Archive · 23 May 2025
Cyber Fraud Victims in Gurgaon Lose Rs 80 Crore in Four Months
In Gurgaon, people are losing a lot of money to online scams.
In just four months of 2025, about Rs 80 crore was stolen.
The most common scams involve fake investments and fake arrest threats.
While the police are catching more criminals, they haven't been able to recover as much money.
The police are trying to teach people how to avoid these scams, but they also need people to be more careful.
Criminals often target older people who live alone.
Many of the scams come from other countries, like China.
Gurgaon residents lost Rs 80 crore to cyber fraud in the first four months of 2025.
Online investment fraud, often through unauthorized sites, is the most common scam.
Police registered more FIRs this year, but the total fraud amount dropped compared to last year.
Arrests have doubled in the first four months of 2025 compared to the previous year.
Recovery rates have decreased despite the increase in arrests.
- Who
- Cyber con victims in Gurgaon and cybercriminals, often with links to Chinese handlers.
- What
- Gurgaon residents lost Rs 80 crore to cyber fraud in the first four months of 2025.
- When
- From January to April 2025
- Where
- Gurgaon
- Why
- Cybercriminals are targeting residents through various online scams.
- Total loss (Jan-Apr 2025)
- Rs 80 crore
- Most common frauds
- Online investment fraud, digital arrest scams
- FIRs registered (Jan-Apr 2025)
- 560
- Arrests (Jan-Apr 2025)
- 840
- Amount recovered (Jan-Apr 2025)
- Rs 15 crore
- Alleged perpetrators
- Chinese handlers