Cyber criminals duped two persons of Rs 3 lakh in the name of mobile company. First incident took place after closing the SIM card while the second incident took place in the name of returning mobile recharge amount.
Wadi resident Nagbhushan Naidu works in a transport company. On May 7, some unknown person called him on phone saying that he was speaking from Idea company. He told Naidu that he would upgrade his SIM card from 3G to 4G and sent a message on Naidu’s mobile. He also told him to forward this message to him. Naidu okayed the message and after that his SIM card was closed. As soon as the SIM card was closed, the unknown person applied in the bank for internet banking facility in the name of Naidu. Then the unknown accused withdrew Rs 1.58 lakh from Naidu’s account on May 7 and Rs 60000 on May 11.
On May 12 when Naidu checked his balance then he came to know the truth. He lodged complaint with the bank. He came to know that internet banking facility was given to him. In fact, the accused knew the details of Naidu’s bank account. He withdrew the money as soon as his SIM card was closed.
This is the SIM swap technique used by the cyber criminals. Earlier also the cyber criminals have withdrawn lakhs of rupees by using this technique. When Wadi police investigated the matter on the complaint of Naidu, it was found that cyber criminals from West Bengal did it.
Similarly, Pankaj Hore, a resident of Gittikhadan recharged his wife mobile balance. When the recharge was not done he got a customer care number from Google. He contacted on the that particular number. The holder of that number, told Pankaj that the money would be refunded and for this he sought debit card and Paytm numbers from Pankaj. The accused sent a link to Pankaj mobile and told him to download it. As soon as Pankaj did it, a sum of Rs 80000 was transferred from his account. Later, Pankaj felt that he was cheated. Gittikhadan police registered a case on the complaint of Pankaj.