New Delhi: The recent investigation done by Delhi Police in a cyber-fraud case reported in Shahdara district revealed that more than 200 cyber crooks were found operating from the villages in outskirts of Rajasthan.
Investigators said that these criminals have various modus operandi to cheat people. The latest technique is posing themselves as army personnel and duping people on the pretext of selling vehicles through the online retail website.
Police sources said that while probing a case of cheating with woman advocate of more than one lakh rupees in Farsh Bazar led to the arrest of one Akram Mandal from Rajasthan. "The complainant in the case alleged that she saw an online advertisement regarding the Bullet motorcycle at a very low price," an officer said.
The woman contacted the seller who posed himself as Army personnel. He also provided an Army ID card. The complainant deposited more than one lakh rupees in the online wallet of the seller. "Soon after depositing money, the army personnel switched off his phone," an officer said. Another investigator said that during probe it was revealed that the cheated amount was transferred in multiple bank accounts. Further technical analysis led to the arrest of accused from Rajasthan's' Jurhera area.
According to an officer, his interrogation revealed that the accused had bought the pre-active wallet and details of Army person from one Aasif. "The accused had withdrawn more than Rs 79 lakh within two months from his various bank accounts," another officer said. Akram bought agriculture land, tractor, car and other amenities for the disposal of the cheated amount.
An officer privy to the investigation said that Mandal with his more than 200 associates are involved in cybercrime. From more than a dozen villages in the outskirts of the Rajasthan, these crooks are operating a Pan-India racket. Various teams work in a single shift. "They divide themselves into a group of 5-12 persons. The first team work from Monday to Friday while other team works from Saturday to Sunday. More than 50 members work in a single shift," an officer said.
"They have various modus operandi to cheat. The recent one is posing themselves as army personnel. When any person contacts cheater to buy vehicles. The fraudster would then convince the buyer that he wished to sell his vehicle as he had been transferred to another state. He would then ask the customer to pay the money into his wallet", added an officer.
The cyber cell team of Shahdara district including sub-inspector (SI) Rahul, SI Ashok, head constables Sandeep, Mohit Malik, constables Vikas, Monika and Deepshikha arrested the accused.