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Four Indore Residents Lose Over ₹6 Lakh to Cyber Frauds
Four people in Indore lost more than ₹6 lakh in separate online scams.
One person was tricked into paying fees after being promised profits from stock trading.
Another man’s phone froze, and money was taken from his bank account through his PhonePe application.
A woman borrowed money through two loan apps, which allegedly took information from her contacts and photo gallery.
Scammers then sent edited obscene photos to people she knew and demanded money.
She and her mother made many payments before going to the police.
A fourth person clicked a link from someone pretending to be a bank manager.
His credit card was then charged without permission.
Four residents in Indore were defrauded of a combined ₹6,06,449 in separate cases.
A stock-market investment scam led Harshvardhan to transfer ₹1,01,000 between June 22 and June 25.
Mukesh lost ₹51,449 after his phone froze and hackers accessed his PhonePe account.
A woman and her mother paid ₹3,07,000 after loan apps allegedly used morphed photos to extort them.
Jitendra lost ₹1,47,000 in unauthorised credit-card transactions after clicking a WhatsApp link.
- Who
- Four residents of Indore: Harshvardhan, Mukesh, a 27-year-old woman, and Jitendra.
- What
- They were defrauded of a combined ₹6,06,449 in separate cyber-fraud cases.
- Where
- Under Banganga police station limits in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
- When
- The reported incidents occurred between June and October; specific dates are given for some cases.
- Why
- Scammers used fake investment promises, suspected malware or spyware, loan-app extortion, and credit-card phishing to obtain money.
Key facts
- Total reported losses
- ₹6,06,449 across four cases
- Police station limits
- Banganga, Indore
- Investment fraud loss
- ₹1,01,000
- Phone hacking loss
- ₹51,449 on October 1
- Loan-app extortion loss
- ₹3,07,000 in 71 transfers between July 23 and August 29
- Loan applications named
- FLEXIBEE and CASHTOYOU
- Credit-card fraud loss
- ₹1,47,000 after a fraudulent call on September 26
Sources
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