New Delhi: The Shahdara cyber police have arrested a BTech graduate and another person from Jharkhand for allegedly running a cyber scam from Jamtara that cheated over 50 people through a credit card fraud.
The accused, Aftab Ansari (24), who is a BTech graduate, and Abdul Majid (23), of Borwa village in Jamtara, were caught in Dhanbad after a four-day operation in Jharkhand by Delhi Police . The suspects allegedly targeted people who were over 50 years old. Cyber fraud should be reported immediately to the helpline 1930 or the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal.
Police said that the accused and their associates advertised credit card KYC assistance that they were supposedly offering on social media platforms. Police have found three phones containing WhatsApp chats relevant to these cases and other digital evidence. Police analysed the technical information from service providers to trace the suspects. The accused arrived to collect the delivery and were arrested. Two phones were found on Ansari and one on Majid. Respondents were directed to online forms to submit personal and contact details. Posing as bank officials, they asked them to display their card numbers and CVVs during video calls. Their targets were also persuaded to share their mobile screens, enabling the accused to view OTPs and make unauthorised purchases. Delhi Police urged people never to share banking details, OTPs or screens with callers claiming to offer KYC assistance.
With assistance from a delivery person, the team arranged for a decoy phone delivery at a location that was previously used by the suspects.
DCP (Shahdara) Rajendra Prasad Meena said, “A case was registered on Sept 23 following a complaint by Taranjeet Singh, who alleged that unidentified callers, posing as bank officials, contacted him over phone and WhatsApp and persuaded him to share his credit card details for a KYC update. An investigation revealed that a phone worth Rs 1,39,999 was purchased on online shopping platform using money that was stolen. Unauthorised transactions followed. Police are verifying the numbers of the victims, the total amount involved and the role of other associates. Further investigation is under way to recover the phone purchased in the complainant’s case, trace the proceeds and establish links with similar cases.