{"id":777012894,"date":"2024-02-05T09:59:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T12:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777012894"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:21:58","slug":"india-telangana-authorities-warn-of-lottery-prize-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-telangana-authorities-warn-of-lottery-prize-scams","title":{"rendered":"India: Telangana authorities warn of lottery prize scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Telangana State Cyber Security Bureau (TSCSB) reported 15 cases of lottery-related scams in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Authorities in Telangana have warned the public to be vigilant against lottery-related scams. The Telangana State Cyber Security Bureau (TSCSB) says it received 15 complaints in January related to scams charging people to supposedly help them to redeem nonexistent lottery winnings through an e-commerce platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The TSCSB, launched in May 2023, says it has addressed 733 cases associated with the online store Meesho. Victims collectively lost 2.9 crore, but the bureau froze 36 lakh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to The Times of India, in one instance a businessman was told he had won a Honda Amaze car in a lottery. Initially required to register with a small amount, he ended up paying 17 lakh for various charges like redemption fees, registration, insurance, tax clearance and transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities noted a shift in tactics, as scammers now employ both physical letters and WhatsApp messages. TSCSB director\u00a0Shikha Goel\u00a0warned that they exploit the names of popular shopping and e-commerce platforms like Meesho, Amazon, and Flipkart. Goel advised users not to respond to communications from unknown sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/probe-launched-over-deepfake-of-indian-cricketer-promoting-gambling-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Probe launched over deepfake of Indian cricketer promoting gambling app<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Telangana State Cyber Security Bureau (TSCSB) reported 15 cases of lottery-related scams in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":9791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Telangana State Cyber Security Bureau (TSCSB) reported 15 lottery-related scam cases in January, part of 733 cases since May 2023, resulting in victims losing 2.9 crore. Scammers exploit names of e-commerce platforms like Meesho, Amazon, and Flipkart, demanding fees for non-existent winnings via physical letters and WhatsApp. TSCSB Director Shikha Goel advises vigilance against unknown communications.","focusai_entities":"Telangana State Cyber Security Bureau (TSCSB), Meesho, Amazon, Flipkart, Shikha Goel","focusai_location":"Telangana, India","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.95), investor_analyst (0.75), gambler_consumer (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"E-commerce Brand Protection","query":"What enhanced brand protection strategies and collaborative intelligence sharing mechanisms are e-commerce platforms like Meesho, Amazon, and Flipkart deploying to mitigate the exploitation of their brand equity in sophisticated lottery fraud schemes?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Efficacy","query":"Beyond public advisories, what specific regulatory enforcement actions and inter-agency collaborations are the TSCSB and other Indian authorities undertaking to dismantle these fraud networks and recover victim assets more effectively?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777012894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777012894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777012901,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012894\/revisions\/777012901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777012894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777012894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777012894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}