Cyber crime: Using real IDs of army personnel, conmen duping people online

Cyber cheats have now found a new way to cheat people online. They are using data of army personnel to cheat people on online selling platforms.

Intelligence agencies alerted the police after they discovered this fraud. Following the tip off, the crime branch recently arrested five youths with large number of SIM cards. The youth used to collect identity proofs of army men for duping people.

Police officials said that the cyber cheats secure data of army personnel, including taking their identity proofs in different ways. This includes approaching the army personnel for selling them cheap SIM cards in cantonment areas with attractive offers.