India, Oct. 26 -- Mysuru, Oct. 26 - In separate cases, two persons have lost over Rs. 31 lakh to cyber criminals, adding to the spurt in cases involving tech savvy crooks targeting gullible persons.

In the first case, a self-employed woman, residing at K.R. Srinivasan IPS Nagar, had come across a trading related advertisement on social media. She clicked the link provided in the advertisement and registered her name and mobile number.

She instantly received a reply from one Raghav Ramachandra, who sent a link through e-mail. With the help of the link provided, she had opened her trading account.

A person by name Nikhil Gowda, contacted the woman and introduced himself as the Financial Advisor and shared the information related to High ...