Mumbai police on Thursday arrested three persons from the city for allegedly cheating people on the promise of providing VIP mobile phone numbers of leading telecom companies to them, an official said.

The North region cyber police station arrested the trio, identified as Santosh Gupta, Presit Narvekar and Zen Ahmed Khan, he said. “The accused used to contact people through WhatsApp and e-mail and assure them that they will get VIP phone numbers. They would charge lakhs of rupees in exchange,” the police official said.