Delhi: Fake call centre busted in Sultanpur, 26 persons duping US citizens held

Police on Tuesday said they arrested 26 persons, including five women, on charges of running a fake call centre and impersonating customer service providers of a leading e-commerce site (Amazon) to cheat US citizens of money.

The call centre was running for the past seven months from a building in south Delhi’s Sultanpur near Fatehpur Beri. The mastermind of the racket is absconding, the police said.

“On average, the fraudsters cheated six US citizens daily and accumulated nearly ₹4 crore (5,25,000 USD) from approximately 1,250 citizens during these seven months,” said deputy commissioner of police (south) Atul Kumar Thakur.