THE CYBER cell of Mumbai Police crime branch has arrested four persons from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh for allegedly duping people of lakhs of rupees by showing interest in buying a commodity from them and subsequently forcing them to share the bank account details.
According to police, the scam came to light while they were investigating a cheating case in which a man from the northern suburbs in Mumbai was duped of Rs 17.91 lakh.
The police said the complainant, who wished to sell off his furniture, had posted the photos of his items on Olx.
“Minutes after posting, the complainant got a call from a person who identified himself as Ashok Kumar. He claimed that he wanted to buy the furniture,” said an officer.
“The accused then claimed that there was some problem in making the payment and as a tester, he sent a QR code to him and asked him to scan it in his private account bank’s (ICICI) app after which Rs 9,000 got deducted.” The police said that the complainant was further conned of Rs 17.82 lakh under the pretext of recovering the lost money.
Later, when the frauds stopped responding, the complainant realised that he had been duped, following which he lodged a complaint with the police and a case was registered under relevant sections of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy.
During the course of the investigation, police officials started scrutinising the call data record of the mobile number and the bank account details obtained from the…
