Updated Jan 16, 2021 | 11:14 IST
Police officials said the two other Chinese nationals who are said to be the mastermind of the gang are still on the run and believed to have fled India in early last year. Police said the app was a malware that would lead users to follow thousands of social media pages without their consent. | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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Once the user clicked on the link, they were directed to a link to download an app.
After registering on the app, the users would receive videos to like them and subscribe social media pages.
New Delhi: The Delhi police have arrested 12 persons including two Chinese nationals for allegedly cheating thousands of people by luring them to like on videos and follow pages on social media platforms to earn easy money.
Scam that cheated thousands of Indians: Cops arrest 12 including 2 Chinese women
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Published: Saturday, January 16, 2021, 10:30 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 16: Following raids across Delhi, twelve persons including two Chinese nationals have been arrested in the National Capital Region.
The arrested persons have been accused of luring Indian cellphone users into earning easy money by liking videos on the social media platforms and following those accounts. The main intent of these persons was to install malware into these phones and install banned software in them.
In the operation, two Chinese women Chaohong Deng Daoyong, 27, and Wu Jiazhi, 54, were arrested from Lajpat Nagar. The suspects used a malicious app to make phone users knowingly or unknowingly follow social media accounts. This would be used later. To manipulate and influence Indian users said DCP (Cyber Cell) Anyesh Roy.
Twelve people, including two Chinese women and a Tibetan, were arrested by Cyber Cell of Delhi Police for duping people of crores by making them install apps of their marketing scheme, which had malware. These app users were then exploited to create social media influencers.
Malware which is impossible to remove
The Delhi Police s Cyber Cell has busted a transnational malware and fraud syndicate, cheating unsuspecting people with offers of lucrative returns on an online multi-level marketing campaign, and arrested 12 including two Chinese and a Tibetan national, police said on Friday.
Police said that the accused were installing malware in devices of people in the garb of an MLM app.
In a series of raids that started on January 13, a total of 12 persons have been arrested, including two women Chinese nationals Chaohong Deng Daoyong, 27, and Wu Jiazhi, 54.
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Around 40,000 confirmed victims have been identified who have been cheated of crores in 2 months. An amount of Rs 4.75 crore of cheated money has been blocked in various accounts and more than Rs 25 lakh recovered in cash from arrested Chinese nationals.