Overview

• Hyderabad police said an 82-year-old Banjara Hills resident lost ₹72 lakh over 10 days after a fake video conference misrepresented as a Supreme Court proceeding.
• Lucknow police registered an FIR after a 100-year-old man and his son were coerced over six days into transferring ₹1.29 crore to accounts in Gujarat, Goa and Jalgaon.
• Kerala’s Kasaragod cyber police opened a case after a retired couple reported ₹2.4 crore lost during an 11‑day “virtual arrest” involving claims of CBI scrutiny.
• Mumbai cyber officers froze about ₹1.23 crore and arrested two Jalgaon residents after a 72-year-old woman transferred ₹1.26 crore to fraud accounts that were not immediately emptied, with a Thailand link under probe.
• Gwalior and Varanasi teams arrested suspects tied to interstate rackets that use forged, digitally signed documents, mule accounts and cryptocurrency, while authorities urged victims to report quickly via helpline 1930 and cybercrime.gov.in.