Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts

Monday, 26 October 2015

Cuckolded hubby posts wife's naughty pics


Revenge is a dish best served on the social media network seems to be the latest mantra for partners out to expose their adulterous spouses.Fuelled by the need to reveal the extramarital affair of his wife, a 32-year-old resident of Ranip recently uploaded her photograph on Facebook -the photograph had been clicked on the sly when she was in a compromising state with her lover. According to Crime Branch officials, where the wife registered a complaint, the husband was acting after his family members refused to believe his claims that his wife was two-timing him.

Wednesday, 8 July 2015

Fraudship request: Cyber flirts `cash in' on singletons



Anjali Mehta (name changed), a banker, fell in love online with Anil Mu kesh (name changed) who claimed to be a doctor with the United Nations, settled in the UK.He professed undying love to Anjali and told her he was taking a transfer to India for a happily-ever-after. All seemed well till one day, she received a call from a `customs official', seeking Rs 20 lakh in duties. As Anil was shifting to India, he had sent all his valuable medical equipment to Anjali's address. But the `official' sought the amount as customs duty. Anjali got even more confused when Anil began emotionally blackmailing her, and asked her to pay up. On July 4, she again got a call from the `official', demanding the money but when she tried to call back on the number, the phone had been switched off.
Helpless and wanting Anil to come and live with her, she transferred Rs 20 lakh to the bank account given by the caller through real-time gross settlement systems (RTGS). But Anil never called back and that was the end of the love story.

Monday, 8 June 2015

Nothing juvenile about Facebook crime cases

Cyber-crime related to the networking website has gone up by 40 per cent and majority of these crimes are being committed by adolescents

**Hemant Mehta, is a bright student studying in a private school. In October, this 14-year old created a fake Facebook account of one of his male classmates who used to bully him. Tech-savvy Hemant who couldn't win a physical fight with the bully used social media to get even.
**Last April, Kushal Shah, a 17-year-old science student of a reputed school received a call from the police for committing a cyber-crime. Kushal liked a girl in his coaching class but she rejected his proposal. In a bout of rage, he created her fake account and posted an edited picture of them posing as a couple.»
**Aditya Rawal was known to be studious and a math lover. At the age of 16, he could solve math problems of class XII. But in his 2014 annual examination; he unexpectedly received low marks. Angry, Aditya hacked in to his math teacher's Facebook account and posted slangs.

Friday, 23 January 2015

Revenge is dish best served on internet



Over four years, Ahmedabad sees 40 pc rise in cybercrime, especially creation of fake profiles, as netizens take online route to seek vendetta
They say `all is fair in love and war'. And, more and more tech-savvy youths are using `virtual' means at their disposal to prove this true. There has been a 40 per cent rise in cybercrime rate since 2011, say cops. Complaints mainly involve youths who find social networking sites an effective medium to bully others or seek revenge.
The major reasons for the creation of fake profiles are generally matrimonial dispute, rejection, business rivalry or collegeschool fights, say experts.

Thursday, 27 November 2014

Woman's nude pics stolen, posted on FB


He has it all: a successful business, a gorgeous house, two smart kids and a beautiful wife. But Harshid Mehta, a 40 year-old who resides in Ranip, cannot step out of his house fearing embarrassment. A moment of careless fun five years ago has turned his family's life into a hell. Nude photographs that he took of his wife are circulating on the internet and there's little he can do to stop it.

Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Social media boosts emergency network

Philanthropists, government organisations and NGOs have jumped on to encash the reach and popularity of social media to provide assistance to patients during medical emergencies. They are also using them to spread awareness of organ and blood donations.
Hitendra Parmer's relative needed AB+ blood during an emergency.But it wasn't available in blood banks.Despite several attempts when he couldn't arrange it, Twitter came to his rescue. Within 30 minutes of tweeted about it, he received a donor.And throughout the day he kept receiving calls with offer to help.