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13 reports

• Digital ArrestFraud alertPatna retired professor loses ₹82.53 lakh to fake 'CBI' digital arrestCallers posing as CBI officers told a retired Patna professor that his phone number was linked to anti-national activity and money laundering. They kept him under 'digital arrest' from 27 March to 8 April 2026 and made him send ₹82.53 lakh to several accounts.Patna, Bihar · 4 Jul 2026Lost ₹82.53 lakhSource: ETV Bharat
• Investment / Trading AppFraud alertPatna resident loses ₹1.19 crore after trading apps block withdrawalsAfter seeing trading ads on social media, a Patna resident was contacted on WhatsApp and asked to install several trading apps. Small early withdrawals won his trust and he sent over ₹1.19 crore; then withdrawals were blocked until he paid 20% of the 'profit'.Patna, Bihar · 23 Aug 2026Lost ₹1.19 croreSource: ETV Bharat
• UPI / QR CodeFraud alertFake courier call hijacks Patna officer's WhatsApp; ₹25,000 taken via QR codeA caller posing as a courier agent got a code dialled that forwarded a Patna government officer's calls and handed his WhatsApp to fraudsters. Posing as him, they asked his contacts for money; one scanned a QR code and paid ₹25,000.Patna, Bihar · 4 Jun 2026Lost ₹25,000Source: ETV Bharat
• OtherFraud alertसहरसा: बिजली बिल अपडेट का डर दिखाकर भेजा लिंक, व्यापारी के खाते से ₹67,000 कटेसहरसा के सदर थाना क्षेत्र में ठग ने बिजली विभाग का अधिकारी बनकर एक किराना थोक व्यापारी को फोन किया और बिल अपडेट न होने पर कनेक्शन कटने का डर दिखाया। 100 रुपये के रिचार्ज का झांसा देकर उसने एक लिंक भेजा, जिस पर क्लिक करने के कुछ ही मिनट बाद खाते से 67,000 रुपये कट गए।Saharsa, Bihar · 6 Feb 2026Lost ₹67,000Source: Amar Ujala
• Part-time Job / TaskFraud alertMeerut woman loses ₹31.53 lakh to 'Google review' work-from-home task scamA Meerut woman answered an Instagram ad for work from home, was moved to a Telegram group and paid small sums for posting Google reviews of hotels. Lured by bigger profits, she kept depositing money, even borrowing from relatives, and lost ₹31.53 lakh.Meerut, Uttar Pradesh · 16 Jun 2026Lost ₹31.53 lakhSource: ETV Bharat
• Sextortion / Video CallFraud alertRetired Cuttack man loses nearly ₹88 lakh in video-call sextortion; five heldA 72-year-old retired government employee in Cuttack was befriended on Facebook, secretly recorded during WhatsApp video calls and blackmailed for about a year, losing nearly ₹88 lakh. Police arrested five people from Jajpur district and seized about ₹14 lakh in cash.Cuttack, Odisha · 21 Jan 2026Lost nearly ₹88 lakhSource: ETV Bharat
• KYC / OTP / BankFraud alertपटना: फर्जी बैंक कर्मचारी बनकर ठगी करने वाले गिरोह के चार सदस्य गिरफ्तारपटना साइबर थाना पुलिस ने चार आरोपियों को पकड़ा है, जो खुद को एक निजी बैंक का कर्मचारी बताकर लोगों को ठगते थे। क्रेडिट कार्ड की लिमिट बढ़ाने, रिवॉर्ड प्वाइंट या बिजली बिल अपडेट के नाम पर वे बैंकिंग जानकारी लेते थे। राष्ट्रीय साइबर क्राइम पोर्टल पर इनके खिलाफ करोड़ों की ठगी से जुड़ी शिकायतें मिली हैं।Patna, Bihar · 22 Sept 2026Source: ETV Bharat
• Loan AppFraud alertSix held in Noida for extorting loan-app borrowers with edited obscene photosNoida police arrested six people, including one from Bihar's Vaishali, who targeted borrowers of private loan apps. They video-called borrowers, threatened to send edited obscene photos to relatives and collected about ₹25 lakh through UPI, QR codes and mule accounts.Noida, Uttar Pradesh · 1 Sept 2026Lost about ₹25 lakh (all victims)Source: ETV Bharat
• Part-time Job / TaskFraud alertDelhi Police bust China-linked mule ring in probe into ₹12 lakh work-from-home task scamA man lost ₹12 lakh after a work-from-home offer made him pay 'security money' to do online tasks and then more to withdraw his earnings. Delhi Police traced the fraudsters' IDs to China and arrested four people in Haryana and UP who supplied mule bank accounts.New Delhi, Delhi · 14 Aug 2026Lost ₹12 lakhSource: ETV Bharat (PTI)
• AI Voice Clone / DeepfakeFraud alertBelagavi senior loses ₹7.9 lakh to investment scam promoted by deepfake videoA 76-year-old Belagavi man saw a YouTube video in which the Finance Minister appeared to back an investment scheme; police said such clips are AI deepfakes. The app showed big profits, but withdrawing needed a 'customs duty', then more. He lost about ₹7.9 lakh.Belagavi, Karnataka · 6 May 2026Lost ₹7.9 lakhSource: ThePrint (PTI)
• Digital ArrestFraud alertNalanda retired teacher kept on video call for 8 days, loses ₹6.2 lakhA retired teacher in Nalanda's Harnaut area was told his name was linked to a serious anti-national case. Fraudsters kept him on video calls round the clock from 31 March to 8 April and made him send ₹6.2 lakh to a so-called government account for 'verification'.Nalanda, Bihar · 11 Apr 2026Lost ₹6.2 lakhSource: ETV Bharat
• Fake Customer CareFraud alertFake GAIL helpline on Google leads to ₹19.85 lakh fraud in Ranchi; three heldSomeone who searched Google for GAIL India's customer-care number reached fraudsters who had posted a fake one online. Posing as customer care, they sent a WhatsApp link that captured bank details, and about ₹19.85 lakh was withdrawn. Jharkhand CID arrested three people from Hazaribagh.Ranchi, Jharkhand · 20 Mar 2026Lost ₹19.85 lakhSource: ETV Bharat

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