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Swift Action by Cyber Helpline 1930 Saves Rs 1 Crore from Falling into Fraudsters’ Hands, DGP Ajay Singhal Commends 1930 Team

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Chandigarh, September 16, 2026: Effective intervention by Haryana Police’s Cyber Crime Helpline 1930 helped save the entire ₹1 crore defrauded in a major cyber fraud from reaching the fraudsters. The fraudsters used a ‘Boss Scam’ to send messages to employees of a jewellery showroom in Karnal through a fake WhatsApp number displaying the name and photograph of the showroom owner, instructing them to transfer ₹1 crore to a bank account. Believing the message to be genuine, the employees transferred the entire amount through RTGS. As soon as the fraud was detected, the victim immediately reported the matter on 1930, following which the Bank Follow-up Team took prompt action and secured the entire amount.

  • DGP Ajay Singhal Commends 1930 Team

Haryana Police DGP Shri Ajay Singhal appreciated the effective action taken by the Bank Follow-up Team of Cyber Crime Helpline 1930 and its coordination with the concerned banking channel, and congratulated the entire team. He said that time is of utmost importance in cybercrime cases and that action taken at the initial stage can play a crucial role in securing the defrauded amount. He appealed to the public that in case of cyber fraud, instead of panicking or delaying the complaint, they should immediately report the matter on 1930 so that prompt action can be initiated in coordination with the concerned agencies and banking institutions.

  • Employees Transferred ₹1 Crore After Seeing Owner’s Name and Photograph

Superintendent of Police Cyber, Mayank Gupta, said that on September 15, 2026, at 7:48 PM, Smt. Mamta Bansal, resident of Sector-13, Karnal, lodged a complaint on Cyber Crime Helpline 1930. According to the complaint, the complainant and her husband, Vikas, own a jewellery showroom at Nehru Place in Karnal. The employees working at the showroom received messages from a WhatsApp number displaying the name and photograph of the showroom owner, Vikas. The message instructed the employees to transfer ₹1 crore to a bank account. Seeing the owner’s name and photograph, the employees believed the message to be genuine and, as instructed, transferred ₹1 crore to the said bank account through RTGS.

  • Fraud Came to Light After SMS Alert Regarding Deduction of Amount from Account

At around 5:56 PM, Smt. Mamta Bansal received an SMS informing her that ₹1 crore had been deducted from the account. She immediately called the showroom to inquire about the transaction. During the conversation, it was found that no such instruction to transfer the large amount had been given by the showroom owner. It subsequently became clear that cyber criminals had created a fake WhatsApp number using the owner’s name and photograph and had misled the employees into making the transaction.

  • Bank Follow-up Team Initiated Action Immediately After Complaint on 1930

As soon as the fraud came to light, the victim reported the matter on Cyber Crime Helpline 1930 without any delay. Immediately upon receiving the complaint, the Bank Follow-up Team of 1930 established coordination with the concerned banking channel and initiated action. As a result of the team’s prompt response and timely and effective bank follow-up, 100 per cent of the ₹1 crore amount was secured before it could reach the fraudsters. The case once again highlights the importance of reporting cyber fraud promptly. Immediately reporting a fraud on 1930 enables timely action in coordination with the concerned banking institutions and can help prevent the defrauded amount from being transferred further.

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Sextortion cases on the rise in country

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INDIA E POST CHANDIGARH JULY 05, 2022

Beware of that super friendly woman you meet on Istagram or Facebook or What’s app. She could be a member of a gang targeting people into explicit sexual situations and then demanding money not to expose them on public platforms.

One of the victims on the condition of anonymity said that he got a call from unverified numbers and callers posing as Sub-inspector in Delhi Police, asking him to shatter the issue by paying money otherwise compromising pictures or videos will be put on social media platforms.

As per the statistics, sextortion, or extortion using sexual methods, tops the charts in the cybercrime cell of Chandigarh region. In all such cases, stories have emerged of individuals being “lured into recording themselves performing sexual acts” before being blackmailed. The cyber crime investigation cell (CCIC) of Chandigarh Police has advised the people to be careful about video calls from unknown numbers. Sources in the CCIC Chandigarh Police said that the number of sextortion (extortion cases using nude pictures) are increasing. There have been a number of incidents and the victims’ list is increasing. But due to shame or social stigma, the victims often do not report the crimes to police, they added.

When contacted, Mohali based cyber expert said that people who often get connected with strangers through social media or even gaming apps are targets of these crimes. It begins with offers of friendship but soon leads to sharing of compromising pictures or videos that are used for blackmail. The victims of such crimes belong to all age groups. Victims of such crimes are unwilling to come forward and report them to the police for fear of embarrassment or disrepute it might bring. However, the best and surest way of bringing such cases under control is to report them to the authorities, he added.

He further said, “The modus operandi of the gangs is to create fake accounts posing as girls on social media platforms and lure men, most of whom were rich with high-profile backgrounds. While posing as girls on social media, the accused took the victims into confidence and insist on starting obscene video chats, which they would then record. Then they blackmail the victims with the recorded videos and extort money from them. The person behind the profile is actually a criminal whose main motive is to extort money from the victim. These fake profiles are deliberately made to look very attractive so that people fall prey to this scam easily, he added.

Constable Rajnish, who posted at Panchkula cybercrime cell, said that the cases of cheating people into indulging in virtual sex and recording them to extort money from them have seen a spike during the last one year. Over dozen such cases have been reported in Panchkula district. “We have detected a few such cases and found the culprits to be from Rajasthan and the northern belt. Recently, Panchkula police Station, Sector 20 have arrested the person, native of Alwar, Rajasthan involved in sextortion. “We have urged people to report any cybercrime cases at the earliest in order to ease the detection process. Victim can register compliant at local police station or through on toll free number 1930 or website cybercrime.gov.in,” he added.