Fake call centre busted in Gurugram, 12 suspects held
1 year, 4 months ago

Fake call centre busted in Gurugram, 12 suspects held

Hindustan Times  

A fake call centre operating from a rented apartment in Sushant Lok Phase 3 was busted by Gurugram police on Thursday night, leading to the arrest of 12 suspects, including five women, police said on Friday. ACP Ahalawat said they received a tip-off after which a team was formed under the supervision of Jasvir Singh, station house officer of Cyber Crime police station to raid the call centre on Thursday night. The owners of the call centre were identified as Harshit Kashyap, Varun Dua and Manmeet Singh, police said, adding that all three of them have been arrested along with nine other employees. Police said in the last two months, they have busted six illegal call centres across Gurugram that were allegedly duping foreign nationals and arrested at least 53 suspects.

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Gurugram cops bust cybercrime ring that duped ₹74cr across India
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Gurugram cops bust cybercrime ring that duped ₹74cr across India

Hindustan Times  

The Gurugram police have arrested eight cybercriminals accused of defrauding 7,719 victims across India of ₹74.2 crore over the last 6-8 months, officials said on Monday. The arrested suspects include Lakshya Kumar, Amrit Pal, and Chetan Kumar, apprehended on October 15 and 16; Kanishk Pratap of Hisar on October 23; Zakaria Khan of Nuh on October 27; Sunil Kumar of …

Two bogus call centres in western suburbs busted by Crime Branch
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Two bogus call centres in western suburbs busted by Crime Branch

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Mumbai crime branch on Thursday arrested 19 people for operating two illegal call centres, one of which duped foreign nationals under the pretext of providing services by Google, while the other targeted Indians by convincing them to invest in forex trading. Two bogus call centres in western suburbs busted by Crime Branch According to the police, a few …

Faridabad police bust 2 illegal call centres, arrest 28 people
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Faridabad police bust 2 illegal call centres, arrest 28 people

Hindustan Times  

Faridabad police on Sunday busted two illegal call centres and arrested 28 suspects for allegedly duping people under the pretext of providing them technical support. Police conducted multiple raids at two call centres which were operating for several months, investigators said. Abhimanyu Goyat, the assistant commissioner of police, executed the raids at two separate locations, dismantling the operations of the …

CBI busts Gurugram call centre that duped foreigners, arrests 43 suspected cyber criminals
4 months, 4 weeks ago

CBI busts Gurugram call centre that duped foreigners, arrests 43 suspected cyber criminals

The Hindu  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on July 26 arrested 43 alleged cyber criminals during the searches at a Gurugram-based call centre. “Searches were conducted at seven locations across Delhi, Gurugram, and Noida.The transnational cyber-enabled financial crimes in this network were being coordinated across distributed centres mainly directed from a call centre operating from DLF Cyber City, Gurugram,” said an agency …

53 arrested for cheating over 12,000 people across country of ₹55.86 crore
1 year, 1 month ago

53 arrested for cheating over 12,000 people across country of ₹55.86 crore

Hindustan Times  

Fifty-three people were arrested from different parts of the country in October for cheating 12,669 people across the country of ₹55.86 crore, Gurugram police said on Wednesday. After their arrest, details of these suspects, along with IMEI numbers of mobile phones, SIM cards, and details of other electronic gadgets used, were shared with the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, which …

Gujarat: Fake call centre duping US citizens busted, 10 accused including women arrested
1 year, 2 months ago

Gujarat: Fake call centre duping US citizens busted, 10 accused including women arrested

India TV News  

A fake international call center was busted in Gujarat's Junagadh and ten people including women were arrested. During the investigation of this illegal call center, authorities seized Rs 3 lakh cash and goods worth Rs 8.50 lakh. Among those involved are Harjitsinh Chhatrapalsinh Rana from Tali, Lakhtar, Surendranagar, Ahmedabad, along with Indrajitsinh Mahavirsinh Rana, Jayal Patel, and Digvijaysinh Gambhirsinh Rana …

Fake call centre busted in Gurugram’s Sector 27
1 year, 5 months ago

Fake call centre busted in Gurugram’s Sector 27

Hindustan Times  

Gurugram: Four suspects were arrested on Saturday for allegedly running an illegal call centre under the garb of providing technical support to foreign nationals from a rented accommodation in Sector 27, said police. Fake call centre busted in Gurugram’s Sector 27 Police said the owner of the illegal call centre was also among the arrested suspects. Vipin Ahalawat, assistant commissioner …

Faridabad Police busts fake call centre duping people on pretext of credit card limit increase
1 year, 5 months ago

Faridabad Police busts fake call centre duping people on pretext of credit card limit increase

India TV News  

Faridabad news: Six people have been arrested as police busted a gang duping people on the promise of increasing credit card limits and updating them, officials said on Sunday. The accused were arrested on Saturday from a fake call centre which was being operated from Sector 18, Gurugram, police said. Abhimanyu Goyat, ACP Cyber, said that on June 28, the …

Illegal call centre busted in Gurugram, four held
1 year, 5 months ago

Illegal call centre busted in Gurugram, four held

Hindustan Times  

Four suspects were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly running an illegal call centre under the garb of providing technical support to foreign nationals from a rented accommodation in Sector 47, Gurugram police said on Thursday. Police said the owner of the illegal call centre was also among the arrested suspects. Vipin Ahalawat, assistant commissioner of police, said the suspects impersonated …

Fake call centre busted at Ambernath; 5 held
1 year, 7 months ago

Fake call centre busted at Ambernath; 5 held

Hindustan Times  

Thane: Five people were arrested for allegedly operating a fake call centre at Ambernath. The accused – who have been remanded to police custody till Saturday – have been booked under several sections of the Indian Penal Code, the relevant sections of the Information Technology Act, and the relevant sections of the Indian Telegraph Act. “The fake call centre had …

Fake international call centre busted in Hyderabad
1 year, 8 months ago

Fake international call centre busted in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police department busted a bogus international call centre in Petbasheerabad on Wednesday, posing as a reputable OTT platform’s tech support centre and duping customers in Australia and Canada. Rabesh Kumar Prasad, Sarbesh Kumar Gupta, a native of West Bengal, and Bairic Pramod Reddy, a native of Hanamkonda, are three of the arrested suspects who previously worked in …

Mushrooming illegal call centres keep police in West Bengal’s IT hub on toes
1 year, 11 months ago

Mushrooming illegal call centres keep police in West Bengal’s IT hub on toes

Hindustan Times  

Illegal call centres have mushroomed in West Bengal’s IT hub Bidhannagar duping people of lakhs of rupees and they are keeping police on their toes, according to officials familiar with the matter. Police said that in most of the cases the call centres have been found to be duping people either by promising jobs or by promising handsome returns. “At …

Fake Call Centre Cheating US Citizens Busted in Maharashtra; 16 Arrested
2 years, 2 months ago

Fake Call Centre Cheating US Citizens Busted in Maharashtra; 16 Arrested

News 18  

Thane police have busted a fake call centre which allegedly duped US citizens after offering them loans and arrested 16 people in this connection, an official said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the call centre located in Wagle Estate area of Maharashtra’s Thane city on the intervening night of Friday-Saturday and nabbed the people working there, …

Maharashtra: Fake call centre extorting money from US citizens busted, 16 arrested
2 years, 2 months ago

Maharashtra: Fake call centre extorting money from US citizens busted, 16 arrested

Firstpost  

The accused would contact US citizens and offer them loans. After obtaining their bank account details, the accused would siphon off funds from their accounts Thane: Thane police have busted a fake call centre which allegedly duped US citizens after offering them loans and arrested 16 people in this connection, an official said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the …

Gurugram police busts gang which extorted people on pretext of providing loans
2 years, 3 months ago

Gurugram police busts gang which extorted people on pretext of providing loans

India TV News  

Highlights Gurugram police have busted a gang which was extorting people in the name of providing small loans The four arrested accused were dummy directors, shareholders and other positions in the company The arrested accused were shareholders, dummy directors and management staff in the company Gurugram police have busted a gang which was extorting people in the name of providing …

Cops raid fake call centre, arrest 17
2 years, 3 months ago

Cops raid fake call centre, arrest 17

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Sleuths of Cyberabad Cybercrime on Monday raided a fake call centre and arrested 17 persons who were found to be cheating foreigners using fake international VoIP. The prime accused Mohammad Rafi Kavungal and co-accused Gandham, Veera Ram, Naresh and Kanithi Kalyan Chakravarthy along with seven others were operating the call centre. The gang’s “firm” registered with a reputed e-commerce …

Call centre racket uncovered in Bengaluru; 11 persons from Gujarat arrested
2 years, 5 months ago

Call centre racket uncovered in Bengaluru; 11 persons from Gujarat arrested

The Hindu  

Eleven persons, working in two Whitefield-based call centres that were running phishing operations targeting bank customers in the United States have been arrested by Bengaluru police. that a fraudulent/ suspect transaction or purchase has noticed in one of their accounts — such as a bank account or an Amazon account — and the call is being made on behalf of …

Delhi: Fake call centre duping people on pretext of redeeming gift cards busted, 12 held
2 years, 5 months ago

Delhi: Fake call centre duping people on pretext of redeeming gift cards busted, 12 held

India Today  

With the arrest of 12 people, Delhi Police has busted a fake call centre involved in duping people on the pretext of redeeming gift cards. Police have also recovered 9 desktop systems along with an internet router and TP link modems from the accused's possession. FAKE CALL CENTRE BUSTED Police had received secret information that a call centre involved in …

Delhi Police busts fake call centre racket, 7 arrested
2 years, 5 months ago

Delhi Police busts fake call centre racket, 7 arrested

India Today  

The Delhi Police arrested seven people for their alleged involvement in running a fake call centre that used to dupe innocent people on the pretext of providing private jobs. During the raid, it was revealed that a fake call center was found operating in the name of Sunshine HR Global Services. As many as 16 mobile phones, two laptops, several …

Gurugram: SHO abused on phone after imposters divert calls to his official number
2 years, 6 months ago

Gurugram: SHO abused on phone after imposters divert calls to his official number

Hindustan Times  

Gurugram: A Gurugram police officer received multiple abusive phone calls after cyber fraudsters allegedly diverted their incoming calls to his official number. HT Image After talking to several people who called him, Satish Kumar, station house officer, Sector 40 police station, found out that a group of conmen were involved in the incident. When the victims started calling the numbers …

Police bust fake ‘escort’ call centre in Delhi; 1 arrested, 8 women asked to join probe
2 years, 6 months ago

Police bust fake ‘escort’ call centre in Delhi; 1 arrested, 8 women asked to join probe

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police have busted a fake call centre that was operating in Sector-1 Avantika, Rohini, by the name ‘Indian Gigolo’ that offered escort services, apart from selling pills and sprays to enhance sexual vitality. Police said that the call centre was busted following an investigation carried out by the cyber cell police station of outer-north district based …

Delhi Police busts fake call centre racket, 8 arrested
2 years, 7 months ago

Delhi Police busts fake call centre racket, 8 arrested

India Today  

Eight people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in running fake call centre that used to dupe innocent people on the pretext of providing private jobs in telecom companies of Rajasthan. During interrogation, Dheeraj disclosed that he ran a fake call center in Khoda Colony, in UP’s Ghaziabad, where he hired some employees and they cheated innocents on pretext …

Delhi Police busts fake call centre racket, arrests eight
2 years, 7 months ago

Delhi Police busts fake call centre racket, arrests eight

India Today  

Delhi police recently busted a fake call centre racket that used to lure innocent people on the pretext of providing car insurance policies at discounted rates. Around eight people have been arrested by the police, including the main kingpin, Mohammad Riyaz, who owned the call centre. He disclosed that he ran a fake call centre in the Vijay Nagar area …

Fake international call centre busted in Delhi; 8 arrested
2 years, 8 months ago

Fake international call centre busted in Delhi; 8 arrested

India Today  

With the arrest of eight people, a fake international call centre was busted in Delhi's Okhla Vihar, Jamia Nagar. FAKE CALL CENTRE BUSTED, 8 ARRESTED It was on the intervening night of March 25-26 that police received information that a fake international call centre was being operated at Okhla Vihar, Jamia Nagar. In lieu of providing tech support to the …

Call Centre scamming US, Canada nationals busted in Gurugram
2 years, 8 months ago

Call Centre scamming US, Canada nationals busted in Gurugram

Hindustan Times  

A joint team of the CM Flying squad and Gurugram Police has busted a fake call centre which allegedly scammed US and Canadian citizens offering tech support, police said on Saturday. Twenty-four people were arrested from the call centre and several mobile phones, a computer, and ₹2.5 lakh cash were seized during the raid, they said. The raid was made …

Delhi: Fake call centre duping people on promise of job busted, two held
2 years, 9 months ago

Delhi: Fake call centre duping people on promise of job busted, two held

India Today  

The Cyber cell of Delhi police busted a fake call centre and arrested two people for allegedly cheating people on the pretext of providing jobs. Police said the accused duped people on the pretext of providing them with job placements in various offices and cheated them by charging them in lieu of registration fees and security deposits. Accused nabbed During …

Fake call centre duping credit card users busted in Delhi, 11 held
2 years, 10 months ago

Fake call centre duping credit card users busted in Delhi, 11 held

India Today  

In a month-long major operation, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police busted a fake call centre in Janakpuri for duping innocent credit card holders. The employees of the call centre managed to obtain crucial details of new credit card holders illegally and introduced themselves as bank executives from the State Bank of India Credit Card department and duped people. 11 …

Customer care number turns out fake, Gurugram man duped of ₹75K
2 years, 10 months ago

Customer care number turns out fake, Gurugram man duped of ₹75K

Hindustan Times  

A Gurugram resident was allegedly duped of ₹74,966 after he called a number that was advertised as the toll-free customer care number of a multinational e-commerce site on the internet. Naveen Kumar, station house officer of Sector 10 police station, said police are investigating to find out from where the call was made. A police officer privy to the case …

Gurugram police busts fake call centre duping foreign nationals; three arrested
2 years, 11 months ago

Gurugram police busts fake call centre duping foreign nationals; three arrested

India Today  

In yet another case of fraud, Gurugram police busted a fake call centre operating from a building in DLF Phase 3 and arrested three people for reportedly duping foreign nationals. No permission to run call centre Acting on a tip-off, police busted the fake call centre being run from the second floor of a building in U block of DLF …

28 call centre workers arrested for duping people with fake loans in Delhi's Budh Vihar
2 years, 11 months ago

28 call centre workers arrested for duping people with fake loans in Delhi's Budh Vihar

India Today  

Delhi Police busted a fake call centre for reportedly duping around 1,000 people in the name of giving loans under the Pradhan Mantri Employment Generation Programme in Budh Vihar area. At least 28 people, including 25 women, were arrested for cheating people using a fake call centre, pocketing huge amounts of money. Police raid building Upon receiving the complaint, police …

Illegal call centre busted in Gurugram; case registered
3 years, 2 months ago

Illegal call centre busted in Gurugram; case registered

India Today  

Gurugram police busted an illegal call centre operating from Sector 69 along the Southern Peripheral Road. According to a report published in the Hindustan Times, the call centre was cheating foreign nationals by threatening to cancel their social security numbers. Police said that the call centre employees used to send voice messages to foreign nationals and forced them to purchase …

Delhi: 4 Held for Running Fake Call Centre, Duping US Citizens by Posing as Amazon Executives
3 years, 2 months ago

Delhi: 4 Held for Running Fake Call Centre, Duping US Citizens by Posing as Amazon Executives

News 18  

Four men have been arrested for allegedly running a fake call centre in southeast Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area and duping several US-based citizens by posing as executives of Amazon’s technical support team, police said on Saturday. Mukarram Hussain, Arjun Singh Saini, Gagan Bhatia and Shadab Ahamad started a fake international call centre and cheated several US citizens by posing as …

Delhi Police busts fake call centre that duped over 100 people
3 years, 4 months ago

Delhi Police busts fake call centre that duped over 100 people

India Today  

The Delhi Police busted a fake call centre in Rohini's Sector 7 on Monday and arrested eight people for tele-calling and duping over 100 people on the pretext of offering loans. On Monday, information was received by the Budh Vihar Police Station regarding a fake call centre in Mange Ram Park Extension. A police team raided the call centre and …

Fake call centre busted in Delhi; 65 people arrested for duping US citizens
3 years, 4 months ago

Fake call centre busted in Delhi; 65 people arrested for duping US citizens

India Today  

A fake call centre was busted in Delhi’s Hari Nagar and 65 people were arrested for allegedly impersonating US government officials and duping Americans. The accused obtained information about US residents by utilising unlawful methods such as VOIP calling and caller ID spoofing and then extorted money from the victims while promising to protect them from legal action. Read | …

Fake call centre busted in Kolkata, 11 held for posing as Amazon staff, duping foreign nationals
3 years, 4 months ago

Fake call centre busted in Kolkata, 11 held for posing as Amazon staff, duping foreign nationals

India Today  

Police busted a fake call centre in Kolkata and arrested 11 persons for allegedly duping foreign nationals by posing as employees from Amazon's customer care department. The illegal call centre was busted after the anti-rowdy squad of Kolkata Police conducted a raid at a building housing IT companies in Central Kolkata on Sunday. "Eleven persons were arrested for making calls …

7 arrested in Gurugram for posing as Amazon employees, duping US nationals
3 years, 5 months ago

7 arrested in Gurugram for posing as Amazon employees, duping US nationals

India Today  

Led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Inderjeet Yadav, a team of the Haryana chief minister's flying squad raided a call centre located in Udyog Vihar, Phase 5 in Gurugram. After the raid, the Gurugram Police arrested seven people and seized two hard disks and one mobile phone along with other electronic gadgets. During the raid, the police found that 26 …

West Bengal: 19 held for duping foreigners via fake call centres in Kolkata
3 years, 5 months ago

West Bengal: 19 held for duping foreigners via fake call centres in Kolkata

India TV News  

Kolkata Police arrested 19 people for allegedly duping citizens of foreign countries, particularly of Australia, through illegal call centres, an official said on Friday. During a raid conducted late Thursday night, the police arrested these people who were working in different illegal call centres in the satellite township of Salt Lake, he said. As a result of that, we conducted …

Fake call centre that duped US citizens busted in Delhi, mastermind held
3 years, 8 months ago

Fake call centre that duped US citizens busted in Delhi, mastermind held

India TV News  

The Delhi Police has busted a fake call centre and arrested 26 people, including the main accused Kamal Dass, for allegedly duping US citizens on the pretext of providing them government grants for unemployed persons and handicapped persons. Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the fake call centre that was being operated from a house in Saidullajab, Saket. During …

Fake call centres duping foreign nationals busted in Delhi's Uttam Nagar, 34 arrested
3 years, 9 months ago

Fake call centres duping foreign nationals busted in Delhi's Uttam Nagar, 34 arrested

India TV News  

At least 34 people have been arrested for duping foreign nationals in the name of social security number, apple technical support and McAfee antivirus support. The accused were running two illegal call centres from the same building in Uttam Nagar, targeting foreign nationals. Accused were running several fake processes including Social Security Number scam, Apple Tech Support scam and McAfee …

Fake call centre duping US citizens busted near Gujarat's Rajkot; police arrest four, suspect many others involved
3 years, 10 months ago

Fake call centre duping US citizens busted near Gujarat's Rajkot; police arrest four, suspect many others involved

Firstpost  

Ahmedabad: A fake call centre being operated from near Rajkot city of Gujarat was busted and four persons were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly duping US citizens through it on the pretext of providing them with a loan at low-interest rates, a police official said. “Through this fake call centre, they used to lure US citizens by offering them low-interest …

Two Arrested for Posing as UK Tax Department Officials, Running Fake Call Centre in Delhi
4 years, 1 month ago

Two Arrested for Posing as UK Tax Department Officials, Running Fake Call Centre in Delhi

News 18  

A 36-year-old man and his associate were arrested for allegedly posing as officials of the UK tax department and duping several UK-based citizens through a fake call centre in central Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar area, police said on Wednesday. The accused, Parvinder Singh, was operating the call centre illegally for the last one-and-a-half years in partnership with his brother-in-law Pankaj Kapoor, …

Gurugram: Fake call centre busted in Udyog Vihar Phase-4; mastermind at large
4 years, 3 months ago

Gurugram: Fake call centre busted in Udyog Vihar Phase-4; mastermind at large

India TV News  

The Gurugram police in collaboration with the state Crime Bureau busted a fake call centre in Udyog Vihar Phase-4, police said on Sunday. The call centre used to cheat job aspirants across the country on the pretext of providing jobs, and also charged huge sums of money as registration fees, the police added. According to the police, following a complaint, …

Delhi Police bust fake call centre, 8 arrested for duping bank customers
4 years, 5 months ago

Delhi Police bust fake call centre, 8 arrested for duping bank customers

India Today  

Delhi Police on Thursday busted a fake call centre that was used allegedly to dupe many bank customers in the national captal. Eight people have been arrested including three women who were running the fake call centre based near Dwarka Mod. Police said the accused used search engine optimization to ensure that anyone who searches for bank call centre numbers …

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