Cyber crime branch arrested a sweeper and his aide from Noida UP who cheated a Bhopal based customer to the tune of Rs 3 lakh by posing as an official of MPSEB department; several customers across different states.
The accused used to send messages about electricity bill dues and disconnection of electricity connection. Used to talk as an officer of the electricity department. In the name of updating electricity bills, you used to download Anydesk Mirror App.
The accused used to cheat by looking at OTP and PIN through the Mirror App. So far, hundreds of people from different states have been made victims of fraud.
The complainant Keshav Singh Babadia was targeted by the accused and cheated Rs 3 lakh in the name of filling the electricity bill. Later the accused lodged a complaint with Cyber Crime Bhopal. After investigation, police registered a case under section 419 and 420 of the IPC against unknown mobile number and bank account holder.
The accused used to send a message to the complainant about the electricity bill being due and disconnecting the electricity connection, in which he used to pose as an electricity department officer and gave his own mobile number. On contacting this number by the complainant, it was said that you have not paid your electricity bill due to which your electricity connection is being disconnected. A link was given by the accused in the name of updating the electricity bill. AnyDesk (Mirror App) app got downloaded on the complainant's mobile as soon as the link was clicked.
The accused were identified as Nitin Babu of Sector 81 Noida and Ajay Kumar of Noida.