Cyber crime Bhopal arrested two fraudsters who cheated in the name of providing room on rent through different websites and cheat victims by collecting advance for renting; accused were arrested from Pahadi, Bharatpur Rajasthan.
The accused used to put advertisements for renting houses on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Google and various other sites.
The accused take money from the people in different installments in the name of advance amount. Sim cards and accounts of other states are used by the accused for contacting the victims.
The police have found details of cheating of about Rs 60 lakh from various people by the accused.
The applicant had given a written complaint application in Cyber Crime Branch District Bhopal that he searched the number on Google to rent a room to live in Bangalore, where he found a mobile number 7379383084 Received a call and got information about and asked me to make advance payment and cheated a total of Rs 81,200 in different installments.
Based on the facts and information received from the bank after the investigation of the complaint, a case against the users of the bank account and linked mobile number was registered. The accused were identified as Mohammad Imran and Azharuddin.
The accused make calls from Sikri, Bharatpur, Rajasthan and use the accounts of people from Bihar and Orissa for fraud. In order to break the chain of transactions by the accused, by withdrawing the money received in the fraud accounts, they transfer it to other accounts and withdraw the money.