Two fraudsters held for cheating Hajis

Staff Reporter  :
Cyber Crime Investiga-tion Department of Counter Terrorism (CT) has arrested two persons who cheated Hajis (pilgrims) by pretending to be accountants of the Ministry of Religion.

According to the cyber police sources, the accused called Hajj pilgrims under the government administration, posing as an accountantof the Ministry of Religion.Then, saying ‘you get 75 thousand taka from the Ministry of Religion’ and they collected the bank debit and credit card information of the person and embezzled the money.

Two persons of this gang, who were arrested from Char Kamlapur area of Faridpur Sadar on Thursday, are the ring leader Sirajul Islam Shubo (29) and his associate Shariful Islam (29).

Assistant Police Commissioner of City Cybercrime Investigation Division Ariful Hussain Tuhin said, this year, the list of those who went to perform Haj under the government management, including their mobile numbers, was published on a government website.The fraudster uses website listing information to impersonate Ministry of Religion accountants through various mobile phone numbers.

At one point collects their bank debit, credit card number and CVC/CVV number claiming to refund surplus money from Hajj expenses.

Later, if you want to make an illegal transaction using these card numbers, an ‘OTP’ is automatically sent to the customer’s mobile from the bank’s server.At this stage, the circle talks to the customer on the phone and informs that the bank has sent the serial number you applied for.Tell us that number.

In fact, that number is the transaction’s automated OTP, which fraudsters use to steal money through mobile financial services by taking control of the customer’s debit and credit (Mastercard/Visa) cards.

A complaint was received in the CTTC Cybercrime Investigation Division in this regard.According to the cyber team, the members of the gang were identified and arrested on the basis of the complaint.