Online inter-State fraud racket gets busted in Chittoor, five nabbed

TIRUPATI: Chittoor I Town police busted an inter-state online fraud racket and arrested five persons of the gang on Wednesday. Police said the cyber criminals were operating from Bihar and Karnataka and targeting online shoppers on the pretext of them having won hefty cash prizes.

According to Chittoor district SP Y. Rishanth Reddy, the police received complaints from 25 victims, who alleged that the online fraudsters had lured them into believe that they had won cash prizes from online shopping and had to deposit some amount to claim their prize.