Cyber Fraud in Lucknow: Conman Poses as Treasury Official, Steals Rs 4.61 Lakh from Retired Sub-Inspector; Rs 65,000 Swindled from Constable

Lucknow: In two separate incidents of cyber fraud, scammers tricked a recently retired sub-inspector and a serving police constable out of a combined sum of Rs 5.26 lakh, using fake identities, misleading links, and social engineering tactics. Case 1: Rs 4.61 Lakh vanishes from Retired Officer’s Account Gyanendra Kumar Shukla, a resident of Ratnakar Khand in South City and recently retired sub-inspector from Balrampur district (retired on May 31), was targeted by a scammer impersonating a treasury official. On July 5, Shukla received a phone call from a man introducing…

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