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Indian telemarketer threatens Melbourne woman: Report

Some people in Melbourne have claimed that they had received threat calls and lewd suggestions from at least one telemarketer believed to be based in India,media here reported on Tuesday. Melbourne residents have been abused with threats to kill,obscenities and lewd suggestions by at least one call centre worker believed to be based in India, the Herald Sun reported Tuesday. One Joe told a local radio channel Tuesday of a man who called his mother who is in her mid-60s,claiming to be selling solar power systems and after she said she was not interested,the caller rang back to abuse her,the report said. In obscene messages left on the womans machine,the man with a subcontinental accent said he would turn up at her house in 10 minutes after stating her correct address. The man Joe suggested the caller was Indian and claimed the person said people like you should die.