CIB arrests 4 scammers for more than Rs.5 million fraud

Kathmandu: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has arrested 4 scammers in charge of scamming by showing different temptations and scamming millions through social media.

CIB made them public on Sunday. Police said that they right now have confessed that they scammed more than 5 million (50 lakh) rupees. However, the police predict that they might have scammed millions, and further investigations going on even though police have appealed general public to file a complaint if they have been scammed online.

Aditya Kumar Singh (21 years old) resident of Bishnu Rural Municipality -4, Sarlahi, and temporarily living in Old Baneshwor, Siddhartha Kumar Singh (20) of the same place, Ram sewa Ram(22) of Kalaiya Sub metropolitan-11, Bara, temporarily living in  Gatthaghar, Bhaktapur and Akash Shah Sonar( 24) of Birgang-15, Parsa, also living in Gatthaghar were arrested.

They didn’t get a job due to their lack of educational qualifications. Then, they started to scam and earn money from social media. They started to create fake accounts on social media by posting fake advertisements related to giving expensive brand mobile phones at cheap prices, luring to send foreign in handsome salaries.

Likewise, people fell into their trap and started to fill up forms. They used to lure people into selling expensive items at cheap prices. But people after not getting their order, started to inform the police.

According to the Police, the scammers scammed people through social media platforms like Facebook, IMO, Tik tok and Instagram, and so on by sending a friend request and creating different accounts. purchasing and selling mobile sets of expensive brands at a cheap process from the Facebook page 'Zam Zam electronics'.

It has been found that those used to collect money as an extra charge of customs duty delivery charge to send gold, jewelry, shoes, rings, and clothes as a parcel from the USA and other countries. Police have seized 7 Mobiles, 16 SIM cards, 29 ATM cards, 16 receipts of cash deposited in various bank accounts, 4 cheques, 4 passports, a driver's license, and citizenship.