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Punjab OLX rental fraud busted, one held

Chandigarh, Jun 21 (UNI) In a significant crackdown on cybercrime, Punjab police’s state cyber
Crime police station has arrested an alleged fraudster involved in multiple cases of OLX rental fraud.
The accused, identified as Paramjit Singh of Kharar in Mohali, was arrested by Inspector Daljeet Singh following an analysis of cyber fraud data reported on the Pratibimb portal of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Preliminary investigations have revealed that the accused had cheated at least 23 victims belonging to Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, duping them of approximately Rs 5 lakh through fake rental advertisements on OLX.
Sharing the modus operandi adopted by the accused person, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Cyber Crime V Neeraja said that the accused Paramjit Singh used to post fraudulent property ads on OLX, luring victims with attractive deals.
“To gain their trust, he (accused) would share forged property documents and images. Once the victims agree to rent the property, he convinced them to transfer money as an advance rent, security deposits, or registration fees via UPI or bank transfers,” she said, while adding that once the payment was made, the accused would stop responding to the customers.
The ADGP said that probe has revealed that the accused used to transfer money from the customers
to his different bank accounts — Axis Bank, Central Bank of India, Yes Bank and HDFC Bank— through UPI and other online modes of payment.
Further investigations are underway to uncover more details, she said.
A case has been registered at the State Cyber Crime Police Station, Punjab.
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