Guwahati: Delhi Police On Saturday busted a fake call center in New Delhi’s Rohini, which was operating fraudulently and duping people from the Northeast through “online shopping and fraudulent foreign gifts” and arrested 20 people involved in the racket.
Police said Delhi cyber crime lead Kuldeep shekhawat, along with his team and cyber expert Gaurav Vats, a core member of ‘Helping Hands’ NGO, which is run by Robin Hibu, And IPS An Arunachal Pradesh officer posted in Delhi raided the center operating in Sector 6, Rohini, Delhi.
“This call center used to operate with around 20 people duping innocent people, most of whom were NE. The way this call center worked was to offer its customers a lucrative plan by giving them mobile phones, which cost around Rs 20,000, as opposed to just Rs 4,500. In addition, customers can pay money using the cash-on-delivery method. To show as an authentic deal, he used India Post as their logistics service provider and sent a local wallet/belt instead of the phone,” Hibu said.
“When a customer tries to contact again, they stop responding,” he said.
Police said Delhi cyber crime lead Kuldeep shekhawat, along with his team and cyber expert Gaurav Vats, a core member of ‘Helping Hands’ NGO, which is run by Robin Hibu, And IPS An Arunachal Pradesh officer posted in Delhi raided the center operating in Sector 6, Rohini, Delhi.
“This call center used to operate with around 20 people duping innocent people, most of whom were NE. The way this call center worked was to offer its customers a lucrative plan by giving them mobile phones, which cost around Rs 20,000, as opposed to just Rs 4,500. In addition, customers can pay money using the cash-on-delivery method. To show as an authentic deal, he used India Post as their logistics service provider and sent a local wallet/belt instead of the phone,” Hibu said.
“When a customer tries to contact again, they stop responding,” he said.
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