Fake call centre targeting foreigners busted in Delhi, 17 held

New Delhi, Nov 6 : The Delhi police have busted a fake call centre in the Rajouri Garden area of the city and arrested 17 persons for allegedly duping foreigners on the pretext of providing them technical support, officials said on Friday.
Police said that the accused used to send pop-ups to unsuspecting people that their devices have been hacked and infected with malware and then cheat them on the pretext of providing technical support by Microsoft.
The 17 persons arrested include callers. The police also seized 20 computers from their possession.
According to the police, a total of 2,268 people were duped of USD 1,081,365 (Rs 8 crore) between October 2019 and November 2020.
A complaint was received by Delhi police that an illegal international call centre was being operated from the Rajouri Garden area from where unsuspecting people residing in foreign countries were being cheated on the pretext of providing technical support by Microsoft Inc.
Technical analysis was done with respect to the mobile numbers as well as the money trail and the location of the accused was confirmed.