Fake Call Center Busted in Noida: In Noida, Uttar Pradesh, adjacent to Delhi, the police has exposed a fake call center in which the employees working there were defrauding the citizens of America. The employees of this fake call center were cheating foreigners on the pretext of selling anti-virus software of reputed companies. Police have arrested a dozen people in this case.
Giving information about this to PTI, a Noida Police spokesperson said that on Thursday, officials of Police Station Phase-1, based on manual surveillance and confidential information, raided the office located on the second floor of a building located in C Block, Sector 2. of. Where a fake call center was being operated. 12 people were arrested from the spot during the raid.
Besides, the police team also seized 14 desktops and other related items after raiding the fake call centre. The police officer said that all the arrested people call foreign nationals and tell them that their company has antivirus software of McAfee and Norton, which solves the problems faced in laptops and computers and it is available for one year. Available at offering prices ranging from US$100 (Rs 8,335) to US$500 (Rs 41,676).
Noida Police spokesperson said that the callers used to send payment links on emails to foreigners and cheat them of money. Also, this call center was being run by the accused without any license. Those arrested have been identified as Pradeep Kumar Pradhan, Aviral Gautam, Rishabh Shukla, Ali Hasan, Anurag Tomar, Harendra Chaudhary, Raju, Sandeep Kumar, Deepak Sharma, Saurabh Singh, Saket Priyadarshi and Shivam Kumar.
Police said that some of the arrested people are residents of Delhi, while some live in Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida. According to the police, an FIR has been registered against the arrested accused under sections 420 (fraud), 34 (involvement in criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and provisions of the Information Technology Act (IT Act) and in the case Further legal action is being taken.
