Mysore/Mysuru, May 10 -- Retired off icer duped of Rs. 1.10 crore in fake stock market fraud

In three separate cybercrime incidents involving stock market investment fraud, mobile hacking and a fake credit card offer, unsuspecting residents, including a retired officer, lost nearly Rs. 1.20 crore. All three cases have been registered at the City's Cyber Economic and Narcotics (CEN) Police Station.

In the first case, a retired officer from Vidyaranyapuram was duped of Rs. 1,10,04,600 by fraudsters operating through a WhatsApp group named "Stock Market Think Tank."

Police said the victim was convinced by online references to IIFL Invesco Stock Market Company and repeatedly invested money after being persuaded by a woman identified as Tin...