UP Cyber cops nab 2 of Jamtara gang caution against toll free numbers in Google ads \
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UP Cyber cops nab 2 of Jamtara gang caution against toll free numbers in Google ads

22-Apr-2022
Noida Apr 22 PTI With the arrest of two men allegedly linked to Jamtara-based cyber cheats the Uttar Pradesh police on Friday busted an online racket in which conmen duped people by taking remote access of their mobile phonesThe cyber cheats are using applications which give them access of mobile phones from remote location including access to one-time passwords OTPs being sent on a users number without them realising it they saidIn the wake of the finding the Cyber Wing of the state police has urged people not to use toll free helpline numbers of banks or other services published on Google under the ad categoryOfficials of the Cyber Police Station Noida have arrested two men identified as Mohammed Riyaz and Liaq Ahmed linked to the gang of thugs based in Jamtara Jharkhand Superintendent of Police UP Cyber Police Triveni Singh saidHe said the accused were held as part of a probe into a Rs 597 lakh online fraud with daughter of a retired CISF official who lives in GhaziabadThe daughter lives abroad Her father approached the police in January this year with a complaint that his daughter wanted to start internet banking facility of her ICICI bank account for which she used a toll free number of the bank given on a Google search page Singh saidLater she got a call back from a mobile number in which the person on the other side identified himself as a bank representative and convinced her into downloading a mobile application -- Quick Support -- for the work he told reporters in a virtual press conferenceSoon the woman lost Rs 597 lakh which were in her bank account linked to her mobile phone number registered with the bank he addedThe case was investigated by the Cyber Police Station Noida which has arrested the accused duo and found out their link with the infamous Jamtara gang the officer saidInspector Reeta Yadav who led the team which arrested the duo from Meerut said the accused are part of a larger network and worked on the basis of commissionRiyaz is a post graduate diploma holder in computer applications while Liaq has studied till Class 5 Mostly they called people on the pretext of providing them bank loans easily she saidTheir job was to call back potential targets and convince them into downloading the remote access tools RAT which gave them access to the mobile phones of the victims without them even realising it Yadav saidOnce the duo gained access to the victims phone they would transfer their funds into multiple bank accounts that they opened using identities of people living in villages This money was withdrawn by their masters while they got a commission to keep she saidRiyaz got 20 per cent and Liaq got 10 per cent as commission amount for every victim from their master who has been identified too Yadav saidThe two have been active in the crime for around five years now and have duped at least 150 people and made over Rs 35 lakh from cheating the inspector saidThe cyber police has also appealed to people especially those in rural areas to not share their bank account details with unverified persons to avoid fraud riskThe accused have been booked under Indian Penal Code section 420 cheating and under provisions of the Information Technology Act police addedPTI KIS SRY
22-Apr-2022 National
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Mayur Mehta starrer ‘Nobel Peace’ has been released on Jio Cinema \
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Mayur Mehta starrer ‘Nobel Peace’ has been released on Jio Cinema

08-Nov-2021
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 8 (ANI/PNN): Nobel Peace, a film that recently bagged the best film award at the 10th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival 2020 and the best screenplay award at the Indian Cine Film Festival 2020, is now streaming on Jio Cinema.
08-Nov-2021 Business
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