Police said that the accused were posing as customer care of many reputed banks and online shopping sites on Google. Officials said that they recovered 12,500 pre-activated SIM cards provided to fraudsters in Jamtara from Murshidabad for over a year.
A man from Delhi lost Rs 50 lakh even without sharing OTP. The victim received fraudulent missed calls and police suspect the scammers might be based in Jharkhand's Jamtara region.