Archive · 4 Oct 2026
Cyber Fraud Cases Grip Telangana as Police Urge Vigilance
People in Telangana are being tricked by criminals using phones and the internet.
Some criminals pretend to be someone else and use private pictures to demand money.
Others promise big investment profits or pretend someone is under arrest.
Police also say some young people who went to Cambodia for jobs were forced to run online scams.
These problems are reported in Hyderabad and other districts.
Police are working to warn people about the scams.
They say never to share a one-time password with anyone.
People should be careful and tell the police if they are targeted.
Telangana police report recurring cases of digital arrest, investment fraud, sextortion and cyber slavery.
In one sextortion case, fraudsters used intimate video images to threaten a man and demand money.
About 50 youths were brought back from Cambodia in connection with a cyber-slavery case; police said they had been forced to run online scams after travelling for jobs.
Monthly reports list one or two digital-arrest cases, two to four each of sextortion and cyber slavery, and five to seven investment-fraud cases.
Police say cyber fraud is spreading beyond Hyderabad and warn people never to share one-time passwords.
- Who
- People targeted by cybercriminals in Telangana, including software professionals, businesspeople and youths taken to Cambodia; cybercrime police are responding.
- What
- Police report digital-arrest, investment, sextortion, cyber-slavery, phone-hacking, credit-card and OTP-related frauds.
- When
- The article describes current reported cases and monthly case figures; no specific date is given.
- Where
- Hyderabad and other districts in Telangana; a cyber-slavery case involved youths brought back from Cambodia.
- Why
- Fraudsters target people to obtain money or make them run online scams; police say greater public vigilance is needed.
Fraudsters’ tactics
Police response
Online deception and coercion
Fraudsters’ tactics
Fraudsters use fake profiles, threats involving intimate images, false investment promises and forced online scam work to exploit victims.
Police response
Police investigate cases, bring affected youths back in connection with cyber-slavery investigations, and campaign to raise awareness.
Preventing further losses
Fraudsters’ tactics
Criminals target people across Hyderabad and other districts, including through phone, credit-card and OTP-related frauds.
Police response
Police urge people to remain vigilant and never share OTPs.
- Reported scam types
- Digital arrest, investment fraud, sextortion and cyber slavery
- Monthly digital-arrest reports
- One or two cases
- Monthly sextortion reports
- Two to four cases
- Monthly cyber-slavery reports
- Two to four cases
- Monthly investment-fraud reports
- Five to seven cases
- Cambodia case
- Around 50 youths were brought back in connection with a cyber-slavery case
- Police warning
- Never share one-time passwords with anyone