Mohammad Mehtab Alam (36) was duped of Rs 999 in 2018. Seven years later he ended up being arrested in a job scam, during ‘Cyber Hawk’, a recent anti-cyber crime operation carried out by the Delhi Police.

In 2018, Alam had approached the police after he fell prey to a similar scam. The police, however, allegedly did not look into the matter on priority as the amount he lost was small.

Alam was among three persons recently arrested by the Southeast district police in connection with the scam, with officers stating that transactions worth around Rs 3 crore were detected.

“They duped people on the pretext of providing employment. So far, we have identified around 300 victims. We have detected transactions worth around Rs 3 crore, and this can go up. A total of 16 bank accounts have also be

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