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Cyber fraudsters have swept through Delhi’s digital landscape this year, siphoning off nearly Rs 1,000 crore from unsuspecting residents — a staggering figure that lays bare how deep and organised the city’s online scam networks have become.

Official Delhi Police data shows that while cyber fraud losses — at nearly Rs 1,000 crore — are about Rs 100 crore lower than last year, the scale and sophistication of these crimes continue to test the city’s digital defences.

Police say they have made significant progress in tracing the money trail, working with banks to freeze close to 20% of the defrauded funds — almost double the 10% recovered in 2024.

Investment scams, digital arrests, and ‘boss scams’ were the most prevalent and high-value cybercrimes in 2025, the p

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