{"id":986845,"date":"2026-01-21T08:56:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T03:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=986845"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:05:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T03:35:37","slug":"hyderabad-cp-warns-against-free-rs-5000-cyber-scam-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/01\/21\/hyderabad-cp-warns-against-free-rs-5000-cyber-scam-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyderabad CP warns against \u2018free Rs 5,000\u2019 cyber scam links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HYDERABAD: Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar has cautioned the public against \u2018Free Rs 5,000\u2019 cyber scam links circulating on social media and messaging platforms. <\/p>\n<p>Taking to X on Sunday, the CP said cyber criminals were exploiting festive celebrations such as Sankranti and Republic Day to cheat people. Fake WhatsApp links with messages like \u2018PhonePe Republic Day Mega Gift\u2019 and \u2018Sankranti Gift\u2019 are being widely circulated, claiming users will receive `5,000 on clicking them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HYDERABAD: Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar has cautioned the public against \u2018Free Rs 5,000\u2019 cyber scam links circulating on social media and messaging platforms. Taking to X on Sunday, the CP said cyber criminals were exploiting festive celebrations such as Sankranti and Republic Day to cheat people. Fake WhatsApp links with messages like \u2018PhonePe Republic Day Mega Gift\u2019 and \u2018Sankranti Gift\u2019 are being widely circulated, claiming users will receive `5,000 on clicking them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-986845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-new-indian-express","category-newspapers","category-the-new-indian-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=986845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=986845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=986845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=986845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}