Cases of cyber fraud are continuously coming to light in Bihar. Many people have recently become victims of fraudsters and have defrauded them with new tactics of fraud. The debit card of Ranvijay Kumar, resident of Rajiv Nagar 25B, Patna, got stuck in the ATM of HDFC Bank located in Ramnagari. When he called the guard’s number written on the ATM itself, he went next door and asked him to bring someone for help. He came out of the ATM and in the meantime Rs 30,000 was withdrawn from his account. He returned to the ATM, but the card was also missing. In this regard, Ranvijay Kumar has registered a case in Rajiv Nagar police station.
Send message of reward point and cheat people of Rs 72 thousand
In Patna, cyber criminals have cheated Rs 72 thousand from the accounts of two people by sending reward point messages. In this regard, both of them have lodged a complaint in the cyber police station. The first incident happened with Arun Prakash Lohani, a resident of Ara Garden, Patna. He received a message in which he was given information about SBI Reward Points. As soon as you clicked on the given link, SBI portal opened. As soon as he entered the ID, password and OTP, Rs 50,000 was withdrawn from his account. Similarly, Rs 22 thousand was defrauded from the account of Smita Kumari of Mithapur. On the other hand, Anil Kumar Singh, a resident of Kankarbagh Hanuman Nagar, was cheated of Rs 87 thousand 400 from his account by sending him the link of the customer support app.
Fraud of Rs 20 thousand in the name of accident
Ankit Kumar of Gopalpur received a message on WhatsApp. It was written in the message that a relative had met with a road accident. There is an immediate need of Rs 20 thousand. When I saw the DP, my relative’s photo was there. After calling and talking, Ankit sent Rs 20 thousand. Later it came to light that cyber criminals had committed fraud.
Cheating in the name of getting job in Merchant Navy Singapore
The miscreants have defrauded Sahil Sinha, a resident of South Mandiri in Buddha Colony police station area of Patna, of Rs 1 lakh 55 thousand in the name of getting him a job in Merchant Navy Singapore. In this regard, he has lodged a complaint in the cyber police station. He received a mail regarding vacancy for the post of Merchant Navy Deck Cadet. When I called on the given number, a person told his name as Captain Anurag. Asked to fill the form sent on mail. When Sahil filled the form and submitted it, a demand of Rs 1 lakh 55 thousand was made from him. Sahil made the payment. After two days passed, a call came again and said that you can join in Singapore. After this the mobile was switched off.
Young man cheated in the name of EPF claim
The miscreants have defrauded Navendu Pandey of Danapur of Rs 49940 on the pretext of making a claim of Rs 3 lakh 50 thousand 246. In this regard, he has lodged a complaint in the cyber police station. He told that a call came from an unknown number and a girl told her name was Anjali Verma. He introduced himself to the accounts department of EPF. He told that the claim file has arrived, for which two forms will have to be filled. Rs 49940 will have to be deposited for both. After this the young man deposited the money. As soon as the money was deposited the mobile got disconnected. When I called again, the switch was off.
93477 rupees spent in the name of BP machine
Moinul Hoda, a resident of Alinagar Colony, Anisabad, Patna, was cheated by cyber criminals of Rs 93477 in the name of delivery of BP machine. In this regard, the victim has lodged a complaint in the cyber police station. He told that online booking was done for the BP machine. After this a call came and to confirm the booking he asked for registration of five rupees. As soon as registration was done, Rs 93477 was withdrawn from the account.
Woman cheated of Rs 1.27 lakh on the pretext of part time job
A case of fraud of Rs 1.27 lakh has come to light from Priyanka Desai, a woman from Patna’s Journalist Nagar, on the pretext of a part-time job. In this regard, the woman has lodged a complaint on the cyber crime portal. Priyanka’s husband Sanjit Desai is an army soldier. The woman told that a person called from an unknown number and said that he was talking to a company in Delhi. Offered a part time job and said that by working for two hours you can earn two thousand rupees sitting at home. After giving all the information, Shatir asked the woman to press one for registration and two for specific information. As soon as the woman pressed one button to register, the phone got disconnected. After some time, two messages came, in one of which information was given about withdrawal of Rs 1 lakh and in the other, information of withdrawal of Rs 27 thousand was given.