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Police said 33 members of the fake call center call have been arrested. These include two master minds.
Industrial Area of Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh Achyutapuram In the International Fake Call Center has been revealed. Police said 33 people have been arrested in this case. There are also two masterminds among them.
Police have said that those who operate the call center have cheated around ₹ 600 crore in the last 2 years. Most American citizens have been targeted.
On Friday, Anakapalli DSP Vishnu Swaroop said that on May 22, the local revenue was killed at three places on the basis of the officer and secret information. ₹ 3 lakh cash, computer, network device, luxury car and other goods have been recovered from the spot.
According to the police, the complete call center was being operated at these places. Amazon support and Fraud was being carried out through Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP).
People were hired through online portal
Police said that people of the call center were found who were looking for a job. For this, online joining process was done. Most of these people belonged to the North East states. They were given the facility of living and eating.
After this, everyone was trended for working of the call center for about a week. They were taught to use hi -tech equipment. After this, these people used to take out financial details of American citizens. They used to make fake calls.
Scams were carried out in 5 staps
The scam was carried out in 5 steps. The caller used to describe American citizens as a man who works in Amazon support. Apart from this, an employee of a bank or a big officer of America used to tell.
After this, scammers used to give other greed to American citizens including gift card redemption. Those who used to get caught in their words would be asked to buy a gift card.
They were asked to share the code. As soon as people share the code, they would get caught in their trap.
Scams would use international channels and send them to other scammers.
The fifth and last super layer (step) virtual private network (VPN) handled money laundering through fake numbers.
A scam of about ₹ 600 crore
Police said that two masterminds of the case, Puneet Goswami from Maharashtra and Avhanta Daga from Rajasthan have been arrested. Other people are being questioned so that the entire syndicate can be detected. Fraud of more than about ₹ 600 crore is coming out. However, information about the exact data is being extracted.
First line scams
Police said the first line scams used to stay in a two -month company. People involved in the deals closure and management used to last for 8 to 12 months. Police said that a case has been registered against the accused under Section 318 (4), Section 61 (2), Section 111 (2) (B) (3), Section 66C and 66D of IT Act and sections 420, 120B and 34 of IPC.