5 held for sending man fake link to activate credit card, duping him of Rs 3.5 lakh

Five men were arrested for allegedly cheating a 31-year-old man of Rs 3.5 lakh by sending him a fake link to activate his credit card. Police said the accused were identified as Gurmeet Singh (31), who used to run a Chinese restaurant, Surendra Singh (24), a struggling singer, Prabhjot Singh (23), Shahrukh (22) and Harshdeep Singh (19).

Police said a complaint was received on the MHA Cyber Crime Portal from Jitesh Rajpoot (31), alleging he had been cheated of Rs 3,49,000. The complainant alleged he had received a call from someone claiming to be a customer care executive of a reputed bank, who asked him to activate his credit card via a link sent by them.