4 Arrested For Duping Over 4,000 People Through Fake Government Websites In Delhi 4 Arrested For Duping Over 4,000 People Through Fake Government Websites In Delhi The accused were identified as Yash Sharma (24), Tushar Naiyyer (26), Anurag Chug (28) and Suraj Verma (22), all residents of west Delhi s Uttam Nagar, the police said.
4 Arrested For Duping Over 4,000 Through Fake Government Websites. (Representational)
New Delhi:
Four persons were arrested for allegedly duping over 4,000 people of approximately Rs 1.20 crore by creating fake websites for registration on Government e-Marketplace (GeM), police said on Thursday.
The accused were identified as Yash Sharma (24), Tushar Naiyyer (26), Anurag Chug (28) and Suraj Verma (22), all residents of west Delhi s Uttam Nagar, they said.
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Over 4,000 fell prey to accused: police
Four men were arrested for allegedly duping around 4,000 people of approximately ₹1.2 crore through fake websites in the name of registration on Government e-Market place (GeM), police said on Thursday.
The accused were identified as Yash Sharma (24), Tushar Naiyyer (26), Anurag Chug (28) and Suraj Verma (22), all residents of Uttam Nagar, they said. The police said that the accused paid huge sums to Google Ads for getting their fake website listed on top in Google Search results.
Complaint
An action was taken against them after a complaint was received on social media from a citizen stating that he had visited a website www[.]govregistration[.]in, believing, on the basis of its name and appearance, that it is the official website of Government e-Marketplace. He then paid ₹2,999 for registration on GeM as a merchant on the fake website, even though there is no fee charged for such registeration by the government, said the police.
Fake government websites dupe over 4,000 of Rs 1.2 cr
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New delhi : Fake websites impersonating as genuine government sites dupes 4000 victims, New Delhi on Thursday.i. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 25 : The Delhi Police s Cyber Crime Unit has busted two websites passing themselves as government sites for registration on GeM (government e-marketplace) to defraud people and arrested four people in this connection, police said on Thursday.
Unsuspecting people went to the fake sites after searching for GeM Registration on Google, police said, adding that around 4,000 people, who have been cheated of approximately Rs 1.20 crore, have been identified.
Updated Feb 26, 2021 | 00:32 IST
Police said the accused paid huge sums to Google Ads to have their websites listed at the top of Google Search results. It was also found that the sites were registered and hosted on foreign servers to evade detection. | Photo Credit: ANI
New Delhi: Four persons were arrested for allegedly duping over 4,000 people of approximately Rs 1.20 crore by creating fake websites for registration on Government e-Marketplace (GeM), police said on Thursday.
The accused were identified as Yash Sharma (24), Tushar Naiyyer (26), Anurag Chug (28) and Suraj Verma (22), all residents of west Delhi s Uttam Nagar, they said.
Police said the accused paid huge sums to Google Ads to have their websites listed at the top of Google Search results.