{
  "id": 14491838,
  "title": "Maharashtra Cyber Police Warn Of Mule Account Scams, Urge Citizens To Be Cautious Of Easy-Money Offers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/maharashtra-cyber-police-warn-of-mule-account-scams-urge-citizens-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T16:26:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/maharashtra-cyber-police-warn-of-mule-account-scams-urge-citizens-to-be-cautious-of-easy-money-offers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mumbai, October 14, 2026: The Maharashtra Cyber police have issued an advisory for citizens, warning them against mule account scams. A mule account is a bank account used by cybercriminals to receive, hold and forward fraudulent money, turning an innocent account holder into an unwitting criminal, the advisory stated. How The Mule Account Scam Works Explaining how the scam happens, the advisory…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}