Gurugram, Dec 26 (PTI) Five people of a gang were arrested from a hotel room here for allegedly duping HDFC credit card holders by sending them decoy messages to redeem bonus points, police said on Monday.
Ten mobile phones and a tab were recovered from their possession, they said.
The accused were identified as Sandeep Saini, Mukesh, Sunil Saini, Pritam, and Sushil and they were arrested from a hotel located on Mehrauli-Gurugram road on Saturday night, police said.
The gang operated its fraud business from the rooms of 3 and 5-star hotels, said police.
“During interrogation, the accused revealed that they had created a fake website similar to the website of HDFC Bank and were targeting HDFC credit card holders only,” said Preet Pal Singh Sangwan, ACP, Crime.
“They would send a link to customers redeem bonus points. When the target would click on the link and submit the details asked there, the accused would siphon the money from their cards to their account and would withdraw it from some ATM,” he said.
The gang thus duped several people, including a 70-year-old of Rs 1,61,735.
The five were arrested after an investigation was launched on the complaint of the elderly card holder on December 19 at Cyber Crime East Police Station.
“All accused are on a three-day police remand and are under interrogation. We are conducting raids to nab other members of the gang,” Sangwan added. PTI COR VN VN
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