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Ashwaghosh skillfully responded to their queries using his cybersecurity expertise while discreetly recording the interaction.
He allegedly defrauded 29 people within the Sulthan Bathery police jurisdiction, promising to double their investments through an online scheme.
The accused has been working in the Middle East for more than a year, police said.
The true aim of these rackets is to exploit the bank accounts of job seekers, including students, for illegal money laundering and other fraudulent activities.
Rising cases of digital arrests in Kerala point to the need for greater awareness
Police feel the gang may have duped over 1,000 people.
The fake officers told Maala Parvathi her Aadhaar details had been used to smuggle 200 grams of MDMA in a courier to Taiwan.
The accused allegedly took Rs 2 lakh from Shajahan and took him to Vietnam on a tourist visa, where he was handed over to a Chinese gang.
The victim, whose identity remains undisclosed, was cheated after being contacted by a person posing as an officer from the Mumbai Cyber Crime Police Station.
The post also said that complaints regarding cyber frauds should be immediately reported to the phone number 1930.
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