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Pune based man Dinesh Kukreja got lost Rs 93.5 lakh after sharing SIM details with caller
Pune: Attention all viewers as we all know that fraud cases related to Subscriber Identity Module or Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) swap is growing in our country, so we suggest you guys to be more alert so that you cannot be cheated with fraudsters as in recent case related to it a man based from Maharashtra’s Pune city was duped worth Rs 93.5 lakhs in fraud related to SIM swap.
It is interesting to notice that SIM swap frauds have become a common phenomenon in India these days. Fraudsters often use creative means to defraud innocent victims into giving up details pertaining to their SIM card linked with their bank accounts so that they can steal money from them.
A Delhi-based man lost a sum of Rs 13 lakh to group of gangsters who defrauded him using the SIM swap fraud back in July this year. And now, a new report suggests that a Pune-based man lost a whopping sum of Rs 93.5 lakh in a similar fraud case.
According to report published in leading English newspaper, Dinesh Kukreja, a resident of Pune’s Katraj area got a call from a man posing to be an Airtel staffer. The man asked Kukreja to share his information else his SIM card would get deactivated. Kukreja shared the details of the SIM card that was linked with his bank account.
Furthermore, the man asked Kukreja to send the SMS that he had received to his mobile number. This enabled the fraudster to render Kukreja’s SIM card unless. The trickster then got a new SIM card with the same phone number issued from the mobile service provider which effectively gave him access to Kukreja’s linked bank account.
Man from Pune city Dinesh Kukreja loses Rs 93.5 lakhs after sharing SIM details with caller:
Soon after Kukreja got to know that a sum of Rs 93.5 lakh had been transferred from his bank account.
Following the incident Kukreja lodged a complaint with the Bharti Vidyapeeth police station. The police has registered a case under sections 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 419 (punishment for cheating by personation) of Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of the Information Technology Act against unidentified people.
Meanwhile inspector Vishnu Tamhane, who is probing the matter, has urged people not to share their personal information or the one time password (OTP), which is generated at the time of an online banking transaction, with unidentified callers.
The inspector told newspaper that “No bank employee (or phone service provider) will ask for personal details on a call. People need to stop sharing such information with unknown callers.”
The State Scores Extra High on Gaming-Friendly Industry Index
Meghalaya scored 92.85 out of 100 possible points in a Gaming Industry Index and proved to be India’s most gaming-friendly state following its recent profound legislation changes over the field allowing land-based and online gaming, including games of chance, under a licensing regime.
The index by the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) uses a scale of 0 to 100 to measure the level of legalisation on gambling and betting achieved by a state based on the scores over a set of seven different games – lottery, horse racing, betting on sports, poker, rummy, casino and fantasy sports
Starting from February last year, Meghalaya became the third state in India’s northeast to legalise gambling and betting after Sikkim and Nagaland. After consultations with the UKIBC, the state proceeded with the adoption of the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 and the nullification of the Meghalaya Prevention of Gambling Act, 1970. Subsequently in December, the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021 were notified and came into force.
All for the Tourists
The move to legalise and license various forms of offline and online betting and gambling in Meghalaya is aimed at boosting tourism and creating jobs, and altogether raising taxation revenues for the northeastern state. At the same time, the opportunities to bet and gamble legally will be reserved only for tourists and visitors.
“We came out with a Gaming Act and subsequently framed the Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021. The government will accordingly issue licenses to operate games of skill and chance, both online and offline,” said James P. K. Sangma, Meghalaya State Law and Taxation Minister speaking in the capital city of Shillong. “But the legalized gambling and gaming will only be for tourists and not residents of Meghalaya,” he continued.
To be allowed to play, tourists and people visiting the state for work or business purposes will have to prove their non-resident status by presenting appropriate documents, in a process similar to a bank KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure.
Meghalaya Reaches Out to a Vast Market
With 140 millions of people in India estimated to bet regularly on sports, and a total of 370 million desi bettors around prominent sporting events, as per data from one of the latest reports by Esse N Videri, Meghalaya is set to reach out and take a piece of a vast market.
Estimates on the financial value of India’s sports betting market, combined across all types of offline channels and online sports and cricket predictions and betting platforms, speak about amounts between $130 and $150 billion (roughly between ₹9.7 and ₹11.5 lakh crore).
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Delhi are shown to deliver the highest number of bettors and Meghalaya can count on substantial tourists flow from their betting circles. The sports betting communities of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are also not to be underestimated.
Among the sports, cricket is most popular, registering 68 percent of the total bet count analyzed by Esse N Videri. Football takes second position with 11 percent of the bets, followed by betting on FIFA at 7 percent and on eCricket at 5 percent. The last position in the Top 5 of popular sports for betting in India is taken by tennis with 3 percent of the bet count.
Local Citizens will Still have Their Teer Betting
Meghalaya residents will still be permitted to participate in teer betting over arrow-shooting results. Teer is a traditional method of gambling, somewhat similar to a lottery draw, and held under the rules of the Meghalaya Regulation of the Game of Arrow Shooting and the Sale of Teer Tickets Act, 2018.
Teer includes bettors wagering on the number of arrows that reach the target which is placed about 50 meters away from a team of 20 archers positioned in a semicircle.
The archers shoot volleys of arrows at the target for ten minutes, and players place their bets choosing a number between 0 and 99 trying to guess the last two digits of the number of arrows that successfully pierce the target.
If, for example, the number of hits is 256, anyone who has bet on 56 wins an amount eight times bigger than their wager.
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