CASE STUDY - 1

Online Lottery Scam

Gist of the complaint

o Complaint received from a senior citizen Shri Raja (name changed), age 72
years, stating that he received a message on his mobile phone that his mobile
number has won Rs. 2.65 Crores in Mukesh Ambani Charity Donation and
asked him to submit his bank account details to one Reena Gupta on her
mobile no.

o Accordingly, the complainant submitted his bank details to Mrs. Reena Gupta.
After 2 (two) days Mrs. Reena Gupta asked him to deposit Rs. 15,550/- in
Canara Bank

o Later on, a person by the name Mr. Sujeet Pathak sent a message to the
complainant from an unknown number, with the letter head of the Reserve
Bank of India, asking him to deposit Rs. 68,900/- in connection with Foreign
Exchange & Payment Settlement System.
Recording of statement

• The statement of the complainant was recorded U/S 161 CrPC.

• Details of the suspects including Bank Account used and the phone numbers
were collected.

• The modus operandi of the criminals were scrutinized.

Requisition to TSP & Canara Bank

• Requisition was sent to the Nodal Officer of Telecom Service Providers for the
Call Detail Records (CDR) of the suspects’ phone numbers

• Requisition was sent to Canara Bank for Bank Transaction Statement & KYC
documents of bank account where the transfer was made.
Reply from TSP & Analysis of CDR

• The Call Detail Records (CDR) of phone numbers were received from the TSP.

• Analysis of CDR was done and the frequent tower location was traced to
Uttam Nagar, New Delhi.

• A total of 4 (four) mobile handsets were used by the suspects as per IMEI
record.

• As per IMEI records, one new phone number was briefly used in one of the
phone handsets and the user was identified as a student in Dimapur,
Nagaland.

• Background check of the student revealed that her mother lives in New Delhi.
Reply from Canara Bank & Scrutiny

• The Bank Transaction Statement & KYC documents of Canara Bank was
received from the Bank.

• The Canara Bank account was registered in the name of a woman from
Dimapur. A team was sent to confirm the identity of the account holder and it
was found that she had sold her bank account to an unknown person about
two years back.

• Scrutiny of the bank transaction statement revealed that there are ATM
withdrawals in Uttam Nagar area, New Delhi.
Social Media Analysis & Requisition

• Analysis of suspected social media account was done and it was found that
the suspect was living in New Delhi for the past 2 years.

• The suspect was married to a Nigerian national who is based in New Delhi.

• Requisition was sent to Facebook U/S 91 CrPC to provide account records of

the suspected Facebook account.

• Records received from Facebook which shows that the Facebook account was
registered with the phone number (phone number used to contact the victim).
Arrest & Seizure

• A team from Cyber Crime Police Station proceeded to New Delhi along with
Arrest Warrant and Search Warrant.

• Both the accused persons were arrested with the assistance of local police.

• The Passbook and ATM of Canara Bank used in commission of the crime was
seized from their possession.

• The SIM card used in the commission of crime were also seized from their
possession.

• Two mobile phone handsets used by the accused were also seized.
Expert Opinion / Forensic Analysis

• The seized exhibits were sent for Forensic Analysis and Expert Opinion.

• Report from the Forensic Lab confirmed that the phone handsets and SIM
cards were used in the commission of the said crime.
Chargesheet

• On completion of the investigation, Chargesheet was submitted to the Hon’ble

Court.