Faridabad cops act tough on cyber fraudsters

The cyber police in the district claimed to have solved as many as 22 cases with the arrest of around 35 persons in the past one week.

A spokesperson for the Police Department said they recovered an amount of Rs 9,40,999 between January 4 and 10. As many as 1,412 complaints were registered during this period. A sum of Rs 42,000 had been refunded to the complainants.

He said these cases were solved by the Central, Ballabgarh and NIT cyber police stations here.

The accused nabbed by the police include Arman Ansari, Abhishek Bansal, Mukesh Bansal, Sahil, Aman, Surender Singh, Anil, Shankar Sahu, Deepak, Lalit, Deepak Lakhran, Vishnu Sagar, Deepak Jangid, Sonu, Jasram, Ramji Lal, Rajiv Dhingra, Prem, Ramesh Tuli, Ashok Kumar, Ankush, Yashwant, Anshul, Rakesh Kumar, Divyanshu, Mohit Kumar, Riyaz, Deepak Bal, Arshad, Prince, Vikram, Sukhbir, Ravi and Gagan.

He said cyber criminals were cheating people by promising good returns in share markets or various schemes based in a short period.

Posing as customer care officials of various banks and organisations, cyber thugs send links or OTP to dupe people through fake apps and online websites.

Criminals could resort to blackmailing through posting obscene videos and luring the people to deposit money with the help of QR codes, UPI and getting OTP from customers by posing as bank officials, according to the police. Thugs also send fake messages for submission or clearance of power, water and property tax bills.

He said people should not share their personal and account details with anyone on phone. They should not click on untrusted or suspicious links. Victims can report such crimes on 1930 or log on to https://cybercrime.gov.in.