Senior police officials informed that after activation, the miscreants were selling the SIM cards to cyber criminals in Jharkhand, Bihar and Rajasthan. The cybercriminals subsequently used the pre-activated SIM cards to dupe people across the country.
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Bhubaneswar Cyber Police on Friday arrested a person for creating a fake ID of a woman on a matrimonial site and duping a user.
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Bhubaneswar Zone 5 ACP, Gautam Kisan informed that the accused had gained access to the victim’s bank account and transferred the money to his own account after transferring the cash initially into two other accounts- one in Bengaluru and another one in Assam.
Senior police officials informed that the accused used to lure various persons in the name of providing loans by opening bank accounts. Later, they used to collect their bank passbook, ATM, Aadhaar card, and other documents which were used to purchase SIM cards in the name of victims.
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Sources said Patel's ordeal began in June when he met Aditi on a matrimonial site, who claimed to be engaged in import and export business in the UK.
A youth named Krushnachandra Mahakud was the first to bite the bait of cyber criminals. He had deposited Rs 4000 in an app. Thereafter, he continued to get Rs 800 daily through his wallet.
The EOW has found that these scams are being operated from China/Hongkong and Dubai with some of their support system based in India.
After the police could not make any breakthrough in the case, the distressed parents had also staged a demonstration at the Maitri Vihar police station.
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