A group of youngsters in Jamtara, Jharkhand, operate a successful phishing racket—big enough to grab their small town the title of being the cyber-crime capital of India. However, they come across a corrupt politician who wants to profit from their enterprise, and a cop who is working to bust the entire operation.
Jamtara: Sabka Number Ayega Season 1 Web Series Cast, Episodes, Release Date, Trailer and Ratings
In the span of two years between April 2015 and March 2017, police from 12 Indian states reportedly made 23 journeys to the Jharkhand district of Jamtara, some six hours by road from the state capital of Ranchi. They did so to investigate cybercrimes — primarily phishing, or rather vishing, a portmanteau of voice and phishing — that were emanating from one of the most underdeveloped districts, which at the height of its infamy in 2017, buoyed [PDF] by the effects of demonetisation, was responsible for 80 percent of them by some estimates. Those involved had bought luxury SUVs and put up fancy bungalows next to ramshackle cottages. And with few opportunities in a poverty-stricken country, phishing became a household business in Jamtara, which was nicknamed as India's phishing capital.