If you also use phonepe then be careful, above stores like this, the police are starting to investigate

In Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, cyber criminals adopted such a method to cheat that everyone was surprised. Fatehganj Eastern Police have arrested two accused who took the goods by making false payment to shopkeepers by making false programs such as Phoneepe. Both the accused was identified as 19 -year -old Samarth Singh alias Chris Tomar and 19 -year -old Chanakya Nair alias, etc. Gupta. Both accused are residents of Mahadev Mohalla in Faridpur. Police began looking for his third partner Yuvraj Singh Chauhan. The manager of the medical shop complained, the case came to light when Priyadarshi Medical Store operator in the Fatehganj Mark, Sanyam Priyadarshi, filed a complaint. On April 17, two youths came to his shop on a bicycle and bought medicine worth Rs 1140. He claimed to have been paid for telephone payment, and also showed the message of the payment on the screen. But when Sanyam checked his account, the money didn’t come. Police immediately arrested the accused. Another case of fraud came to light in Faridpur, a grocery store named Guddu, was also a victim of thugs in Faridpur. Some youths bought Maggi, butter and soft drinks from his store, with an account of Rs 160. The youths scanned the QR code and also paid a screenshot of successful transactions. But when Guddu calculated, he got 160 rupees less. He then stopped taking online payment. Guddu said: “Now we only take cash payment so that there is no fraud again.” During the police interrogation of more than 30 people, the accused acknowledged that they created a false app that looked exactly like a phone. Through this app, he used and cheated on the QR code of shopkeepers by showing false payment screens. The shopkeepers thought the money was coming to their account while there was no transaction. According to police, both accused cheated on about 30 people. What is the background of fraudsters? According to police, Samarth Singh’s father works as a real estate, but remains separate from his wife and son. Chanakya’s father died and lives with his grandmother. Chanakya also works at a medical store. Both are 19 years old and created this false app by abusing technical information. In light of this, shop owners are advised to confirm the receipt of the payment of a bank account or official app so that such fraud can be avoided. Police have registered a case against the accused, led by the Fatehganjj -Eastern Police Station Santosh Kumar, police registered a case under the case number 152/2025 Section 318 (4) Bhadansam. Police are investigating the mobile and other digital evidence of the accused. SP South Sahilya Verma said police are careful to prevent such fraud and have called on the people to check their accounts while paying online. Police strengthened the search for third accused Yuvrj Singh and also contacted other potential victims. Share this story -tags