GURUGRAM: Eight members of a cyber fraud gang have been arrested from Faridabad for allegedly dishonest greater than 1,500 individuals throughout the nation of Rs 25 crore. The gang additionally included three foreigners who have been residing in India illegally after expiry of their visa, and a lady.
The fraudsters used to create faux social media account within the identify of overseas nationals and ship pal requests to targets. Speaking concerning the modus operandi of the gang, DCP (HQ) Nitish Agarwal mentioned the accused used to create faux profiles of overseas girls on Fb and ship pal requests to targets. As soon as an individual accepted the request, they began to speak with the goal. “After the taking the goal in confidence a lady would suggest to ship a precious present. Normally the goal could be delighted to obtain the present and find yourself sharing his deal with and different particulars,” mentioned the DCP.
Later, different members of the gang would name the goal impersonating as customs official and ask him/her to deposit cash citing varied causes.
The DCP mentioned the three foreigners have been recognized as Gabrial and Kingsle from Nigeria and Gadwin from Ghana. The lady was recognized as Yuthirgala Warong from Manipur. Different accused are Harish, Firoz Ansari, Rajkumar, Safeuddin and Sushil Tiwari.