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Greater Noida Cyber Crime News: If you also run WhatsApp then be careful. Cyber thugs from a person of Gautam Buddha Nagar district of UP cheated millions through WhatsApp. Cyber thugs shared the person …Read more

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Highlights
- Cyber thugs cheated 52.5 lakhs in Gautam Buddha Nagar.
- Fraud on WhatsApp by pretending to invest in the stock market.
- The DCP advised not to invest from unknown people.
Dhirendra Kumar Shukla/ Greater Noida. Cyber crime is increasing day by day in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. The police take action on the day they come, but by investing in the stock market, cyber thugs cheated a person for Rs 52 lakh 50 thousand.
Information about those accounts is being collected from the accounts from which the police have transferred the amount of fraud. The accounts whose information has been received, the fridge is being made.
Fraud from WhatsApp app
Naveen Kumar Sinha, a resident of a society under Bisarkh police station area, said that some time ago he got a link related to the stock market on Telegram. After clicking on that link, he joined the WhatsApp app. In this group, he was being given tips for investment in stock market.
Fraud as a guru of stock market
He further told that a person was giving information by calling himself an investment guru and some members of the group were also putting a screenshot of profit on investment. When the complainant also expressed his desire to invest, it was added to another group.
Profit showed by investing
The work of giving personal tips to the complainant was started. In the initial phase, the complainant made a profit on the amount of money. The profit amount came to his account. After this, after coming to the talk of the thugs, he transferred Rs several times to 10 account between December 4, 2024 to 10 January 2025. The accused kept showing him profits after investing him on an app. The amount, including profit, started appearing close to the app double.
Earned blood sweat
When tried to withdraw money, many types of fees were sought from them. When he refused to give more money, the accused closed the number. The complainant was dropped from the group. According to the complainant, the amount he cheated is his life -long income.
How to avoid cyber criminals
DCP Cybercrime Preeti Yadav interacted with Local 18. During this, he told that never invest at the behest of any unknown person. If an unknown person is also giving information related to investment by adding to a group, then it comes to the matter of two to three times the profit on it. So immediately be cautious and avoid fake things and do not give your personal details to anyone.
Greater Noida,Gautam Buddha Nagar,Uttar pradesh
January 30, 2025, 11:30 IST
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