New Delhi [India] January 17 (ANI): Four members of a gang were caught for allegedly operating a fake website and duping over 1800 people, the police said on Tuesday.

Officials said that the accused allegedly operated a fake website similar to Jeevan Praman (an initiative of the Government of India) and duped more than 1800 people.

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"The Intelligence fusion and strategic operations (ISFO) Unit of Special Cell received a complaint from National Informatics Centre that a fake website similar to Jeevan Praman (an initiative of Govt of India) was being operated by unidentified people," they said.

On the basis of the complaints, a team of ISFO was sent to Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Telangana and four people were caught.

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"The accused used to ask victims to fill up the form for Jeevan Pramaan Certificate and collected Rs 199 as a registration fee," Prashant Gautam, DCP IFSO said while talking to ANI.

"The majority of the content was copied from the original website," Gautam added. (ANI)

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