Arrest of 4 from parts of South 24-Parganas unearths SIM card ‘fraud’

Pre-activated SIM cards would be sent through courier from Calcutta to Phnom Penh in Cambodia to cyber crooks who would allegedly use them to call Indians and cheat them, police have learnt following the arrest of four persons from parts of South 24-Parganas on Monday.

“Once these SIM cards reached the criminals in Cambodia, they would use them for different types of cyber crimes, including fraudulent investments and ‘digital arrests’,” said a senior officer of Kolkata Police.