Delhi: Call centre busted in Dwarka, 12 held

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Saturday busted a fake call centre being run from Ramphal Chowk in Dwarka and arrested 12 people, including three women.

The accused impersonated as technical support team members of Amazon and used to send fake pop-ups of ransomware attacks to internet users in the US and Canada and then extort money from them on the pretext of resolving the issue.

Among the 12 arrested was the owner of the call centre, identified as 32-year-old Nitesh Kumar, a resident of Avantika Enclave in Rohini.

Deputy commissioner of police (Dwarka) Santosh Meena said information was received that a call centre was being run in Dwarka sector-7 and fraudsters were making VOIP calls, bypassing the legal international long distance gateways.