{"id":234,"date":"2026-02-27T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philosopical-falcon.w5.wpsandbox.pro\/2019\/12\/19\/travel-copy-copy-2-copy-copy-2-copy-copy-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T23:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:31:18","slug":"cyber-crime-team-recovers-2-5-lakh-golden-hour-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/cyber-crime-team-recovers-2-5-lakh-golden-hour-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Crime Team Recovers \u20b92.5 Lakh in Golden Hour Response"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Acting within the crucial \u201cgolden hour\u201d, the cyber cell of\u00a0Oshiwara police<\/a>\u00a0station successfully recovered Rs 2.50 lakh that was fraudulently withdrawn from a 71-year-old senior citizen through a fake RTO e-challan message. Prompt coordination with the bank and merchant ensured that the entire fraud amount charged to the victim\u2019s credit card was fully restored. Police, while highlighting the growing threat of such cyber frauds, urged caution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victim details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

>> Name: Ashok Dingarani
>> Age: 71
>> Residence: Oshiwara, Andheri West<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where the money went<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fraudulent credit card transactions<\/a> traced to a Croma outlet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police advisory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

>> Do not click on unknown WhatsApp\/SMS links
>> Avoid opening suspicious payment links or APK files<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fraudsters can:<\/strong>
>> Hack phones
>> Access banking details
>> Transfer money without consent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the fraud took place<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

>> Victim received WhatsApp message
>> The message carried a payment link<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He entered:<\/strong>
>> Vehicle details, credit card information
>> Fraudsters used the details to make unauthorised purchases worth R2.50 lakh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

>> Complaint lodged immediately at the Oshiwara police
>> Cyber Cell<\/a> acted under Senior PI Sanjay Chavan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team included:<\/strong>
>> PSI Sharad Devre
>> ASI Ashok Konde
>> PC Vikram Sarnobat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key steps taken<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

>> Complaint registered on 1930 National Cyber Crime Helpline
>> The transaction was traced from a bank alert
>> Fraud amount tracked
>> Bank and merchant nodal officers contacted
>> Amount frozen within the golden hour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rs 2000<\/strong>
Amount mentioned on fake RTO e-challan message<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Acting within the crucial \u201cgolden hour\u201d, the cyber cell of\u00a0Oshiwara police\u00a0station successfully recovered Rs 2.50 lakh that was fraudulently withdrawn<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-feature-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2203,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions\/2203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}