Overview
- Bengaluru’s North CEN registered an FIR after 42-year-old Jagadish C was duped of ₹1,29,33,253 through a dating-app grooming scheme that led him to a fake international trading platform.
- The complaint names a woman who posed as Meghana Reddy and used a philanthropic pretext, with multiple RTGS/NEFT transfers made on November 5 and 6 before communication ceased.
- In Mumbai, a 60-year-old Agripada businessman, identified by police reports as Shahab Yasoob Turabi, was kept on an overnight video call in a staged ‘digital arrest’ and coerced to transfer ₹53 lakh.
- Fraudsters impersonated TRAI, Delhi Police and other agencies, issued forged notices including a bogus Supreme Court document and a fake online hearing, with an FIR now registered under BNS and IT Act sections.
- Parallel reports detail rising losses in 2025 from similar scams across cities, with police urging the public to avoid sharing credentials, refuse remote-access requests, verify official contacts independently, and report immediately via the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal or helpline 1930.