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NEW DELHI: This gang left malicious links in the form of ads on the internet which when clicked by people took them to fake websites resembling Blinkit, Amazon and other e-commerce portals.

Female telecallers then posed as customer care representatives and enticed people into following steps which would lead them to lose money from their accounts.The accused was identified as Shahrukh Akhtar, a resident of Wave City in Ghaziabad.TimesViewCyber fraudsters are extremely inventive and always come up with fresh ways of hoodwinking the vulnerable.

Whenever such crooks are caught, the media explains their modus operandi.

One should remember such cases.

That apart, a few basic rules must be followed as we have said before.

Be extra careful while paying any new bill online.

Avoid clicking on any fishy links.

Avoid easy passwords.

Don't ever share an OTP number.

There’s no other way to stay vigilant.Police said the accused had recently targeted a man who stumbled upon their advertisement while browsing Facebook.

The link, seemingly of an e-commerce portal, prompted the man to click on the "Shop Now" tab, which led to a deduction of Rs 1 lakh from his account.Deputy commissioner of police (IFSO) Hemant Tiwari said that upon analysis of the money trail and the electronic records, it was found that the racket spanned across many states and was being operated in multiple tiers.

“Financial analysis of the alleged accounts revealed transactions worth more than Rs 25-30 lakh, and more than 15 victims had been duped by the gang,” police said.Cops had earlier arrested Sonam (21) and Junaid Akhtar (28) on November 5.

Sonam, who worked as a telecaller, told police that she used to call the victims from fake mobile numbers and that all the SIM cards and bank accounts were arranged by the kingpin.Junaid disclosed that he was providing bank accounts for the collection of money and also used to withdraw cash through ATM cards and deposit the same into the personal bank accounts of the mastermind, Akhtar, and his wife.

During the investigation, Akhtar was nabbed from Ghaziabad.Akhtar told cops that he would procure fake SIM cards to communicate and for telecalling, and fake bank accounts for receiving money.

“He would also purchase domains to run fake websites under the names of e-commerce portals and manage all the operations by running call centres at Mamura Village and Raj Nagar Extension in UP.

He received Rs 30 lakh in cash in his personal bank account in the last one year and had also purchased a car.

He used to live a lavish life with the money cheated from the victims,” police said.The accused was running the racket in four tiers, which started from procurement of SIMs and bank accounts on fake names and addresses to running fake websites and making calls to customers based on the data received, luring them, and making them credit their money to a fake account.





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