leading to his death, in an attempt to wrongly frame his neighbour in the case, police said.
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UP Teen Girl, Family File Fake Rape Case To Extort Money From Neighbours: Cops
Days after a 16-year-old alleged that she was raped in a moving car, the UP Police said that the case filed in the incident was part of a conspiracy to trap the accused. The victim, a resident of Jhansi, had claimed she was kidnapped and gang-raped.
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UP Man Fakes Kidnapping, Seeks Rs 60 Lakh Ransom From Family To Repay Loan
A businessman, who his family feared had been kidnapped for a ransom of Rs 60 lakh, had allegedly faked his kidnapping to repay a loan, police said on Saturday.
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Teen Fakes Kidnapping, Demands Rs 2 Lakh As Ransom From Parents To Pay Off Gaming Debt
A first-year student allegedly faked his kidnapping and sent photos of him tied up and gagged to his parents, demanding Rs 2 lakh as ransom, the police in Rajasthan's Kota said on Thursday.
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They Were Filming A 'Kidnapping' Reel On Noida Road. Cops Arrested Them
A man in handcuffs struggles helplessly while another person tries to force him into a car waiting on a busy road - these dramatic visuals of an apparent kidnapping unfolded in Uttar Pradesh's Noida. Except, it was not real.
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Slack Co-Founder's Missing Teen Found, 26-Year-Old Man Arrested For Kidnapping
According to the police, both of them "voluntarily" ran away from Bolinas and have now reunited with their families.
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Man Gets Daughter's Pics With Rs 30 Lakh Ransom Demand. She Had Faked It
A father of a 21-year-old woman from Madhya Pradesh told the police that his daughter had been kidnapped and that he received a Rs 30-lakh ransom demand.
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Taiwanese Influencers Jailed In Cambodia For Live-Streaming Fake Abduction And Escape
Chen Neng Chuan, 31, and Lu Tsu Hsien, 34, were arrested on Wednesday after they live-streamed two videos on YouTube, staging a forced abduction and escape.
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Maharashtra Man Plan His Own Kidnapping To Extort Money From Father
A 20-year-old man from Maharashtra's Palghar district allegedly cooked up his own kidnapping story to extract money from his father, police said on Sunday.
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Fake Notes Crush Ragpicker's Rs 25-Crore Dream, Get His Boss Kidnapped
When a ragpicker in Bengaluru stumbled upon bundles of US dollars with a face value of $3 million, or approximately Rs 25 crore, he fainted thinking he had hit a jackpot and then began dreaming about a changed life.
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11-Year-Old US Girl Makes Prank Call Claiming Her Friend Was Kidnapped, Arrested
According to the police, she sent the prank text, apparently inspired by a YouTube challenge, thinking that it ''would be funny.''
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Maharashtra Teen Fakes Kidnapping, Runs Away With Boyfriend To Kolkata
A 17-year-old girl from Maharashtra's Palghar district allegedly ran away with her boyfriend to Kolkata after faking her own kidnapping story, police said on Monday.
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Unable To Repay Debt, Mumbai Man Fakes Kidnapping To Get Money From Father
A 27-year-old man from Mumbai was arrested for allegedly faking his own kidnapping and asking ransom from his family to repay his debt, the police said on Thursday.
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'Virtual Kidnapping' Scams Targeting Chinese Students In Australia On The Rise: Report
The scam involves young Chinese students getting a phone call from scammers claiming to be a representative from a Chinese authority.
