Cyber Cell Indore Zone has busted an international fake call center duping USA citizens by using their Social Security Number; 61 boys and 19 girls were found working at the fake call center and seized 60 computers, 70 mobile phones and electronic goods in massive amount said Special Director General of Police, State Cyber Cell Purushottam Sharma on Tuesday.
He said that the Director General of Police VK Singh had instructed to take effective action to curb increasing cyber crimes in the state and all zonal units of cyber cell were directed to take action against imposing unauthorised activities in the cyber space. The unit of Cyber Cell zone Indore has exposed call center involved in international fraud operated from Indore.
The action was taken after receiving an information of fake call center operated in Indore which was run by people from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi who came to Indore to commit the crime.
Providing the modus operandi Special DG Sharma said that the fraudsters used to call US citizens and inform them that they are found to be involved in illegal activities such as money laundering and drug trafficking using their social security numbers and would extract anywhere in the range of 50 dollars to 5000 dollars through various means.
Based on the information, two separate teams were made and raided two places and detained 61 boys and 19 girls who were found working for the nexus. The two call centers were by Javed, Rahil Abbasi, Sunny Chauhan, Shahrukh, Sandhu etc. Two of them, Sunny and Shahrukh are presently in Ahmedabad.
Data of more than 5 lakh US citizens was found by the police. The data of the citizens found have been seized. Police have registered a case under sections 465, 467, 471, 420 and 120 B of the IPC and 66 (D) of the IT Act. Police have found that the fake call center is owned Javed. Most of the detained young men and women have already worked in such call centers in Noida, Goa and Maharashtra.