Chandigarh, Jan. 10 -- Three women defrauding unsuspecting persons of their hard-earned money through credit card scams were nabbed from New Delhi, officials of the Chandigarh cyber wing revealed.

The women, identified as Pratima Sharma, 18, Roshni, daughter of Ram Shankar, and Juhi Sethi, 27, all residents of New Delhi were arrested under Sections 419 (cheating by personation)/ 318 (4) (cheating), 336 (3)/338 (forgery), 340(2) (fraudulent or dishonest use of a forged document or electronic record as genuine) and 61 (2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on December 26.

As per the police, the accused used to contact potential victims, claiming to be representatives of reputed banks and credit card companies. They...