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Rs 2 courier update opens trail to suspected Rs 10 crore cyber-fraud network

A resident of southeast Delhi received a text message asking them to update a courier delivery address by opening an APK file and paying Rs 2. After completing the process and entering banking credentials, unauthorized transactions drained nearly Rs 4 lakh from the victim's account in two separate transfers.

State

Multiple States

First reported

October 2026

Agency involved

Delhi Police Southeast district team

Arrests

Three men arrested

Status

Ongoing investigation into the wider network, operators, and financial trail

The full story

Everything you need to know about this case, in one place.

When investigators tracked the stolen funds, they discovered the money was used to recharge a prepaid smart fuel-card customer ID rather than going to a traditional bank account. This led police to uncover an alleged interstate cyber-fraud network that converted stolen money into fuel-card balances to encash it through petrol pumps.

A police team formed under senior supervision arrested three men. Investigators identified one as the alleged mastermind and began probing a financial trail estimated at around Rs 10 crore. Authorities examined telecom records, SIM issuance details, point-of-sale data, and enrollment documents, leading them through multiple locations in the Mewat region and Rajasthan.

Police discovered that the suspects allegedly obtained truck owners' documents through a transport platform under the guise of arranging bookings, then manipulated them using AI tools for fuel-card enrollment and video KYC. Investigators have identified over 100 suspected fuel cards and suspect that up to 200 fraudulent cards may have been prepared.

Not yet reported: The articles do not mention any final court judgments or the total number of victims outside of the primary complainant.

Where the case stands

The latest position in the reports we read.

Police have arrested three individuals in connection with the case and are actively investigating the wider interstate network, additional fuel cards, and the full financial trail.

Who was affected

Described in general terms; we do not name victims.

A resident of southeast Delhi whose bank account was drained of nearly Rs 4 lakh, alongside truck owners whose identity documents were allegedly stolen and misused.

Timeline

Key dates as reported, oldest first.

May 7The victim received the fraudulent courier update message and unauthorized transactions occurred from his bank account.

Sept 28Police arrested two of the suspects, including the alleged mastermind, following a probe that tracked transactions through Mewat and Rajasthan.

How the scam worked

The method described in the reports.

Victims received a message instructing them to update a courier address by opening a malicious APK file.
Victims were prompted to make a nominal payment of Rs 2, during which they entered their banking credentials.
Cybercriminals captured the credentials and made unauthorized withdrawals from the victims' bank accounts.
Stolen funds were channeled into recharging prepaid smart fuel-card customer IDs rather than standard bank accounts.
Fraudsters used manipulated documents, altered with AI-assisted tools using details obtained from a transport platform, to complete video KYC and fuel-card enrollments.
The fuel-card balances were subsequently encashed through petrol pumps.

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Sources and further reading

Optional. The full story is above; these are the original reports it was prepared from.

timesofindia.indiatimes.comOriginal report The Times of IndiaOpens via Google News

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