Working on more leads obtained in the investigation, the team from cyber crime police station zeroed in on two more suspects from a small settlement of 150 houses in Lakri Dargah area of Barharia taluka of Siwan district
The Indian Express has learnt that the ongoing probe has thrown up several key insights from similar profiles of victims to multi-layered operations that lure them to transfer money initially with the promise of significant earnings later for performing innocuous tasks such as “liking” videos and giving ratings.
Here is a look at how these latest cyber scams work in which, investigators say, scamsters exploit what is known as the “sunk-cost fallacy”, like in many other cyber scams.