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 from Tavi, Lakhtar. Also Read: Gujarat: Ahmedabad Police arrests man threatening to attack Narendra Modi Stadium

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Noida Police busts fake call centre, arrests 76 for duping people living in United States
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1 week, 5 days ago

Noida Police busts fake call centre, arrests 76 for duping people living in United States

India TV News  

Noida Police busted a fake call centre in Sector 63 and arrested as many as 76 people, including nine women on Friday. The call centre allegedly targeted US citizens by infecting their laptops with malware and luring them into deceptive loan schemes, police said. Meanwhile, police also seized laptops, mobile phones, routers, and specialised software used in the scam during …

Mumbai woman made to strip on pretext of ‘digital arrest’, duped of ₹1.8 lakh — Here’s what happened
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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Mumbai woman made to strip on pretext of ‘digital arrest’, duped of ₹1.8 lakh — Here’s what happened

Live Mint  

In yet another incident, a Mumbai woman was made to strip and duped of ₹1.8 lakh by scamsters after they convinced the 26-year-old that she was under ‘digital arrest.’ The victim who resides in Borivali East, received a phone call on November 19 where the fraudsters claimed to be Delhi Police officers, NDTV reported. As the conversation followed, the scammers …

'Digital Arrest' scam wipes out life savings of 90-year-old in Gujarat: Here's what happened
3 weeks, 4 days ago

'Digital Arrest' scam wipes out life savings of 90-year-old in Gujarat: Here's what happened

Live Mint  

In an unfortunate incident of yet another 'digital arrest' scam, a 90-year-old man in Surat, Gujarat, was defrauded of his entire life savings of over ₹1 crore. The elderly victim, a stock market trader, was duped by fraudsters posing as officers from the Central Bureau of Investigation, who alleged his involvement in a drug trafficking and money laundering racket, reported …

Mumbai woman duped of ₹3.8 crore in ‘longest’ digital arrest case in India: Report
4 weeks ago

Mumbai woman duped of ₹3.8 crore in ‘longest’ digital arrest case in India: Report

Hindustan Times  

A 77-year-old woman from Mumbai was duped of Rs. Scammers did this in the guise of a fake money laundering case against the woman and it all started when she got a WhatsApp call. Scammers posing as police officers claimed that the said parcel contained 5 passports, about 4 kilograms of clothes, a drug called MDMA and a bank card, …

Gujarat ‘share trader’ dupes Kerala woman of Rs 1.25 crore, nabbed from Ahmedabad
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Gujarat ‘share trader’ dupes Kerala woman of Rs 1.25 crore, nabbed from Ahmedabad

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: When an 80-year-old Aluva woman saw that she had made good profits in the chart shared by an ‘online share trading’ firm, where she had made heavy investments over a period since last November, she decided to withdraw a substantial amount. The woman then lodged a complaint with the Ernakulam Rural police, leading to the unravelling of a mafia …

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 …

Cyber fraud busted in Noida, 25 arrested for duping foreign nationals
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Cyber fraud busted in Noida, 25 arrested for duping foreign nationals

India TV News  

Noida: At least 25 workers of a call centre in Noida have been arrested for duping foreign nationals through cyber fraud in a joint operation led by STF, Lucknow and Noida police. "During the police action, 25 people were arrested for duping foreigners online and thereby making money fraudulently. "The thugs told the gullible foreigners that their computer systems or …

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 …

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 …

Haryana: 3 Held for Defrauding People on Pretext of Giving Instant Loans in Palwal
1 year, 5 months ago

Haryana: 3 Held for Defrauding People on Pretext of Giving Instant Loans in Palwal

News 18  

Three people, including a woman, were arrested for running a fake call centre and allegedly duping people on the pretext of giving instant loans here, police said on Tuesday. According to police, they got a tip-off that a fake call centre is being run in the house of the main accused Lalit wherein people are being defrauded on the pretext …

Delhi: 2 held for duping American citizens on pretext of online support
1 year, 5 months ago

Delhi: 2 held for duping American citizens on pretext of online support

India TV News  

Fake call centre: Two persons were held for allegedly running a fake call centre and duping American citizens by impersonating themselves as executives as social media firm executives and an e-commerce website in Delhi, police said on Saturday. The police said that the accused persons were involved in cheating USA-based people on the pretext of solving technical problems and extracting …

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 …

Uttar Pradesh: Police bust fake call centre in Noida, six arrested
1 year, 9 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: Police bust fake call centre in Noida, six arrested

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday carried out a raid at a fake call centre in Noida and arrested six people on charges of fraud worth "lakhs of rupees". "The accused gave these offers to gullible people over phone calls that were made by them through the call centre, located in the industrial Sector 63," Deputy Commissioner of Police Ram Badan …

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 …

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 …

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 …

IDs of many Indore residents used in GST fraud, say police
2 years, 6 months ago

IDs of many Indore residents used in GST fraud, say police

Hindustan Times  

The personal information, including identity documents, of a large number of Indore residents may have been obtained by three Gujarat residents accused of a ₹700 crore Goods and Services Tax fraud, police officials in Madhya Pradesh have said. “The cyber cell officials suspected that data of 80% of Indore’s population has been compromised as they used electricity bills of common …

Indore: 5 held from Gujarat for operating 550 fake firms for GST fraud
2 years, 6 months ago

Indore: 5 held from Gujarat for operating 550 fake firms for GST fraud

Hindustan Times  

Five persons have been arrested for allegedly operating 550 dummy firms from a room in Gujarat's Surat city to pull off Input Tax Credit fraud worth several crore rupees under the GST system, officials said in Indore in Madhya Pradesh on Monday. The accused have used the names of daily wagers and even that of a retired MP director general …

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 …

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 …

Ahmedabad police unearths CG Room that routed 43 lakh untraceable calls
2 years, 11 months ago

Ahmedabad police unearths CG Room that routed 43 lakh untraceable calls

India Today  

The Ahmedabad crime branch on Monday rooted out an illegal international telephone exchange racket operating from CG Road that caused a huge loss to telecom companies. According to a report published by Times Now, the fake telephone exchange management team used internet telephony protocol which is based on cloud-based services. As per the officials, the Department of Telecom and the …

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 …

Delhi: Duo held for duping 100 people on pretext of online delivery of alcohol, food items
3 years, 4 months ago

Delhi: Duo held for duping 100 people on pretext of online delivery of alcohol, food items

India Today  

The Delhi Police’s Crime Branch arrested two persons on Friday for allegedly duping over 100 people by promising home delivery of liquor and food items during the lockdown. According to the police, the complainant was looking for delivery of food packets for a retirement programme in the office and had contacted a mobile number mentioned on the internet, promising home …

Gujarat: Fake bills scam mastermind Mohammad Abbas Rafiqali arrested
3 years, 4 months ago

Gujarat: Fake bills scam mastermind Mohammad Abbas Rafiqali arrested

Op India  

The Gujarat state Goods and Services Tax department made a major breakthrough with the arrest of the mastermind in the Rs 900 crore bogus billing scam. The state police had so far raided at least 71 locations spanning across the state and uncovered total bogus billing or fake transactions worth Rs 1,741 crores. The police found HK Metals claimed ITC …

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 | …

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 …

Delhi: 7 women held for running fake placement agency, duping over 300 people
3 years, 9 months ago

Delhi: 7 women held for running fake placement agency, duping over 300 people

India Today  

Seven women were arrested on Monday for allegedly running a fake placement agency and duping more than 300 job seekers across India on the pretext of providing them employment in airline firms, police said. Accused duped people of providing lucrative jobs: Police According to police, the accused duped more than 300 of job seekers across India in the name of …

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 …

Delhi: Fake call centre busted, 42 arrested for threatening, scamming foreign nationals to pay in bitcoins
4 years ago

Delhi: Fake call centre busted, 42 arrested for threatening, scamming foreign nationals to pay in bitcoins

India Today  

At least forty-two people were arrested for allegedly running a call centre in Delhi's Peeragarhi area and duping foreign nationals by posing as officers of law enforcement agencies. Police said the accused used to extort money from foreign nationals in the form of Bitcoins and gift cards after telling that their details have come up in a case of crime. …

Delhi Police cyber crime unit busts illegal call centre targeting foreign nationals, 54 arrested
4 years ago

Delhi Police cyber crime unit busts illegal call centre targeting foreign nationals, 54 arrested

India TV News  

The Delhi Police cyber crime unit has arrested 54 people from an illegal call center in a case involving fraud with foreign nationals. Based on the information that a huge illegal call center was being operated from a place in Moti Nagar that is targeting foreign nationals and illegally inducing them to transfer money through Bitcoins and Gift cards, a …

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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