Jamtara in Jharkhand is notorious across the country as a cyber crime hub. It would not be wrong to call it a training center of cybercrime. Cyber fraud centers like Jamtara are now open all over the country. More than half of these cases i.e. 54% are reported from only four districts. NDTV has come up with a documentary series “OTP Mafia Documentary” to make people aware about cyber crime and cyber criminals. The documentary series is part of NDTV’s #ConsumerconnectCMB College initiative.
According to the complaint received by the cyber police, many people received instant loan or minimum documentation loan offers on their mobile phones. A warning was also given that the bank card will be blocked if the offer is not accepted. Most people who received such a message also received an X rated video, i.e. an adult video, in which their photo was morphed and used. Most people believe in forgetting such incidents over time by disconnecting the call. They don’t file a complaint. But some people fall prey to big fraud in this matter. Trapped in a loan trap, they fall prey to blackmail and after a while the situation worsens to such an extent that they take a fatal step.
Thugs running sextortion mafia gangs are not savvy technical experts sitting behind big and fancy screens in some city. These gangs consist of both men and women, who cheat people from the comfort of their couches in some areas like Jamtara, Nooh, Mathura, Bharatpur.
Mafia members based in Noida and Noah are preying on New Yorkers thousands of miles away. Statistics show that 45,000 Americans fell victim to these callers last year. These cyber criminals do not have any hi-tech setup. Basic mobile phones, hundreds of SIM cards and bank details, phone numbers of innocent people are their weapons. Through it, this gang is doing cyber fraud from Noah to New York.
A woman duped by the OTP mafia in the US told NDTV that she received a call from a ‘government agency’. In which it was claimed that he will have to pay the price of the narcotics business. Even though the woman refused, the calls continued. Action was threatened against the woman. The caller told the woman that if she wanted to avoid him, she would have to pay a price and meet him.
The woman told NDTV, “I lost thousands of dollars. I lost almost 75% of my life savings. This is what I had saved for my future life after my retirement. My son is 17 and going to college. I also have a disability. daughter.”
Several people involved in the scam were arrested. But later he was released on bail. NDTV spoke to some such criminals. He said he used the money he got from the scam or fraud for entertainment and to improve his lifestyle. “I die and have fun with fraud money,” said one criminal.
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