New Delhi: Delhi Police has busted an international gang of cyber crooks based in China and Dubai and a mastermind in Georgia who duped 11,000 people in the name of providing online work from home, an official said on Friday. The gang duped people of crores of rupees on the pretext of getting them online jobs. Police have so far arrested three people in this connection by conducting separate raids in Delhi, Gurugram and Fatehabad (Haryana).
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The accused have been identified as Satish Yadav (36), Abhishek Garg (40) and Sandeep Mahala. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Outer North, Devesh Kumar Mahla said that the investigation conducted so far indicates that Chinese cyber criminals have developed a module to cheat people looking for online work from home jobs or part time jobs , Because Chinese loan fraud is now decreasing. Action by agencies and awareness among people.
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“Delhi Police had received a complaint in which a woman stated that she was duped of Rs 1.18 lakh by some unknown scammers in the guise of providing her with an online part-time job in Amazon. In the complaint, the woman said that It is a well drafted big scam being run by some unknown criminals posing as Amazon company. After ascertaining the facts, the police registered a case of cheating,” he said.
During investigation, it was revealed that the Telegram ID used by the scammers was being operated from Beijing, and the WhatsApp number used to dupe the victim into investing in the fake Amazon site was also operated from outside India. was going. The police then wrote an email to NPCI and Kotak Mahindra Bank seeking beneficiary details of the suspicious transactions and it was revealed that a shell firm account was used to collect money from the victims.
“During scrutiny of the details received from the bank, it was found that a total of Rs 5.17 crore was deposited in a single day. In further money trail, it was found that the entire amount was routed through 7 different firms The DCP said, “Money has been transferred to foreign accounts through crypto currency.” The technical investigation finally led them to Satish Yadav, who revealed the name of another accused Garg, the official said. The third accused Mahala was then arrested. Was arrested when his account was found to be involved in withdrawing money through Razorpay to a fraudster sitting abroad.
The DCP said that the fake websites are made in such a way that they look like genuine Amazon websites and one can easily get duped. The websites are usually developed from China. According to police, to lure candidates/job seekers, promotion is being done on social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, YouTube with posts of good earning and they get lakhs of likes and ratings and reviews through digital marketing so that The victims fall prey to it. cheat.
Artificial intelligence is also used to pop them up on the screen in front of people with online jobs or working from home. The scammers reach out to the victims automatically through WhatsApp or in some cases the victims themselves get in touch. Victims are convinced by fake screenshots of WhatsApp chats and well-crafted creative chats with employees making good money. To keep victims in the dark, cyber-criminals have developed a “fool-proof” process similar to the ones real companies use to run their organization, for example providing a tutor to teach them how to do the job. Doing for which a fee of Rs 200 is charged. Police said that any candidate would pay such a small amount to get the job easily.
Victims are asked to create a work ID on the website. The wallet is designed like Amazon where users can view various options like balance, tasks, orders, withdrawals, selling / flagging products. Users are then assigned the task of selling or buying products for the company. Users are deluded when they see that the products have been sold and the money appears as a balance in their wallet but in reality, they are tricked by criminals who have full control over the website, and are trying to trick users into using it. Anyone can make modifications to the accounts, the police warned, adding that these websites are operated from China.