Two frauds, who duped 150 persons to the tune of lakhs of rupees by using bank details, have been nabbed by the crime branch Bhopal on Tuesday.
Crime branch Bhopal police have nabbed two miscreants after a complaint was lodged by a woman regarding a fraud of Rs5,000 in which she was contacted and the caller introduced himself as customer care employee of SBI stating that he required details of her credit card as her card would expire soon.
The woman provided the details after the caller told her correct name and contact details. After providing the details the victim received One Time Password (OTP) and provided the same to the caller.
After few hours the victim received a message and was shocked to find that Rs5,000 had been transferred in some other bank account from her account. In the investigation the police found that around 150 persons were duped to the tune of lakhs of rupees.
The offenders used to collect details of the bank customers from different sources. The accused used to introduce targeted persons as credit card executive, officials of Reserve Bank of India or officials of their bank.
The miscreants used to convince the victims stating that they would help in expanding the credit limits in the card and other offers.
For transferring the money, Airtel SIM cards were used which were purchased from retailers without providing documents and for such SIM cards they have paid around Rs300 to Rs500 per SIM card. The retailers who have sold such SIM cards have been searched by the police.
A complaint was lodged with the crime branch and a case under section 420 of the IPC and 66 A of the Information Technology Act was registered. The two accused have been identified as M Hari (24) and Bharat Bhosale (21), both residents of Uttam Nagar New Delhi.