Hyderabad:
City police have busted an international gang of fraudsters by arresting 11 of its members including a Nigerian who were wanted by police in various states.
The gang had committed frauds in Kolkatta, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Bangalore and Visakhapatnam, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Zone) M Stephen Ravindra told media in Hyderabad today.
Punjagutta police arrested 11 fraudsters from a lodge yesterday. One of them was a Nigerian identified as Sunny Uce Uzoma alias Shedrick who was operating from Bangalore with the help of his agents in Visakhapatnam, Kolkatta and Mumbai, he said.
The police recovered 22 ATM cards, nine duplicate SIMs, two laptops, 15 cellphones and cash of Rs 1.10 lakh besides passport of Uzoma, Ravindra said
The modus operandi of the gang was to obtain a duplicate SIM card of a victim and swindled their funds through online banking, the DCP said.
Appealing people to be wary while handling online banking, Ravindra said such kind of frauds were called "Phishing" where information about usernames, passwords and credit card details are obtained fraudulently by masquerading as a trustworthy entity. .