Gurgaon: A team of Chief Minister’s flying squad busted a fake call center operating from a commercial building in Sector 74A on Wednesday. Three persons were arrested on the spot and three others were booked for running the centre.
According to the police, the call center was involved in duping US citizens in the name of technical assistance.
The accused used to send massive pop-up messages asking US citizens to call a toll-free number to fix their computers.
The phone calls made by the victims will reach this pretend center in the city.
The accused will then mislead the victim and accuse her of hacking her phone or claim that a virus has affected her functioning. They will then pay anywhere between 500-2000 US dollars to the victim through Google Payment and gift cards.
During the raids, several youths were found wearing headsets and speaking in an American accent to the speaker on the phone. Call center owners will collect data on US citizens from a variety of sources.
Police have arrested three people from the spot. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) CM Flying Squad, Inderjit SinghSaid that the owner of the call center has been identified as Sherry aka man RanaAnd two others were not present during the raid.
The cyber police station against all the accused for any offense under sections 420 (cheating), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 66D (cheating by using computer resource) and 75 (any offense or violation outside India) of the IPC or violation) was registered. Individuals irrespective of their nationality) of the IT Act.
According to the police, the call center was involved in duping US citizens in the name of technical assistance.
The accused used to send massive pop-up messages asking US citizens to call a toll-free number to fix their computers.
The phone calls made by the victims will reach this pretend center in the city.
The accused will then mislead the victim and accuse her of hacking her phone or claim that a virus has affected her functioning. They will then pay anywhere between 500-2000 US dollars to the victim through Google Payment and gift cards.
During the raids, several youths were found wearing headsets and speaking in an American accent to the speaker on the phone. Call center owners will collect data on US citizens from a variety of sources.
Police have arrested three people from the spot. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) CM Flying Squad, Inderjit SinghSaid that the owner of the call center has been identified as Sherry aka man RanaAnd two others were not present during the raid.
The cyber police station against all the accused for any offense under sections 420 (cheating), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 66D (cheating by using computer resource) and 75 (any offense or violation outside India) of the IPC or violation) was registered. Individuals irrespective of their nationality) of the IT Act.
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