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Bank of Ireland and national fraud awareness bodies are urging extra caution after fresh warnings about a rise in investment fraud originating on social media and via cloned firms. Authorities and banks say fast moving, high pressure approaches and cloned online identities are driving larger losses and complicating recovery.
Ahmedabad police say a local operation repackaged low cost Indian-made foreign liquor into premium branded bottles, arresting one man and seizing hundreds of bottles, caps and labels. Authorities are hunting three accomplices and probing the supply chain used to source empty bottles and counterfeit stickers.
A 73 year old retired professor in Ahmedabad says he was coerced over days by callers posing as law enforcement into transferring Rs 16.18 lakh. The case underlines the growing use of video calls, forged documents and intimidation in so called digital arrest frauds across India.