6 held after over 100 US citizens duped through dubious call centre

The Vanrai police recently arrested six persons for allegedly working at a dubious call centre run illegally from a commercial complex in Goregaon (east) where they made Voice over Internet Protocol calls (VOIP) to citizens in the United States and tricked them into sending money.

Police said the call centre had been operational from June this year and has cheated at least over 100 US nationals. “They did not have the Department of Telecommunication Registration Certificate (DOT) issued by the Telecom ministry. They called up US nationals and told them that their personal computers are affected by a virus or malware and offered their services to debug them. On this pretext, they made them buy gift cards and asked them to share the 16-digit code.