Seven arrested for phishing Rs 23 lakh

JAIPUR: The cyber crime police station on Tuesday arrested seven persons for allegedly phishing Rs 23 lakh from a current account through hacking. Four out of the six accused were already arrested by Raichur (Karnataka) police in a similar case and were brought to Jaipur on production warrant.

According to the police, on October 30, one Anant Kumar Daaga lodged a complaint saying he owns a company Consulting Engineers Group Limited having office at Malviya Nagar industrial area. "He had stated that the current account of the company is at Union Bank of India, Malviya Nagar from which hackers had allegedly phished Rs 23 lakh from their account on November 27," said Rajendra Sharma, deputy superintendent of police, cyber crime police station."We were told that the victim had unregistered one of his mobile numbers from the internet banking on October 25 prior to the act of phishing," Sharma added.

The investigations suggested that the gang members were into similar acts in Kolkata and Raichur (Karnataka). "When it was established that most of the withdrawals of the said money were from Kolkata, we contacted Kolkata police. After a thorough investigations, we have arrested seven persons including four who were brought via production warrant from Raichur jail," said a police officer.

The police have not ruled out the role of one Nigerian citizen who too was involved in this cheating. "With the interrogation of these accused we will also nail down rest others in this connection," the officer said. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Seven-arrested-for-phishing-Rs-23-lakh/articleshow/45278009.cms

Engineering Student Arrested for Debit Card Fraud in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD:  A final-year engineering student was on Monday arrested by the cyber crime police here for making purchases by obtaining details of other people's debit cards.

B Surya Teja, a final year B-Tech student, had made purchases of at least Rs. 14,210, online and at malls, police said.

CCTV footage at a shopping mall showed the accused making purchases, police said.

Police tracked him down by tracing IP address of a computer used by him to an Internet cafe.

According to police he was already facing three similar cases.

Teja allegedly could memorize the details of debit cards used at ATMs at a glance, and used these details for online shopping. Further probe is on.

Source: http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/engineering-student-arrested-for-debit-card-fraud-in-hyderabad-609811

Bizarre revenge plot in cyber space

HOWRAH: Samik Sarkar, 33, had a penchant for picking up fights and then teaching his 'opponents' a unique lesson. He used to upload their contact details with wrong information. This led to continuous harassment of the 'targets'. But Sarkar's 'innovative' way to 'take revenge' landed him behind bars after the detective department of the Howrah City Police arrested him on Thursday.

On October 17, a doctor from Uluberia lodged a complaint that he was receiving calls from people, seeking treatment for their pets and domesticated animals. The police started an inquiry and came to know that the details of the doctor were listed as a veterinarian on a popular website. By then, the police also received another complaint, this time from a woman who is a dealer of water purifiers.

"The woman complained that somebody had posted her details with that of somebody else's photograph on two separate websites. On one of the sites, she is described as a model on the look out for assignments while on a matrimonial site, the woman is portrayed as somebody looking for a husband. Both sites had her telephone numbers and address due to which she faced severe harassment," a police officer said.

The cyber crime wing then turned to the websites and wanted to know from where these details were uploaded. It took a while before the websites found the IP address from where the details were uploaded. This led the cops to a computer training centre. The machine was the one used by Sarkar, a trainer at the institute. The police collected Sarkar's photograph and showed it to the complainants.

The woman recognized Sarkar and narrated how she had visited the institute where he worked to look for three computer-trained youths to employ in her office. The three youths sent by Sarkar weren't good enough apparently and the woman refused to hire them. There was a spat between Sarkar and the woman after this and he threatened to teach her a lesson. Little did she know what he had in mind.

The doctor also said that he had come across Sarkar once. The doctor was apparently travelling by car when the vehicle scraped against Sarkar's bicycle. Though the doctor apologized, Sarkar allegedly threatened to cause him harm. The doctor then handed over his business card to Sarkar and left the spot. The car had all details, including his mobile numbers and address. After receiving this information, Sarkar was arrested on Thursday from his residence at Chunabhati in the Sankrail police station area.

"It is strange how people will go to any extent to seek revenge. We have arrested Samik Sarkar and charged him under the IT Act," said Jafar Ajmal Kidwai, ADC, Howrah City Police.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Bizarre-revenge-plot-in-cyber-space/articleshow/45140588.cms

‘Banker’ cons Navi Mumbai teen into revealing debit card PIN, steals Rs 22k

NAVI MUMBAI: A man, pretending to be a bank official, convinced a 14-yer-old girl to give up her PIN number and then stole Rs 22,500 from her account.

In June, Teja Lawate from Uran got a call from man, who claimed to be the manager of Bank of Maharasthra. He said that her old card had been blocked and, to issue a new card, he needed her old ATM card number, the PIN and other details. "Once she gave it to him, the man transferred Rs22,500 to an account at a bank in Jharkhand," said B K Khade, police sub inspector. Once the Lawate family realized they had been cheated, they contacted the police, who started investigating.

It took the cops four months to trace the details of the account holder.

"The account, to which the money was transferred, belongs to a man named Madan Sau," added Khade.

The cops will send a team to arrest him soon.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/navi-mumbai/Banker-cons-Navi-Mumbai-teen-into-revealing-debit-card-PIN-steals-Rs-22k/articleshow/45050660.cms?

Nerul woman fraudulently withdraws 40,000 using brother-in-law’s cloned debit card, booked

Navi Mumbai: The Nerul police has booked Noorjahan Amjad Khan (26) woman for cheating and forgery on Friday, as she allegedly cloned her brother-in-law's debit card and withdrew Rs 40,000 from his bank account. 

The cyber crime cell of the city police has registered a FIR against the accused. 

According to investigating officer Mohite, the FIR was registered against Noorjahan Khan by Firoze Khan (29), who is her brother-in-law. Firoze Khan is a handicapped person who owns a telephone booth in sector 15, Nerul. He has alleged that his sister-in-law cloned his bank's debit card, appended her signature on the said card and misused it by withdrawing Rs 40,000 from his account. 

"He has alleged that the transaction was carried out between September 29 and 30. The accused woman has not yet been arrested, as we are yet to complete the technicalities that are involved in such cases," Mohite added. 

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/navi-mumbai/Nerul-woman-fraudulently-withdraws-40000-using-brother-in-laws-cloned-debit-card-booked/articleshow/45161682.cms