Used to prey on foreign citizens and take money through crypto currency; International cyber fraud gang exposed in Noida, 16 arrested

Noida Cyber ​​Fraud Busted: Cyber ​​crime police in Noida arrested a big international cyber fraud The gang has been busted. Police have raided a fake call center running in Sector-16 and arrested 16 accused, who were cheating crores of rupees by targeting foreign nationals.

DCP Shaivya Goyal told that the accused Google And used to run paid advertisements on social media platforms in the name of fake customer care and tech support. Toll-free numbers were given in these advertisements. As soon as a foreign national made a call, the call would directly reach the calling software installed in the laptop of the accused.

How did they make people victims?

The accused, posing as tech support agents, used to say that your computer has been hacked, data is being stolen or a virus has entered the system. After this, the accused used to take access of the victim’s computer through screen-sharing app and blacken the screen. Due to this, the victim felt that his system had actually been hacked.

What did the police tell?

According to police, victims with low balance were charged $100-500. At the same time, the call of the person with high balance was transferred to the ‘Senior Agent’. After this, a huge amount of money was cheated. The accused used to take the cheated amount through Cryptocurrency, so that it becomes difficult to track the transaction. The police have recovered many mobile phones, laptops, calling software and evidence related to transactions worth crores of rupees from the accused.

Fraud worth crores exposed

Inquiries have revealed that this gang has already defrauded foreign nationals of crores of rupees. The police have registered a case in the cyber crime police station and started further action.