New Delhi: If you google the customer support service or customer helpline number of your favourite company or service provider, this could land you in a net of cybercriminals. There are many ways they could wipe out your bank account online. Delhi Police has busted one such racket involving at least four people.
Four men arrested
Cyber Police Station of the North-East District of Delhi busted a syndicate of fraudsters and arrested four persons for allegedly duping a man for money. The arrested persons were identified as Azharuddin Ansari (Dhanbad), Murshed Ansari (Dhanbad), Asfak Ansari (Dhanbad), and Asgar Ansari (Deoghar), according to the police on Monday.
Cash, debit cards recovered
The police recovered a total of Rs 7,90,000 in cash, four debit cards, seven mobile phones and a chequebook.
According to the police, one Rajesh Kumar Sharma filed a complaint on July 3 this year in the Cyber Police Station of North-East District alleging that he had ordered medicines online which were to be delivered through a private courier service.
Customer care number fraud
“On delay of delivery, he googled helpline/customer care numbers of DTDC Courier Service but landed to the fraudsters who trapped him, asked to download quick support application on mobile (i.e a screen sharing application) and cheated/duped him of Rs 2,40,000,” the police said.
Cheated money deposited in various accounts
The police, during its investigation, found that the cheated amount of Rs 2,40,000 was…
