Fake call centre duping people on pretext of redeeming credit card points busted in Delhi, 7 held
India Today
Delhi Police busted a fake call centre involved in duping people on the pretext of redeeming credit card reward points. Police also arrested 7 people in connection with the case.
With the arrest of seven people, Delhi Police busted a fake call centre involved in duping people on the pretext of redeeming credit card reward points. Police also recovered 21 desktop systems, 6 laptops, 3 Wi-Fi routers, 3 mobile phones, and other equipment used in the cyber fraud from the accused's possession.
The matter came to light when a man named Amit Kumar, who works as an Income Tax officer in Delhi's CR Building, filed a complaint alleging that Rs 55,861 were deducted from his SBI credit card. He had received a call for activation of a new credit card and redemption of old credit card points. Based on the complaint filed by him, a case was registered and a probe was launched.
Based on technical analysis of call details and monetary transactions, police traced the suspected mobile numbers in Rohini. Subsequently, IMEI numbers used for calling were analysed and it was found that server-based calls were being made to victims.
Accordingly, raids were conducted and a server was seized from Manak Vihar Subash Nagar. Following this, call centre at Panka Raod Janak Puri was also raided and the accused were arrested.
On sustained interrogation, the accused, Sumit, disclosed that post-Covid he started a call centre with Arman for SBI Bank credit card calling. He installed software on the desktop to make automated calls, handled by tele callers. They used to obtain card details, CVV, and OTP from victims on the pretext of credit card reward points redemption.
Later, they used to transfer money in their different accounts.
