Police in Meerut have arrested two men accused of posing as bank employees to deceive credit card holders across multiple states, revealing a broader scam with potential losses of around Rs 20 lakh.
Police in Meerut have arrested two men accused of posing as bank staff and tricking credit card holders into handing over sensitive details by promising higher limits and special offers. The suspects were identified as Shivansh Kumar Sharma, from Ghaziabad, and Arjun Tank, from Delhi, according to police.
Investigators said the pair had compiled data on cardholders and contacted victims by phone while claiming to be from a bank. Once a target was persuaded, they sent a link through WhatsApp and asked the person to fill in banking and card information. Police said the operation then moved fast: the fraudsters obtained one-time passwords and used the cards for online purchases.
Police also said the two travelled between locations in a Baleno car to make tracing them more difficult and carried out the fraud from different places. Officers recovered 10 mobile phones, four debit cards, two NCMC prepaid cards and the vehicle during the arrests.
The case has wider links than the Meerut arrests alone. Police said there were 14 cyber fraud complaints against the pair across several states, including Bihar, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. Investigators believe the total loss may be around Rs 20 lakh. Similar scams have been reported elsewhere in northern India in recent weeks, including cases in Gurugram and Faridabad involving fake credit-card limit offers, underlining how fraudsters continue to exploit routine banking services and customer trust.
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