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Scamsters con parents under guise of 'Illam Thedi Kalvi' scheme
The New Indian Express Villupuram
|August 23, 2025
AN unidentified gang, under the garb of the Tamil Nadu Education Department, has been defrauding parents of college students in Coimbatore and swindling money on the pretext of crediting a scholarship amount for their children's higher education.
Affected students and parents complained to the city's cybercrime police unit, urging action against scammers.
Employing sophisticated methods, scammers target parents, claiming to be calling under the TN 'Illam Thedi Kalvi' scheme. Parents are then promised educational scholarships via Google Pay and PhonePe.
In a shocking incident, seven students who had studied at a government-aided school three years ago and are now pursuing higher education in different colleges, became victims of the fraud, and a few had lodged a complaint. Police said to have received around 36 complaints.
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