Gurgaon: Five people, including a woman, were arrested from Delhi for allegedly operating a fraudulent call centre that targeted credit card users by promising to increase their card limits. Police said the gang, active for the past five months, sent fake links to victims, stole their card details and used them for online purchases.The arrests followed a complaint lodged at Cyber Crime South police station on March 11. The complainant alleged he lost around Rs 28,000 after clicking on a link sent by a person claiming to represent a credit card company.Police said the gang had access to customer databases. Members would call credit card users, pose as company representatives offering limit enhancements and persuade them to click on fraudulent links.Once victims shared sensitive card details, the gang used the information to make online purchases. “Products purchased through the victims’ card details were either handed over to the mastermind or sold by the gang once the value of the items crossed Rs 5,000,” an officer said.To evade detection, the gang frequently shifted its operations, changing locations every 10 to 15 days. After each fraud, members would suspend activities for a few days before resuming from a new location.A team led by SHO Naveen Kumar arrested Rahul (33), Anuj Pal (20), Gaurav (24), Mukul Kirar (22) and Anchal (21) on Friday.“Once the gang members called an unsuspecting credit card user and persuaded him to increase the limits, they would share a link. Once the user gave them an OTP, they would transfer funds,” ACP Gaurav Fogat said. “During the investigation, we found that the account holding the digital wallet belonged to Anuj Pal. He told us that he aggregates the accounts for Mukul while Gaurav, Rahul and Anchal call up victims.”Police said they are trying to identify and arrest the alleged mastermind who supplied the customer databases. “All these five people are graduates and after producing them in court, two of them are being taken on remand,” a senior officer said.The investigation is ongoing, and police are examining whether the gang was involved in similar cyber frauds in other regions.
