Computer crime, or cybercrime, refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network, where the computers may or may not have... Cyber crime encompasses any criminal act dealing with computers and networks (called hacking). Additionally, cyber crime also includes traditional crimes conducted through the Internet. For example; hate crimes, telemarketing and Internet fraud, identity theft, and credit card account thefts are considered to be cyber crimes when the illegal activities are committed through the use of a computer and the Internet. Computer crime, or cybercrime, refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network, where the computers may or may not have... Cyber crime encompasses any criminal act dealing with computers and networks (called hacking). Additionally, cyber crime also includes traditional crimes conducted through the Internet. For example; hate crimes, telemarketing and Internet fraud, identity theft, and credit card account thefts are considered to be cyber crimes when the illegal activities are committed through the use of a computer and the Internet.

LUDHIANA: A city-based industrialist has become a victim of cyber crime after being allegedly duped of Rs 70 lakh in the name of a business venture in Bihar by a Delhi-based girl who became friends with him on a social networking site in In his complaint to the Ludhiana Commissioner of Police Paramjit Singh Gill, Ashish 'an industrialist who has a hosiery manufacturing unit in Moti Nagar' informed that he had become friends with a girl named Sejal Singhania on Orkut in The girl 'who posed to be a businesswoman and the owner of Singhania Group of Industries on Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi won the confidence of the industrialist, and even exchanged her mobile number with him.

The girl told the industrialist that she wanted to prove her worth as a great businesswoman to her father, and thus she floated the idea of starting an independent venture dealing in government construction work in Bihar with him on a partnership basis. Ashish, who had by now developed a faith in Sejal, allegedly fell into her trap and gave her a total amount of Rs70 lakh at different periods, borrowing some money from his friends and relatives, and also by selling the family jewellery to support the venture. All these transactions were made through a private bank in the account of one Nitin Singh, a resident of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, who the girl informed was her "business associate".

The girl told him that she would return the amount at a hotel in Chandigarh on July 26, but never turned up. Following this, the industrialist went to Nitin's place in Jabalpur where he met the latter's father, who first promised to pay the amount but refused to do so later when he was contacted again.

Left with no other option, the victim then personally met the Commissioner of Police who has marked the complaint to Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police City II Bhupinder Singh Sidhu for further investigation. "We are verifying the matter as of now, and we will take action according to law on the merits of the case," said Sidhu, when approached on the issue.

The Investigation Is Currently on Going we are now trying to find the location of the con artist that is hiding within the Premises of this country “said the Officers working on the current Case”.