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The man had applied for a personal loan and had eventually received a call on WhatsApp from unknown person who claimed to be an executive of ‘Reliance Capital’. The caller then collected details of Aadhaar, PAN card and bank statement.
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The arrested are Rahul Dangi and Rahul Bhoi, both residents of Rajasthan.
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In one of the cases a woman had transferred Rs. 4, 22,560 to fraudsters who had assured to arrange a work visa for her in United Kingdom.
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According to the police, the woman received a call from an individual, who claimed to be a TRAI agent, and informed that her phone number was linked to a police case, related to online harassment, booked in Mumbai.
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A Hyderabad woman, working at a private company, transferred Rs. 1.70 lakh after receiving WhatsApp messages from her superior’s number, believing them to be genuine, said cybercrime officials.
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Cyber fraudsters tricked a man into transferring Rs.7.82 lakh on pretext of providing an online job and later duped him in the city.
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The man received a call from someone claiming they needed his personal details to increase his credit card limit. Under the guise of application processing, he was instructed to install an APK file sent via WhatsApp. After installing the file, he discovered that Rs. 1,18,196 had been debited from his account.
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The victim received a WhatsApp call from the unidentified scammers, who claimed that she needed to update her bank account details or her transactions could be stopped.
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The Cyberabad police arrested Manish Gyan Chand who had provided his bank account to cyber fraudsters who used it to dupe a man of Rs. 2.92 crore on the pretext of providing huge profits on investment in various businesses.
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The victim was informed that a bank account was opened using her Aadhaar Card and also a SIM card was activated in her name in Mumbai
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The Cyber crime police refunded Rs 53 lakh to an 84-year-old elderly person who was recently cheated by scammers posing as CBI officials
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According to the cybercrime police, the victim was lured by a WhatsApp message by the scammers who claimed to be executives of a company which specialized in enhancing the click-through rates of Instagram videos.
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Hoping to make easy money, the victim deposited money in installments, but soon realised he was cheated as he could not withdraw money after a point
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The cybercrime officials filed petition in the court and after the court orders the amounts were reverted to the account of the victims.
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'Digital arrest' is a new method of cyber fraud, in which the fraudsters scare people by making audio or video calls by posing as law enforcement officers
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The victim received a phone call from an unknown person who claimed to an executive manager at FedEx Company. The caller informed him that a parcel containing diabetic drugs and 100 grams MDMA drug was dispatched by the victim to some person in Iran
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The fraudsters even sent letters through WhatsApp purportedly from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax (IT) Department, to make the claims appear credible.
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The scammers obtained the victim's personal details and promised to provide an online job with daily payments.
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The arrested cyber fraudster Mohammed Asif Pasha, along with Jahangir, had allegedly siphoned the amount from three bank accounts belonging to a woman Sabiha Sultana and her deceased brother Samiuddin
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Victims of cyber frauds can report on the helpline number -1930 or through the national Cyber Crime reporting portal - cybercrime.gov.in.
