Be careful when sharing your debit/credit
card number and even the one-time password (OTP) with an unknown person, because you can be the next target of cyber-cheats. With the arrest of four thugs, Delhi Police, North Delhi Cyber Cell, has busted a racket of online stalks, which allegedly collected online money after obtaining a debit/credit credential with a One Time Password (OTP) from the victims Used to work
The accused were identified as Pankaj (29) resident of Mangolpuri, Delhi, Rishabh Saxena (19), a resident of JJ Colony in Delhi's Uttam Nagar East, a resident of Loni in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, both as Sujit (22) and Rakesh Kumar. Police have recovered seven keypads with five smart mobile phones, five debit/credit cards and 17 SIM cards issued on fake identities by the possession of the accused.
According to Nupur Prasad, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North district, a complaint was received in which complainant said that he received a bogus call from a fake official of fake credit card Division, Noida.
"The caller offered him the last four digits of his Axis Bank credit card and offered for the reward of Rs 20,000 worth Rs 10,000 redeemed on that day. The caller further stated that this offer will expire by 04:00 PM. Immediately, the caller sent three OTPs to the victim's registered mobile number and requested to share the OTP. As soon as the victim shared OTP, there were three fraudulent transactions of Axis Bank's credit card worth Rs 60,000 (Rs 20,000 each), "the DCP said.
"On the basis of the complaint, a case was registered under section 420 of Indian Penal Code was registered at Subzi Mandi police station and an investigation was taken up by the local police and Cyber Cell unit," said the DCP.
"During the investigation, the complainant's of credit card is present from Axis Bank. After analyzing the data, the transactions were connected and found that the accused transferred the money in a virtual wallet registered with the Mobiku Merchant and later the amount was cashed through a petrol pump, "DCP said.
"The team managed to identify the real beneficiary of the cheated amount and it led to arrest of the accused Rakesh who used to encash such amounts," said the DCP adding that on his instance other three accused were also arrested by police.
"During the interrogation, the accused revealed that Suji and Vikas Bank used to call different customers. Sujit revealed that Rishabh, Pankaj, and Pawan provided them the data. All data, including bank account details and contact numbers of victims, were arranged by Pawan who were working with Axis Bank Credit Cards backend team, "the DCP said.
"Pawan and Vikas are still at large. A manhunt has been initiated by police to nab the remaining culprits. The customers' data recovered from the accused is being shared to the bank authorities to get them alert," the DCP added.
