Fake call centre in Goregaon busted, seven arrested

An officer said that based on an investigation, it came to light that the callers had contacted US citizens through internet calls. The accused callers would first call them up claiming to be from Amazon, telling them that a gift parcel they ordered had narcotic substances in it even as the person denied having ordered anything. The callers would then again call these same people pretending to be from the Canadian Attorney General’s office.

They would them claim that the victim’s account had been misused for criminal activities and their money was not safe in their account. Given the victims would have received a call from Amazon earlier, they would believe this call, an officer said.

The fraudsters would then send them a QR code for their Bitcoin wallet address through the Text Now app and ask them to transfer the money there for it to be safe. Once the victims transferred the money, the accused disconnected the call and the victim would realize they had lost their money.

The crime branch team arrested seven persons and are on the lookout for three others. They were produced before a local court and remanded to police custody. The police suspect the call centre has been operating since the past two months.