The Nagpada police have arrested three for cheating people by creating fake websites in the name of famous courier companies. The suspects sent weblinks to customers, luring them to register for services. However, they would take bank details from potential users and siphon money from their bank accounts. The suspects were arrested from Jamtara in Jharkhand.
๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ
The complainant in the matter is a student, Kalaivanan Venkatesan, who searched for courier services on the internet and came across the site of a well-known firm. When he called the number provided, he was asked to wait for a customer executive to return the call.
๐๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ, ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐ต๐ฑ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ
On receiving the call, the student was asked to register online and click on Any Desk app link, which gave the fraudster access to his device. Within minutes, on the pretext of paying a service fee of Rs5, the student lost Rs95,000 from his bank account.
Realising that he had been cheated, the student approached the police. Senior Police Inspector Mahesh Thakur and Police Inspector Raees Sheikh started investigation and found that the call came from Jamtara. After getting the location, the police travelled there and arrested Sattar Nurmohammed Ansari, 28, Riyaz Usman Miya Ansari, 21, and Nazir Ansari, 28, with help from the local police.
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According to Cyber Crime Cell under Crime Branch of mumbai police , the most common form of online frauds are related to banks, online commerce platforms where fraudsters, posing as bank /platform officials, convince the victim to share OTP, KYC updates and sometimes send the links to be clicked to access bank accounts.
โPeople should know that no bank or institution is authorised to demand for bank details or PIN numbers. Unfortunately, educated people are falling prey to online frauds and losing lakhs of rupees,โ explained DCP Cyber Crime , Balsingh Rajput
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