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Cyber Jaagrookta Diwas was observed crossed Telangana connected Thursday (November 6, 2025) with a focused run highlighting the rising menace of concern business frauds, peculiarly fake banal trading and IPO scams. Officials said specified crimes present marque up astir 26% of full cybercrime complaints successful the State and relationship for astir 66% of each fiscal losses reported.
The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) said fraudsters were progressively utilizing societal media platforms specified arsenic WhatsApp and Telegram, posing arsenic marketplace experts to lure citizens with banal tips, IPO insights and exclusive concern opportunities.
Data shared by the bureau revealed that the bulk of victims beryllium to the 22-38 property group, with backstage employees making up 33%, students 19% and homemakers 12%. Retired employees besides stay a susceptible group.
Male victims accounted for 76% of full cases, portion females constituted 24%. The TGCSB said scammers typically adhd individuals to groups titled “investment learning” oregon “premium trading signals”, usage fake dashboards and stock fabricated nett screenshots to look genuine. Victims are enticed to put and aboriginal pressured to marque repeated payments nether the guise of processing fees oregon top-ups. Once withdrawal attempts are made, fraudsters either chopped interaction oregon request further payments.
As portion of the day’s activities, constabulary conducted consciousness sessions crossed the State — successful nationalist parks during greeting walks, schools and colleges astatine midday, and assemblage centres and residential areas successful the evening. Officers from TGCSB and section constabulary led 117 sessions for greeting walkers and 387 for students, homemakers, elder citizens and employees, with further sessions scheduled done the day.
During these sessions, citizens were educated connected identifying fraudulent dashboards, manipulative tactics, and communal informing signs specified arsenic unsolicited concern invitations, promises of precocious returns successful abbreviated periods, requests to instal third-party apps, and affectional unit to put quickly.
The TGCSB urged victims of specified scams to instantly dial 1930, study incidents astatine www.cybercrime.gov.in, sphere chat histories and transaction details, and interaction their banks to frost transactions.
