Hyderabad: Nine from WB Held for Digital Fraud
Cyberabad police urged citizens to report such matters on the helpline 1930.
Hyderabad: Cyberabad Cyber Crime and Medchal SOT personnel on Saturday arrested nine persons in a digital payments fraud that targeted Indian and US citizens. The gang operated a fake call centre from a rented villa in Bachupally.
The accused Danish Alam, Md Saheb Ali (alias Sonu), Md Fahad Pervez, Md Aman Alam, Md Ishtiaque Ahmed, Mohammed Mohsin, Farid Hussain, Md Shadhab Alam and Md Sonu hail from West Bengal. They impersonated representatives of PayPal, Geek Squad and other major financial services companies, police said.
The gang operated VOIP-based platforms like Zoiper, X-Lite and Microsoft Teams which were triggered through phishing e-mails.
Victims — primarily senior citizens and women — were made to believe they had been charged for unauthorised transactions and were urged to call a support team. The gang would collect bank credentials, transaction histories and even install remote access tools like AnyDesk.
In several cases, victims were blackmailed with false allegations of drug trafficking and nude image leaks.
Police recovered 22 mobile phones, 10 laptops and other accessories in the operation. Efforts are underway to trace absconding members of the gang, identify victims and recover siphoned funds.
A case was registered.
Cyberabad police urged citizens to report such matters on the helpline 1930.
