Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has unearthed an international syndicate of cyber fraudsters who have cheated more than 11,000 people on the pretext of providing work from home jobs in Amazon. During a multi-dimensional investigation for almost six months, the international cyber crooks were found operating from China and Dubai and their mastermind was in Georgia. The police arrested three people, identified as Satish Yadav (36), Abhishek Garg (40) and Sandeep Mahla, in this connection.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Devesh Kumar Mahla, said the investigation done so far indicated that Chinese cyber criminals have developed a module to cheat people looking for online work from home jobs or part time jobs as Chinese loan fraud is now declining due to action by agencies and awareness among people.
He said that a complaint was received by a woman who said that she was cheated for Rs 1.18 lakh by some unknown scammers in the garb of providing online part-time jobs in Amazon. She said that it is a well drafted big scam run by some unknown criminals posing as Amazon Company. After ascertaining the facts, the police registered a case of cheating.
It was revealed that the telegram ID used by the scammers was being operated from Beijing, China and the WhatsApp number used to defraud the victim was operated from outside India. The police then wrote an email to NPCI and Kotak Mahindra bank seeking beneficiary details of the transactions and it…
