Gurgaon: Six people have been arrested for allegedly posing as Axis Bank officials and cheating credit card holders on the pretext of redeeming reward points. Police said details of 180 Axis Bank credit card holders were found from the accused during the investigation.The case came to light after a complaint was lodged at Cyber Crime Police Station (West) on March 6. The complainant alleged that he received a call from a person posing as an Axis Bank employee.“The caller claimed that reward points had accumulated on the complainant’s credit card and sent him a link to redeem them. After the complainant entered his credit card number, name and expiry date, the page closed without any confirmation. He later discovered that an iPhone 17 worth Rs 83,305 had been purchased using his credit card and delivered to an address in Delhi,” an officer said.Based on the complaint, police registered a case under sections 318 (cheating) and 319 (cheating by personation) of BNS and launched an investigation.During the probe, police analysed the mobile number used to contact the complainant and found it was registered in the name of Farman. He was arrested in Delhi on June 28. “During questioning, Farman disclosed that he had obtained the SIM card from Satya Prakash, a point-of-sale agent in Sangam Vihar,” ACP (Cyber) Gaurav Fogat said.Police arrested Satya Prakash the same day. During interrogation, he allegedly revealed that three SIM cards procured in Farman’s name had been handed over to Narendra Singh, Vinod, Arvind Kumar and Asif. The four were arrested in Delhi’s Govindpuri on June 30.According to police, the accused used the SIM cards to impersonate bank officials and contact credit card holders with false promises of redeeming reward points. “Victims were persuaded to enter their card details on phishing links, after which the accused used the stolen information to make fraudulent online purchases,” Fogat said.Police said they have so far identified three more victims from different parts of the country who were allegedly cheated by the group.Police seized 10 mobile phones, three Motorola walkie-talkie sets, two pages containing scripts allegedly used to convince customers to share their credit card details, and documents containing details of 180 Axis Bank credit card holders. “The seized records included customers’ names, mobile numbers, PAN details, credit card limits and PIN-related information. The accused have been taken on police remand,” the ACP said.Investigators are examining how the accused obtained the customer data and whether a larger network or any insider was involved. The possible role of the accused in other cyber fraud cases is also being investigated.
