<p>New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly duping victims by posing as a customer care executive and gaining remote access to their mobile phones through malicious applications, an official on Friday said.</p>.<p>The accused, identified as Asad Ali Abbas, was arrested in West Bengal’s Kolkata, he said.</p>.<p>Abbas, a resident of Kolkata, targeted victims who searched for customer care helpline numbers online, the official said.</p>.<p>In one such case reported on April 17, the complainant had applied for a new credit card from a bank which was supposed to be delivered to his home. However, the credit card could not be delivered as he was not present at the time of the visit.</p>.<p>“The complainant later searched for the delivery service’s customer care number online and contacted a number listed in the search results," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), West, Vichitra Veer.</p>.<p>"The person, who answered pretending to be from customer support, asked him to make a nominal payment of Rs 5 for redelivery and sent a malicious file for the transaction,” he added.</p>.Software engineer falls victim to cyber crooks, loses Rs 28.01 lakh.<p>After downloading the file, the complainant was unable to complete the transaction and subsequently Rs 50,000 was fraudulently debited from his bank account via UPI, the DCP said.</p>.<p>The complainant during probe shared transaction screenshots, revealing that the payment had been routed through a mobile payment app to a suspicious UPI ID, police said.</p>.<p>Abbas, who was subsequently arrested in Kolkata, confessed during interrogation that he was involved in a series of cyber frauds, often sending infected application files to unsuspecting victims, they said.</p>.<p>Once the victims installed these apps, he was able to remotely control their devices and siphon off money through fraudulent means, police said.</p>.<p>A smartphone and a SIM card allegedly used in the commission of the crime were recovered from the accused, they said.</p>.<p>At least five more cyber complaints were linked to the same beneficiary account, suggesting the involvement of Abbas in multiple such scams, police said. </p>
<p>New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly duping victims by posing as a customer care executive and gaining remote access to their mobile phones through malicious applications, an official on Friday said.</p>.<p>The accused, identified as Asad Ali Abbas, was arrested in West Bengal’s Kolkata, he said.</p>.<p>Abbas, a resident of Kolkata, targeted victims who searched for customer care helpline numbers online, the official said.</p>.<p>In one such case reported on April 17, the complainant had applied for a new credit card from a bank which was supposed to be delivered to his home. However, the credit card could not be delivered as he was not present at the time of the visit.</p>.<p>“The complainant later searched for the delivery service’s customer care number online and contacted a number listed in the search results," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), West, Vichitra Veer.</p>.<p>"The person, who answered pretending to be from customer support, asked him to make a nominal payment of Rs 5 for redelivery and sent a malicious file for the transaction,” he added.</p>.Software engineer falls victim to cyber crooks, loses Rs 28.01 lakh.<p>After downloading the file, the complainant was unable to complete the transaction and subsequently Rs 50,000 was fraudulently debited from his bank account via UPI, the DCP said.</p>.<p>The complainant during probe shared transaction screenshots, revealing that the payment had been routed through a mobile payment app to a suspicious UPI ID, police said.</p>.<p>Abbas, who was subsequently arrested in Kolkata, confessed during interrogation that he was involved in a series of cyber frauds, often sending infected application files to unsuspecting victims, they said.</p>.<p>Once the victims installed these apps, he was able to remotely control their devices and siphon off money through fraudulent means, police said.</p>.<p>A smartphone and a SIM card allegedly used in the commission of the crime were recovered from the accused, they said.</p>.<p>At least five more cyber complaints were linked to the same beneficiary account, suggesting the involvement of Abbas in multiple such scams, police said. </p>