Agency(New Delhi):
Seven people have been arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly conning individuals by offering to increase their credit card limits. The suspects, Nitin Kumar, Akhil Tanwar, Shivam Suryan, Kapil Gupta, Suresh, Sumit Sharma, and Sunny Kumar, were apprehended near Ramphal Chowk in Dwarka on Saturday. Aged between 18 and 30, they operated a call center disguised as a cloth manufacturing center.
The police recovered 218 SIM cards, 20 mobile phones, and seven ATM cards used in the crime. Deputy Commissioner of Police Chandan Chowdhary reported that the arrested individuals had previously worked as milk delivery boys in a dairy firm and turned to cyber fraud after losing their jobs due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
According to Chowdhary, the group arranged for fake SIM cards and bank accounts through an individual named Alex, whom they met on Telegram. Alex provided them with bank documents and SIM cards using online delivery services like Porter. They then acquired e-data containing personal and card information of victims from Alex and contacted these individuals, offering to increase their credit card limits. After obtaining card details and OTPs from the victims, they would fraudulently debit amounts from their cards.
The police are continuing their interrogation to unearth further details of the scam.