The cyber crime branch of Bhopal police has arrested a fraudster from Delhi who has cheated in the name of giving jobs on Freelancer.com by creating fake ID for the victims; accused has cheated Rs 5 lakh from several victims.
The accused would target victims in the name of giving a job by creating fake ID on the website and offer fake jobs on the freelancer.com site. After which the accused would switch off WhatsApp number and the freelancer's ID.
The victim was duped to the tune of Rs 54722 in the name of giving a fake job on Freelancer.com and lodged a complaint with the cyber crime Bhopal and in the investigation police tracked and arrested the cyber crime team.
The victim Anuj Patel, of Bhopal, login for a job on Freelancer.com, a reply came to offer a Turang job, which offered typing job, the complainant agreed to do the job, then the accused asked for details over WhatsApp number and QR code on it.
By sending the code, accused started taking money in the name of registration fee, milestone charge, mediator commission charge, account verification etc., on suspicion of the applicant, he refused to do the job, for which the applicant was charged by the accused Refund Charge, Project Cancellation Fee, GST Fee A total of Rs 54722 was cheated separately in the name of ID and later closed his whatsapp number and freelancer ID.
Police registered a case under section 419 and 420 against the users of the bank account and mobile number and started investigation. The accused identified as Surveer Singh was arrested from Delhi and seized a mobile phone, a SIM card, a bank passbook, two bank ATM cards, and the Aadhar card.