Listicle story: These days there is terror of cyber thugs in Bihar. These days, such cases are coming to the fore in which people are being duped by keeping them under false pretenses. More of these cases have come to the fore in Patna. The miscreants cheated sometimes by posing as victims of sextortion and sometimes by posing as bank managers. Job seekers are also on their radar. Know some recent incidents, how these miscreants succeeded in cheating people..
1) Cheated money by posing as CBI officer after sextortion
A disabled person living in Shastri Nagar police station area of Patna was first subjected to sextortion by cyber miscreants. After this, becoming a fake CBI officer, blackmailed him of Rs 51,000. In this regard, the victim has lodged an FIR in Shastri Nagar police station. According to the information received, a girl was continuously calling the disabled person. He can neither speak nor hear. That’s why the calls were continuously disconnected. After this he thought of making a video call. On making a video call, a picture of a nude girl came in front of him, after which he disconnected the call. The next day a fake CBI officer’s call was received, which was picked up by the disabled person’s wife. The caller said that your husband had a nude call with an unknown girl, whose video is there. If it is to be stopped from uploading then money will have to be paid. Hearing this, the wife said how much money has to be given. Vicious gave the number of a YouTuber. After this, the wife transferred 51 thousand rupees in three times. After receiving the money, the cyber fraudster switched off his mobile.
2) Withdrawal of 10 lakhs from the account of a female professor by becoming a bank manager
Cyber miscreants have withdrawn Rs 10.84 lakh from the account of female professor Dr. Asha Singh. In this regard, the professor has registered a case in the cyber police station. The miscreants have carried out the incident by posing as the manager of ICICI Bank. In the written application, the professor said that on July 21, a call was received from an unknown number. The caller told his name as Rahul Kumar. Said that I am speaking the manager of ICICI Bank. Your account is not updated with PAN card. If the update is not done then the account will be closed. From Asha, Shatir took the PAN number and the three-digit CVV number on the back of the debit card. Also got the Anydesk app installed in his mobile. Vicious then tried to withdraw Rs 2.50 lakh from Dr. Asha’s ICICI Bank account, but the attempt failed due to some reason. After this, the next day on July 22, again the same person called her and said – Ma’am, your account has not been linked to Aadhaar. Some important information has been left out. After this, the vicious hacked his mobile through Anydesk app and this time he withdrew Rs 10 lakh 84 thousand 500 from his Indian Bank account.
3) Fraud in the name of getting job in call center
Cyber miscreants extorted Rs 2.3 lakh from Patna’s Kankarbagh girl Mahima Kumari in the name of getting her a job in a call center. In this regard, the girl has lodged a complaint in the cyber police station. The girl told the police that she lives and studies in Kankarbagh. He had seen an advertisement pasted at one place for a part time job. Called on the same number. After calling, the person told Mahima that you will have to register for two thousand rupees. The girl registered two thousand rupees on the QR code given by the person. After this, the person sent a link to the girl to fill the form. On clicking the link, 2.3 lakh rupees were withdrawn from his account. Mahima told that I had a joint account with my father. Money has been withdrawn from both the accounts.
4) Withdrawal of 1.55 lakh from the account on the pretext of giving a job
Cyber miscreants tricked Prabhat Kumar Jha, resident of Punaichak Post Office, Patna, of giving him a job and withdrew Rs 1.55 lakh from his account. He was offered a job through WhatsApp and asked to download the Nominee app. Prabhat downloaded that app and then Rs 1.55 lakh was withdrawn several times from his account. He has lodged a complaint against unknown cyber miscreants in Shastri Nagar police station.
5) Extorted money on the pretext of renting a flat
Cyber miscreants tricked Kumar Uday Shankar Srivastava, resident of AG Colony Road, Patna, to rent his flat and withdrew Rs 98,000 from his account. Uday Shankar has registered a case in Shastri Nagar police station. He had advertised for letting his flat on rent. After this, a person named Manjit Kumar from Haryana spoke. After this, he also got a person named Aman Rathore talking to his boss. After fixing the fare, those people asked to do some process to make advance payment. Uday Shankar Srivastava did the same and 98 thousand rupees were withdrawn from his account twice.