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Bengaluru Police Probe IPL Ticket Scams Using Fake RCB Site and Instagram Impostors

Police warn buyers to use only the official site after detecting transactions worth crores.

Overview

  • Police in the Electronic City division registered a cyber fraud case Saturday after three people reported a spoofed RCB ticket site at Hulimavu.
  • The lookalike page let fans pick seats and pay, then killed the link, with losses logged at Rs 7,196, Rs 11,991 and Rs 7,497.
  • In a separate FIR at Mahadevapura, a 25-year-old tech worker lost Rs 1.46 lakh to an Instagram contact who posed as stadium staff and demanded security deposits.
  • Officers moved to block the flagged bank accounts and asked social platforms to remove posts, noting takedowns can lag reports.
  • With official tickets for April home games already sold out, police say any other sales links are fake and urge checks on the RCB website.