PATNA, Jan. 11 -- Police in Nawada district in Bihar arrested two people, including a minor, for allegedly duping people through a cyber fraud scheme that promised payments of up to Rs.100,000 lakh for impregnating childless women. The accused operated under multiple deceptive names, including "All India Pregnant Job Service" and "Playboy Service". They also posed as loan providers using titles such as "Dhani Finance" and "SBI Cheap Loans", luring victims with promises of cheap loans, fake jobs, money and sexual encounters before extracting registration and hotel booking fees, police said. Investigators believe about 150 people were contacted, though the actual number of victims and total money siphoned off remain unclear. Police estimate the amount could run into several lakhs. However, no victim has come forward to file a complaint, likely due to social stigma. The arrests followed a raid at a house in Manwa village, under the Hisua police station, on January 7, acting on a tip-off from locals about suspicious activities. Officers detained Ranjan Kumar and an associate, and recovered four mobile phones. This is not the first such case in Nawada. Police arrested eight people about two years ago in a similar fraud involving promises of payment for impregnating women. However, the current accused are first-time offenders with no previous criminal record, police said. When police scanned Ranjan's phones, they found evidence of multiple fraudulent operations. Victims were asked to pay Rs9,700 as registration fees, with hotel room charges ranging from Rs.2,000 to Rs.8,000 depending on whether AC or non-AC rooms were booked, according to the interrogation of the accused. The fraudsters also promised that even if the "work was not successful", half payment would be given. "The trick used to work for gullible men as many believed that they could have a good time and also earn fast bucks. However, there was a trap in it as the victims were first asked to give a big sum of money in the name of registration, hotel room's rent on different names," said Nawada SP Abhinav Dhiman. The fraudsters spread their network through advertisements on Facebook and WhatsApp, targeting mostly rural residents. They would conduct long phone calls claiming the work was legal and safe, and send photographs of models or "pretty girls", police said. During interrogation, Ranjan confessed that co-villager Kamlesh Kumar and his brother-in-law Pankaj Kumar provided smartphones with lists of mobile numbers for making calls, while associate Manish Kumar paid them for their work. The SIM cards used were registered in the names of people from West Bengal and Gujarat. An FIR has been registered against five people under various BNS sections related to theft, cheating and forgery, along with relevant sections of the Information Technology Act. Three accused are on the run. "The entire operation was fictitious. The accused admitted that no such service existed. The sole objective was to extract money," Dhiman said, adding that investigators are tracing digital trails, transactions and possible links to a wider network. Police believe the fraud network could extend to other states and are examining all digital records. "There is a possibility that the network of this cyber fraud could be much bigger and have its connections with frauds in other states as well. The arrest of three other accused would be made soon," the SP said....