6 held for abetting cyber fraud

​Hyderabad: Six persons were arrested for allegedly abetting a cyber fraud by providing their bank account details to hackers who cheated the public and transferred money into those accounts, police said on Thursday.

Cyber Crime police station, attached to Hyderabad police, arrested Mangesh Tribuvan, Akshay Ashok Nikam, Yaseen Ahmed Ali Shaik, Dhananjay Singh, Ajaz Muneer Khan and Tushar Laxman S -- all residents of Mumbai -- and brought them to Hyderabad on transit warrant, police said, adding that they were remanded in judicial custody on Thursday.

According to police, the six accused used to provide their bank account details for a 10 per cent commission on every transaction. "On September 2, police received a complaint from a city-based 50-year-old woman, who alleged that on August 30, she had received a mail purportedly from the Income Tax Department, informing her that her I-T return had failed and she would have to apply again (on a website link) to get a refund of Rs 19,246.

"On August 31, she furnished her debit card number, CVV number, password, date of birth and mobile number on the website," police stated in a release. Police said when the woman checked her email on September 2, she was surprised to find that an amount of Rs 1.90 lakh was transferred from her account to various bank accounts.

"The fraudsters had sent her a fake mail, which appeared as if it was from the Income Tax Department, on the pretext of refunding income tax amount. Assuming it to be genuine, she furnished all her bank details on the webpage and got cheated to the tune of Rs 1.90 lakh," police said.

During investigation, Cyber Crime police obtained the details of bank accounts where the amount of Rs 1.90 lakh was fraudulently transferred. After ascertaining the details of the account holders, a police team went to Mumbai and nabbed the six accused, the release stated, adding that efforts were on to nab the other accused.