In a major crackdown on cybercrime, the Delhi Police have arrested three individuals involved in a credit card scam that defrauded a man from Shahdara of over Rs1 lakh. The suspects allegedly operated a fake credit card limit enhancement scheme and used phishing tactics to steal sensitive data.
The arrested have been identified as Surender Singh alias Shinde (27) of Bangla Sahib Road, Gurmeet Singh alias Honey (35) from Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, and Daleep Kumar (42) of Faridabad.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam, the victim, Sameer Bhardwaj, a Krishna Nagar resident, was contacted by someone pretending to be a bank employee. The caller offered to increase his credit card limit and sent him a link mimicking a legitimate bank website. After Bhardwaj entered his card details, Rs1,00,208 was fraudulently charged to his credit card.
Upon receiving the complaint, police traced the fraudulent website to a hosting platform linked to Surender Singh. Further investigation revealed that Gurmeet Singh obtained stolen credit card data from another accused named Pawan, while Daleep Kumar supplied fake SIM cards used to contact victims.
Police carried out coordinated raids in Delhi, Uttarakhand, and Haryana, recovering five mobile phones and six SIM cards linked to the cybercrime.
“The gang recreated authentic-looking bank pages and used phishing techniques to extract card information. They then used this data to carry out unauthorized transactions,” DCP Gautam said.
Authorities are continuing the investigation to locate other accomplices and identify additional victims.
