New Delhi: Cyber Delhi Police Cells have broken the gang suspected of deceiving people through the famous brand fake websites by offering their franchise.
Four people, including web designers, have been arrested and 17 bank accounts are frozen.
Mastermind was identified as one of the Vikas Mistry from Nalanda in Bihar.
His AIDS has been identified as Vikram Singh Vinay from Faridabad, which is the CEO of a digital marketing company based in Gurugram.
The other two accused were Santosh Kumar and Vinay Kumar.
According to the police, 126 cyber fraud incidents in 16 countries have been found related to this gang, which operates several fake websites of iconic brands, offering dealers and distribution to entrepreneurs who dream of having their own outlets from a well-known company.
A young entrepreneur is looking online for such a business opportunity when he lands on a fake Haldiram website like that.
He immediately connected to the cellphone number provided on the website and guided over the next few days through several steps, including filling out forms, submission of documents, etc.
The woman was also asked to pay a variety of costs such as application form processing, document verification, money security, use of brand names, hardware advance, site inspection fees, among others.
He finally paid Rs 11.74 lakh for two months where he was repeatedly guided by criminals who disguised themselves as Haldiram officials.
Only when he was asked to pay another 1.6 lakh Rs in thin ground that he realized that he was cheated by fraudsters.
“He reported fraud to the police and cyber cells took the probe.
It was found that a large number of websites walked under the name M / S Haldiram and offered a franchiseee from consideration in large quantities.
Based on technical supervision, it was also found that a large number of people throughout the country had become victims From these fake sites, “said a senior officer.
The police found that fraudsters used several bank accounts and a large number of fake SIM cards to deceive people.
After deep supervision, four suspects involved in crime were arrested.
People who are accused of developing these imitating websites, then get a domain that sounds similar registered, and also requests and promotes this fake site through Google ads for higher rankings and visibility.
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