Fraudster defrauds Suchirindia Infra

A fraudster, who cheated Suchirindia Infratech of `45,800 under the guise of providing fancy Airtel mobile numbers, was arrested by Cyber Crimes police on Monday.

The Marketing Intelligence Team of Cyber Crimes, Hyderabad, received a complaint from Janaki Ram Mohan, an employee of Suchirindia, stating that their company CEO had received a message from an unknown number, wherein the caller offered fancy and unique mobile numbers 9899999999, 9123456789, 9999999099 and 9999999999 at very less prices.

Falling for the trick, the complainant contacted the number given by the fraudster, who introduced himself as Gopal, CEO of Airtel. Believing him, the complainant deposited `45,800 into the bank account of the accused.

Later, when the caller avoided taking his calls, the complainant realised that he had been cheated. He approached the Cyber Crimes police and lodged a complaint.

Explaining the modus operandi, Additional DCP, Cyber Crimes, K.C.S. Raghu Vir said, “The accused obtained several SIM cards and opened bank accounts to cheat victims. He would gather information about MLAs, MPs and corporates through the internet. He used to lure them by sending messages to their mobile numbers on pretext of selling fancy numbers at lesser prices”.

Whenever anyone showed interest and contacted him, he would introduce himself as CEO of Airtel. He even created fake identity cards, photos and True Caller identity to gain the confidence of victims. The transactions happened through fake bank accounts with the name of Airtel India.