Vasco: Goa cyber crime police have arrested 24 persons from different parts of the country for running an illegal call centre engaged in cyber fraud targeting the American citizens.
Superintendent of Police (Cyber Crime) Rahul Gupta told reporters that the raid was conducted on November 22 busting an illegal call centre operated at Zuarinagar near Vasco town in South Goa.
Gupta said that 24 accused originally hailing from states like New Delhi, Haryana, Andaman and Nicobar, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Punjab were arrested by Cyber Crime cell.
He said that the this call center has been operational since one month, during which it is estimated to have perpetrated fraud amounting to over Rs one crore.
Gupta said that the employees were recruited via an online agency and trained extensively on specific scripts to be used during calls.
“Their monthly salaries ranged between Rs35,000 and Rs40,000,” he said.
Gupta said that the accused impersonated as employees of Amazon, Paypal, IOS, Zell Pay, Apple Pay, loan companies, and government agencies, targeting US citizens. They fraudulently extracted money by inducing victims to pay for loans, purchase goods, and resolve fake technical issues, etc.
