Police said Pandit and his associates send bulk SMSes to customers saying that the mobile phone network service they were using would get expired within 24 hours
According to the police, the techie, who works for a US-based software firm, recently received a message on WhatsApp from an unknown number, which had his friend’s display picture.
After befriending victims on social media platforms including Facebook, they would move into chatting via WhatsApp and other apps, and using different stories, including sending costly gifts, siphon off huge amounts from the victims.
