New Delhi: Advertisements offerings plush jobs, with some offering salaries up to Rs 30,000 per month, are widespread on the internet. And once unsuspecting job aspirants access these unsecure webpages, they go down the rabbit hole, eventually falling into the trap and getting duped after they feed their bank details.
Delhi Police say that they are investigating this new modus operandi, used by cyber fraudsters.
"Many job aspirants fail to check whether such webpages are secure or not. When they open a page, the same page is open to the accused via phone or computer. The page would then ask aspirants to fill in bank details to downloading certain forms," an investigator working in the Cyber Cell told Millennium Post.
He added that after the details of the bank account are entered in the page, the accused too gets access to them the details on his page.
Within minutes, the culprit uses it to withdraw the money from the victim's account.
"There are different type of money transactions on the internet. Some will ask OTP, others ask for debit or credit card number, CVV and ATM card pin," said the officer.
In one such complaint received by city police this year, currently under investigation, the accused ensured that the victim is engaged on the page, so that he had enough time to withdraw the money from the victim's account.
"The accused can increase the transaction time in the page, through which they can easily take out money from the account," said the investigator.
Cops are also investigating fake shopping websites, many of which used the same modus operandi.
Last year, the Cyber Cell of Shahdara District police busted a gang who used duped people on the pretext of sending them to tour in foreign countries.
"The accused used to advertise the fake tours and when they received phone calls from unsuspecting people, the accused told them to send money to specific bank accounts. After getting the money, the accused would switch offer their cell phones and go off the grid," said a police officer.
DCP (Shahdara) Nupur Prasad said that most fraudulent website, which have insecure webpages, will show the letters 'http' in their address. "However, secure webpages will have the letters 'https' and are safe," said an investigator.