2 held for duping people through fake website for applying for voter ID cards Police
New Delhi Dec 22 PTI Two men were arrested for allegedly running a fake government website through which they established an online network across the country for duping people on the pretext of helping them to apply for voter identity cards police said on WednesdayAnkit Kumar Pal 26 and Manmohan Singh 22 who were arrested from Uttar Pradesh were the masterminds behind the fraud they addedMore than 10000 people had fallen prey to the fake website — voteridcardebharatsevain — police saidThe accused duo had established an online network for luring people to apply for voter identity cards They used to target gullible victims from all over the country and after the initial enrolment used to charge Rs 650 from themThey had also promoted the fake website by paying money for Google advertisements so that it would appear as a top search option police saidA case was registered at the Rajinder Nagar police station in November on the basis of a complaint from one of the victims who alleged that he had to get some changes effected in his voter ID card for which he searched online and came across the fake website a senior police officer saidWhen he visited the website he was directed to a payment gateway for a payment of Rs 650 as mandatory charges After making the payment he received e-mails from infoebharatsevain and no-replyrazorpaycom stating that the payment was successful his application would be processed and an executive would contact him shortly the officer addedHowever as there was no further response from the website the victim got suspicious and subsequently found out that the official website of the Election Commission of India ECI is voterportalecigovinDuring the course of the enquiry the money trail as well as the website registration details were obtained and it was established that these activities were being carried out by some fraudster on a very large scale The case was handed over to the cyber police station of the district Deputy Commissioner of Police Central Shweta Chauhan saidThe probe revealed that the payment was processed through a payment gateway which was further credited to a bank account registered in the name of a cyber cafeThe proprietor of the cyber cafe was identified as Manmohan Singh a resident of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh the officer said adding that he was arrestedBased on the information provided by Singh Pal a resident of Amroha in Uttar Pradesh was also nabbed she saidPal told the police that one of their associates whom he had met in Noida while looking for a job came up with the idea of cheating people on the pretext of helping them apply for voter identity cards Chauhan saidThe associate had created the fake website and the payment gateway that was registered in Singhs name she addedThere were transactions involving huge amounts of money from the bank accounts of the accused and efforts are on to trace others involved in the case the police said PTI AMP RC
New Delhi Dec 22 PTI Two men were arrested for allegedly running a fake government website through which they established an online network across the country for duping people on the pretext of helping them to apply for voter identity cards police said on WednesdayAnkit Kumar Pal 26 and Manmohan Singh 22 who were arrested from Uttar Pradesh were the masterminds behind the fraud they addedMore than 10000 people had fallen prey to the fake website — voteridcardebharatsevain — police saidThe accused duo had established an online network for luring people to apply for voter identity cards They used to target gullible victims from all over the country and after the initial enrolment used to charge Rs 650 from themThey had also promoted the fake website by paying money for Google advertisements so that it would appear as a top search option police saidA case was registered at the Rajinder Nagar police station in November on the basis of a complaint from one of the victims who alleged that he had to get some changes effected in his voter ID card for which he searched online and came across the fake website a senior police officer saidWhen he visited the website he was directed to a payment gateway for a payment of Rs 650 as mandatory charges After making the payment he received e-mails from infoebharatsevain and no-replyrazorpaycom stating that the payment was successful his application would be processed and an executive would contact him shortly the officer addedHowever as there was no further response from the website the victim got suspicious and subsequently found out that the official website of the Election Commission of India ECI is voterportalecigovinDuring the course of the enquiry the money trail as well as the website registration details were obtained and it was established that these activities were being carried out by some fraudster on a very large scale The case was handed over to the cyber police station of the district Deputy Commissioner of Police Central Shweta Chauhan saidThe probe revealed that the payment was processed through a payment gateway which was further credited to a bank account registered in the name of a cyber cafeThe proprietor of the cyber cafe was identified as Manmohan Singh a resident of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh the officer said adding that he was arrestedBased on the information provided by Singh Pal a resident of Amroha in Uttar Pradesh was also nabbed she saidPal told the police that one of their associates whom he had met in Noida while looking for a job came up with the idea of cheating people on the pretext of helping them apply for voter identity cards Chauhan saidThe associate had created the fake website and the payment gateway that was registered in Singhs name she addedThere were transactions involving huge amounts of money from the bank accounts of the accused and efforts are on to trace others involved in the case the police said PTI AMP RC
