India, July 26 -- Four cyber crime offences were registered on Wednesday in the city, where cyber criminals defrauded four victims of over Rs.20 lakh.

In the first case, the Vishrantwadi police have registered an offence against unidentified persons for fraudulently siphoning off Rs.5.21 lakh from a 27-year-old in the name of task fraud. In the second case too, an amount of Rs.11.10 was siphoned off from the account of a Wagholi resident by cyber fraudsters.

In the third case, a 27-year-old Wanwadi resident was cheated online of Rs.4.80 lakh, and in the fourth case, a Kalepadal resident fell for an online task fraud and ended up losing Rs.5 lakh to unknown cyber criminals.

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