The Wayanad cyber crime police on Saturday arrested four youths who had been allegedly cheating people in an online sweepstake scam at Peethampura in Delhi.
The police identified the arrested as Sintu Sharma, 31, hailing from Bihar, who runs a call centre in Delhi, his aids, including Tamil Nadu native Aman, 39, and two Kerala natives Abhishek, 25, and Praveen alias Anil, 24.
The four were arrested when the police were investigating a complaint by one of the victims at Vythiri in Wayanad, District Police Chief R. Anand said. In his complaint, the victim told the police that he had reportedly received a call on behalf of the “customer care centre” of an e-commerce platform informing him that he had won a luxury vehicle for a purchase made recently, Mr. Anand said .
