{
  "id": 15253767,
  "title": "Maharashtra Cyber Receives Up To 10,000 Complaints Daily, Freezes Over ₹1,600 Crore Linked To Online Fraud Since October 2024",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/maharashtra-cyber-receives-up-to-10-000-complaints-daily-freezes-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T17:38:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/maharashtra-cyber-receives-up-to-10000-complaints-daily-freezes-over-1600-crore-linked-to-online-fraud-since-october-2024"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Maharashtra Cyber Department has been inundated with up to 10,000 complaints daily since October 2024, with over Rs 1,600 crore frozen in relation to online fraud. This accounts for approximately 30% of the estimated Rs 6,000 crore to Rs 7,000 crore lost to online fraud during the same period, according to IPS officer Ajay Kumar Bansal, Superintendent of Police at the department. Speaking at a webinar titled “Psychology of the Cyber Trap,” Bansal discussed various factors that scammers exploit, such as authority, fear, urgency, greed, trust, love, and secrecy. These factors contribute to people falling victim to online scams, despite the decreasing trend in losses compared to previous years.",
  "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."
}