Hyderabad, June 1 -- Cyberabad Cybercrime police busted an organised inter-state online fraud racket and apprehended six accused involved in vishing, SIM manipulation, One-Time Password (OTP) diversion, and fraudulent online banking transactions.

The accused individuals allegedly impersonated officials from Citibank Prestige's Credit Card Division and manipulated victims to convert e-SIMs into physical SIM cards under the pretext of Department of Technology verification.

They dispatched preloaded mobile devices containing malicious applications to victims through courier services. When the victims inserted the SIM cards, OTPs and banking alerts were diverted to the accused persons, enabling unauthorised access to bank accounts, leading ...