Fake call centre busted, 12 held for duping people by posing as Amazon tech support staff

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has busted a fake call centre here and arrested 12 people, including three women, for allegedly cheating people based in the US and Canada by posing as tech support team staff of e-commerce giant Amazon, officials said on Monday.

They called the potential targets based in the US and Canada and offered their technical support by telling the victims that their account had either been hacked or had a security threat, the police said.