In Faridabad, Cyber Police has arrested three accused who committed fraud on the pretext of increasing credit card limit. file photo
Jagran correspondent, Faridabad. Cyber Police Station Central has arrested three accused in a case of fraud on the pretext of increasing credit card limit. Police spokesperson said that a person resident of Baspara, Old Faridabad had lodged a complaint at Cyber Police Station Central that he received a video call from fraudsters, in which an offer was made to increase the credit card limit.
The fraudsters asked him to open a link on Google and fill in the card details. After filling the information, Rs 32,576 were deducted from his account. Police registered a case and arrested Anand Mishra from Khoda Colony, Ghaziabad, Ankit Kumar from Sector-62 Noida and Ritesh Yadav from Baharampur, Ghaziabad.
During interrogation, it was revealed that the accused had set up a call center in Noida, from where they used to call the complainant regarding increasing the credit card limit, take his details and OTP and withdraw money from his account. After this all three would divide the money among themselves. These three accused earlier worked together in a call center in Noida.
In another case of credit card fraud, Cyber Police Station NIT has arrested an account operator. An NIT resident lodged a complaint at the cyber police station that on July 10, 2024, he received a call from fraudsters who posed as bank employees and asked him to make payment for insurance.
After this the fraudsters asked him to change the settings of his bank app, after which the complainant's phone got hacked. After this Rs 2,03,302 were deducted from his account.
Police registered a case and arrested Arish Khan from Mungaska in Deeg district of Rajasthan. During interrogation, it was revealed that the accused used to withdraw money using the debit cards of the accounts in which fraudulent funds were deposited and gave them to Sahil, who has already been arrested.
Fraud on the pretext of selling B786 series notes
The team of Cyber Police Station Ballabhgarh has arrested the main accused in the case of fraud of Rs 1,20,548 by luring people to buy 786 series currency notes at a higher price. A resident of Sihi has filed a complaint at the Ballabhgarh Cyber Police Station, stating that in July, while watching reels on YouTube, he saw an advertisement for purchasing 786 series notes, a police spokesperson said.
The complainant called the given number and as per the instructions of the fraudsters, sent them photographs of the notes. The fraudsters told him that he would be given Rs 34,21,000 in exchange for five notes, but he would first have to send Rs 1,550 for registration. After this, Rs 12,499 more were demanded from the complainant in the name of government fees. In this way, the fraudsters cheated him of Rs 1,20,548. Police have arrested Zuber from Naheda village of Punhana in this case.
During interrogation, it was revealed that accused Zuber, along with another associate, had committed this fraud by posting advertisements for purchasing notes of a particular series on social media.
Fraud in the name of redeeming points
Cyber Police Station NIT has arrested the account holder involved in fraud of Rs 1,40,367 in the name of redeeming credit card points. This case was registered by a person living in NIT-5. On May 24, she received a link via message regarding redeeming her credit card points. As soon as he opened the link, money was deducted from his account.
Police have arrested Devendra Kumar from Shobha Nagar, Agra in this case. During interrogation, it was revealed that the accused Devendra was the same account holder who had given his account to the fraudsters. Out of the fraudulent money, Rs 46,789 was deposited in his account. He is a BA graduate and works in IRCTC.