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In a major cyber crackdown amid Rath Yatra festivity, the Cyber Crime Unit of Odisha Crime Branch has identified 23 fake hotel booking websites and blocked 15 out of them.
These websites, created by cyber fraudsters, were targeting unsuspecting tourists by mimicking the official pages of popular hotels in Puri. Offering fake discounts and falsely promising confirmed bookings, the fraudsters duped customers who made advance payments through UPI, digital wallets, and bank transfers.
The fake sites were designed to closely resemble legitimate ones, copying branding, logos, and even using similar URLs. Many of these pages were also p...