Gangs operating in India’s Jamtara district are notorious for swindling millions from the bank accounts of gullible people.
Most recently, four out of five individuals arrested in a new e-sim phishing are from Jharkhand’s Jamtara district. Police officials suspect the phishing racket was used to access over 300 accounts at several banks across five Indian states — Punjab, Haryana, Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand, The Indian Express reported.
The news report said the fraud is conducted by calling customers to obtain their OTP and email address, and then convert their SIM card into an e-SIM.
Jamtara: India’s Cyber Crime Hub
Jamtara, a small town in the Indian state of Jharkhand, is the epicentre of cybercrime in the country where reports of cybercrimes have assumed mythical proportions.
Thousands of calls are recorded daily at the cellphone towers near these villages. Calls are made to random numbers in search of innocent victims, who share their debit or credit card details.
So, it is common to hear at every nook and corner of the town about how boys have duped people from different parts of the country.
