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Cyber Crooks Siphon ₹102 Crore From Senior Citizens
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Cyber crooks targeting senior citizens fraudulently siphoned off ₹102 croreover the past 19 months, Hyderabad police commissioner V.C.
Ofthese, in 113 cases, elderly citizens lost ₹55.88 crore.
Senior citizens were predominantly falling prey to trading frauds, digitalarrest scams, OTP frauds and investment scams.
Investment frauds cost senior citizens ₹2.79 crore in 22cases.
Sajjanar said extensive awareness campaigns, proactive monitoring and swiftpolice action had led to a decline in cybercrimes targeting senior citizens.