“A virus has infiltrated  in your computer. It is dangerous. “All your data will be wiped,” targeting American citizens and charging crores of rupees. The Cyberabad police have laid caught a gang of cybercriminals who commit vertical robbery in crores. Cyberabad Police Commissioner Stephen Ravindra disclosed the details. The police received complaints about the activities of a call center operator in Nizampet. The police rushed to the scene and attacked the call center. Mohammed Rafi Kavungal of Miyapur, Gandham Veera Rama Naresh and Tummar Kalyana Chakraborty of Nizampet were detained and interrogated.

All three used to trade in cryptocurrency. During this process I came in contact with a person named Sandeep Sharma, Ryan alias Manish Gupta, Amarjeet Giri alias Christ Wilson and Mohammad Imran from Kolkata were introduced by him. All of them have planned to rob American citizens online. Buy American’s e-mail addresses on the darknet and tell them “Your computer is infected with viruses/malware/spyware. That is very dangerous. Erases your data. They used to send e-mails saying beware..! They claim to provide antivirus services.

Respondents were spoken to through Voice over Internet Protocol phones. They used to make them download remote apps and pretend to install antivirus and collect money. The police reported that hundreds of crores of rupees were looted. Cyberabad police sent a special team to Kolkata and arrested 14 gang members. 55 lakh worth of bitcoins were found in their accounts.