Fraudsters have now come up with a new scam to cheat high-net-worth individuals. They are offering prestigious Diners Club cards to selected people and getting them to use Android phones sent by them, thus collecting their bank details. Four such cases involving a total of Rs 1.25 crore have been reported in the city in the past two months. City cyber cops on Wednesday arrested three suspects from Chennai in connection with one such case. The police suspect that the racket has spread across the country. One of the gang members even apologised to a victim after the fraud.

The most recent case took place around four days ago when a businessman from the western suburbs received a call offering him Diners Club card. The caller shared a link with him to claim the card. When the businessman was unable to access the link from his iPhone, the caller said the link could only be accessed through Android phones. The caller then asked for his address and sent him an Android phone via a delivery service on the same day.