Police claim to have busted a fake call centre in Udyog Vihar during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. Four people were arrested and an FIR was filed against them. The arrested accused hail from the northeast States.
A team of cyber crime department raided the call centre located in Phase 5 after a tip-off. Police said the centre used to defraud people by claiming to provide a loan to foreigners and took 700-800 dollars as service charge.
The arrested accused have been identified as Keneisero alias Steven of Nagaland, Vurngachan alias Ningkhan, lalrosung and luithuiyang hails from Manipur, now living in Delhi. When the team reached the call centre, the men were found sitting in front of computers and talking on the phone in English, police said.
“During the questioning, the accused revealed the name of their owner was Jone and James but these were not their original name. They further said they used to call America, Australia and Canada and the mobile data was provided by the owners of the centre,” police said.
They used to talk to their clients by changing their names. The English name of the accused was provided by the owners so that they can easily interact with their foreign-based clients.
The fake call centre was running for the last seven to eight months. Also, the centre did not have any license issued by the Department of Telecommunications (DOT).
“The matter is under investigation.
As of now how many persons they have duped and how they were operating the fake call centre it’s a part of an investigation. Hunt are on to nab real owner of the centre.
“The cops also seized the company’s servers.
An FIR was registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including IT Act at Udyog Vihar police station,” Subhash Boken, spokesperson Gurugram police said.