The Cyber Crime Unit of Delhi Police - CyPAD received information that someone had created and hosted a website by the domain name www.modi-laptop.wishguruji.com which was promising distribution of millions of free laptops on the occasion of the formation of Modi's new government, a senior police officer said. A criminal case under the IT Act was registered and an investigation was taken up using technical assistance from labs of CyPAD, he said. During interrogation, the accused disclosed that he had created the website to earn web advertising revenue from increased website traffic.

He was aiming to capture personal data of millions of people which could be later traded to various cyber criminals to cheat the victims and extort money from them on various pretexts, the senior officer said. The accused had cleverly used Google Adsense, a program that allows bloggers and website owners to make money by displaying Google ads, he said. Jangid was offered a job in a private company in Hyderabad. However, he took to crime to make easy money, the officer said. Investigation of the case is in progress, police said, adding efforts are being made to identify the involvement of others in the scam.

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