Police have busted fake call centre and arrested three people for allegedly duping foreign nationals by creating false legal pressure on pretext of to suspend Social Security Number (SSN), drugs, fake bank loans, fake bank accounts and used to ask for $200 to $500 as service charge per client. The culprits even sent fake arrest warrants, the police said on Sunday.
According to the police, SSN is a nine-digit number that the US Government issues to all its citizens. The Government uses this number to keep track of the residents’ lifetime earnings and the number of years worked.
The bogus call centre was running for the last few months.
According to the police, a police team from the Cyber Crime police station led by ACP DLF and ACP Udyog Vihar raided the call centre which was located at plot number 3202 in Sector-23 following a tip-off.
During the raid, the police arrested three persons and seized two laptops and two mobile phones, along with other electronic gadgets.
The arrested were identified as Zarar Haider of Mumbai, the team leader of the call centre, Partesh Patel of Madhya Pradesh, who looks after technical work and Nisharg of Gujarat who used to talk with their clients.