Nagpur: By utilizing people’s sentiments regarding the sacrifice of army personnel, online fraudsters make money fast.
The initial question by cyber city cells has traced the presence of two rackets, one in Rajasthan and others in West Bengal.
Fraudsters use Countries SIM cards such as Assam to operate and target victims throughout India, especially the middle class who are looking for cheap commodities through e-commerce portals.
This year, the city police registered nine cases where fraudsters crashed into victims by disguising themselves as army personnel looking for potential buyers for furniture, electronic gadgets or vehicles.
One constant reason given to the victims is the transfer.
The police said that the money for nearly RS five lakh sucked from an easy-to-deceived resident bank account that entered their trap by sharing their bank details.
While eight victims lost money, who was lucky to feel something wrong and reminded cyber cells.
Police Inspector Assistant Keshav Wagh, which is part of Cyber ​​cells under the DCP Vivek Masaiial and ADDL CP Sunil Phulieri, said the author posted a fake ad on the e-commerce portal which states they need to sell some of their items because of some unexpected developments and therefore offer They are at affordable prices.
“Residents call the number advertised in the post and addicted by fraudsters who disguised themselves as a personnel of the army who phoned from the storage area or army canteen in the need to sell their goods,” he said.
“The Tricksters suppress the victims to transfer some money as a down payment to seal the agreement.
They also insist that payments are made through a digital wallet or application,” he added.
Wagh further stated that Trickster sent a doubtful link.
“Fraudsters asked the victims to transfer a number of fees as a courier fee and then repeat their demands in the pretext or others such as OCTROI tax, shipping costs, transfer fees and so on until the victims realized that they had lost a large amount of money and rushed to the police for help .
Then, the fraudsters turned off their cellphones, “the officer said.
Learned that extortion is largely using a SIM card whose location cannot be tracked in a pointed manner.
“These squeezers mostly operate from the suburbs of small cities, villages and Moffusil areas where they also enjoy the protection of the locals because the money helps many economically families.
Sometimes, these criminals also have Nexus with local police who remind them Every time there is an investigation through the police from another state, “another senior officer said with the terms of anonymity.
How fraud happened: 1) Tricksters posted ads on the e-commerce portal to sell something 2) The victims were told by the fraudsters that they were army personnel posted in different places and they had to sell their items as they had been transferred or circumstances Other emergencies.
3) The victims sent several links or asked to deposit a number of digital numbers or their money applications.
4) fraudsters continue to ask for money on some or other northern numbers until the substantial amount of suck 5) fraudsters will turn off their cellphones