Mumbai Cyber Crime

Police have launched a probe against four cyber fraudsters for allegedly cheating a 33-year-old woman from CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai of Rs 12 lakh, an official said on Tuesday.

A medical doctor from Navi Mumbai has been defrauded of Rs 26.52 lakh by a cyber gang that threatened to implicate him in a fictitious crime involving money laundering and terrorism, police said on Wednesday.

Mumbai Police's Cyber Crime unit arrested two men for allegedly creating a website imitating the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority's portal and duping people, an official said.

The Mumbai police froze nearly Rs 40 lakh extorted by a cyber fraudster from a man after he lodged a complaint with the cyber helpline 1930, an official said on Thursday.

Vineeta Singh, entrepreneur and Shark Tank India judge, has come forward to dismiss persistent rumours of her death.

The Mumbai police have arrested two persons after it emerged that over 25 Indians were lured with "high-paying" jobs in Thailand but taken to Laos, where they were forced to commit cyber fraud, an official said on Tuesday.

The Navi Mumbai cyber police conducting the probe into a cryptocurrency fraud have frozen several bank accounts involving amounts worth Rs 32.66 crore, an official said on Wednesday.

The Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod for a Rs 837 crore cyber safety project to deal with cyber crimes in the state.

At least 40 customers of a private bank in Mumbai were cheated of lakhs of rupees within three days after they clicked on a link sent via fake text messages to update their KYC and PAN details.

The Mumbai Police used fun and quirky messages last year on social media to reach out to people to spread information about Covid-19.

A 33-year-old man was arrested from Rajasthan for allegedly blackmailing an MLA after creating a fake objectionable video of the latter, an official of Cyber police station in Mumbai said on Tuesday.

Mumbai police's cyber crime department on Monday urged people to not fall into the trap of frauds in the guise of "lucky draws" ahead of Diwali.

Mumbai Police seem to have taken a page out of Turkish ice-cream vendors' trick books. In their latest Instagram post, the Mumbai Police, too, have trolled hackers using a Dondurma video.

The cyber wing of Mumbai police on Sunday issued a social media advisory asking people not to share personal information with strangers online and to ensure the internet activities of their children is monitored.

As engineer-turned-clothes manufacturer has been arrested from Gujarat's Surat for cheating more than 22,000 women of thousands of rupees through his apparel website, the cyber cell unit of Mumbai Police has said.

Police have launched a probe against four cyber fraudsters for allegedly cheating a 33-year-old woman from CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai of Rs 12 lakh, an official said on Tuesday.

A medical doctor from Navi Mumbai has been defrauded of Rs 26.52 lakh by a cyber gang that threatened to implicate him in a fictitious crime involving money laundering and terrorism, police said on Wednesday.

Mumbai Police's Cyber Crime unit arrested two men for allegedly creating a website imitating the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority's portal and duping people, an official said.

The Mumbai police froze nearly Rs 40 lakh extorted by a cyber fraudster from a man after he lodged a complaint with the cyber helpline 1930, an official said on Thursday.

Vineeta Singh, entrepreneur and Shark Tank India judge, has come forward to dismiss persistent rumours of her death.

The Mumbai police have arrested two persons after it emerged that over 25 Indians were lured with "high-paying" jobs in Thailand but taken to Laos, where they were forced to commit cyber fraud, an official said on Tuesday.

The Navi Mumbai cyber police conducting the probe into a cryptocurrency fraud have frozen several bank accounts involving amounts worth Rs 32.66 crore, an official said on Wednesday.

The Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod for a Rs 837 crore cyber safety project to deal with cyber crimes in the state.

At least 40 customers of a private bank in Mumbai were cheated of lakhs of rupees within three days after they clicked on a link sent via fake text messages to update their KYC and PAN details.

The Mumbai Police used fun and quirky messages last year on social media to reach out to people to spread information about Covid-19.

A 33-year-old man was arrested from Rajasthan for allegedly blackmailing an MLA after creating a fake objectionable video of the latter, an official of Cyber police station in Mumbai said on Tuesday.

Mumbai police's cyber crime department on Monday urged people to not fall into the trap of frauds in the guise of "lucky draws" ahead of Diwali.

Mumbai Police seem to have taken a page out of Turkish ice-cream vendors' trick books. In their latest Instagram post, the Mumbai Police, too, have trolled hackers using a Dondurma video.

The cyber wing of Mumbai police on Sunday issued a social media advisory asking people not to share personal information with strangers online and to ensure the internet activities of their children is monitored.

As engineer-turned-clothes manufacturer has been arrested from Gujarat's Surat for cheating more than 22,000 women of thousands of rupees through his apparel website, the cyber cell unit of Mumbai Police has said.