The Gurugram police have arrested six cyber fraudsters for allegedly cheating people by offering to adjust credit card reward points.
The police recovered seven mobile phones, three walkie-talkie sets, printed scripts related to Axis Bank credit card reward-point adjustments, and customer data during the operation. According to the police, the complainant approached the Cyber Crime police station (West) and said he received a call on March 5 from a person posing as an Axis Bank employee.
The caller falsely claimed he could adjust the complainant’s credit card reward points against his outstanding bill and offered a discount. Believing the claim, the complainant was duped of Rs 83,305.
Following the complaint, the Cyber Crime police station (West) registered an FIR and launched an investigation into the alleged fraud. During the investigation, cyber police arrested six accused — Farman, Satya Prakash, Narendra Singh, Arvind Kumar, Vinod and Asif — all residents of Delhi.
The police said Farman and Prakash were arrested from Sangam Vihar on June 28, while the remaining accused were arrested from Govindpuri on June 30.
ACP Cyber Gaurav Fogat said Prakash worked as a POS agent issuing SIM cards. Farman allegedly procured a SIM card in his own name and handed it to Prakash for a commission. The SIM card was then passed on to the other accused. The group allegedly used these SIM cards to impersonate bank officials and make fraudulent calls offering reward-point adjustments to unsuspecting victims.
