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Cyber fraud busted in Noida, 25 arrested for duping foreign nationals
Uttar Pradesh | Jan 11, 2024, 09:55 PM ISTAn FIR in the case has been lodged under Indian Penal Code sections 419 (cheating by impersonation), 420 (cheating), 467, 468 and 471 (all related to forgery) and under provisions of the Information Technology Act.
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Uttar Pradesh: Call centre duping US citizens busted in Noida, 84 arrested including 36 women
Crime | Aug 24, 2023, 09:13 PM ISTSpeaking to the media, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Harish Chander said that the raid was conducted at the call centre located in Sector 6, which has a capacity of 150 desktops.
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Order mobile phone, get soap: Delhi Police busts two fake call centres, 57 arrested
Crime | Oct 27, 2021, 08:39 AM ISTPolice in Delhi's Rohini area busted a call centre that was duping people by offering them two mobile phones for Rs 4,500 and delivering soaps or wallets.
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Delhi Police cyber crime unit busts illegal call centre targeting foreign nationals, 54 arrested
Crime | Dec 16, 2020, 05:58 PM ISTThe Delhi Police crime branch has arrested 54 people from an illegal call center in a case involving fraud with foreign nationals.
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IndiGo opens first international call centre in Guangzhou
Business | Jan 12, 2020, 11:53 AM ISTTo tap the booming Chinese market, IndiGo airlines has opened its first international call center comprising six employees at Guangzhou in China to cater to queries from passengers that speak in Cantonese, Mandarin and English.
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Indian national pleads guilty to operating call centres to scam Americans
World | Jan 10, 2020, 08:47 AM ISTAn Indian national has pleaded guilty for his involvement in a multi-million dollar India-based call centre scam that targeted Americans, according to the Department of Justice. Hitesh Madhubhai Patel played a "prominent" role in operating and funding the call centres whose callers and US-based conspirators defrauded American victims between 2013 and 2016, it said on Thursday.
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Soon, call centres in Kolkata will address women concerns on safety
India | Dec 05, 2019, 10:51 AM ISTIn Kolkata, the city police have already installed CCTV cameras and were planning to set up many more as well as operate mobile toilets for the fairer sex for their security. These measures have been chalked out to make the city safe and comfortable for women, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said.
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Delhi: Fire at call centre in Vasant Kunj, 6 rescued
India | Nov 25, 2019, 08:48 PM ISTThe Delhi Fire Service received a call about the incident at 7.10 pm, following which four fire tenders were pressed into service.
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32 arrested as Delhi Police busts fake call centre
India | Nov 17, 2019, 07:51 PM ISTA fake call center was busted and 32 people were arrested for being allegedly involved in duping foreign nationals by posing as Canadian police officials, police said on Sunday.
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Indore fake call centre racket: FBI to help Madhya Pradesh police in probe
India | Jun 21, 2019, 05:41 PM ISTFake call centre employees in Indore used to pose as officers of US Social Security unit and threaten American citizens to either pay the penalty or face threat. They managed to dupe thousands of people. An FBI team will now reach Indore to conduct the probe.
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Man shot dead in Delhi
Jun 14, 2019, 04:34 PM ISTA man was shot dead by unidentified assailants here, the police said on Friday.
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Senior AAP leaders allege harassment of call centre employees hired to inform people about voter deletion
India | Mar 13, 2019, 08:57 AM IST"The people who fund AAP are being harassed by authorities and they are being probed because they support AAP. The agency which AAP uses for ensuring fair elections is being harassed too. This is because BJP is scared about it," Chadha said.
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Noida police arrest 126 employees, bust fake call centre duping US citizens
India | Dec 21, 2018, 05:00 PM ISTA raid was conducted at the call centre, located in sector 63, late Thursday night on a tip-off that dubious operations were being carried out from there, Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Pal Sharma said.
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Fake call centre in Mumbai cheating US nationals busted
News | Sep 23, 2018, 07:48 AM ISTFake call centre in Mumbai cheating US nationals busted. The Crime Branch arrested David Alfonso, alleged to be the brain behind the racket
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FBI officials in Thane, join multi-million call centre scam probe
India | Oct 15, 2016, 07:20 AM ISTTwo officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have reached here today and joined the police in investigating the multi-million call centre scam unearthed earlier this week. "We will verify the information which
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Mumbai call centre scam: How 23-year-old ‘Shaggy’ managed a Rs 500 cr heist in a year
India | Oct 10, 2016, 05:08 PM ISTThe recently unearthed multi-million dollar call centre scam of Mumbai was the brainchild of a 23-year-old youth, the police have said.
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Thane: 500 call centre employees detained for duping US citizens
India | Oct 05, 2016, 12:17 PM ISTOver 500 employees of some Thane-based call centres were detained for allegedly threatening US citizens and siphoning off their money.
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Odisha villager hacks toll-free number of private company, causes Rs 60 lakh loss
May 30, 2016, 03:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: A 19-year-old Odisha villager hacked a toll-free number of a private company, causing it a loss of Rs 60 lakh. Himalaya Mohanty (19), a resident of Shibapura village in Balasore district, hacked on
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Call Centre Bill Introduced In US, India May Be Hit
Dec 20, 2011, 07:07 PM ISTHouston, Dec 20: A bipartisan bill has been tabled in the US House of Representatives to make companies that move call centres overseas ineligible for grants or guaranteed loans from the federal government, a move
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Phone Call To Air India Call Centre Sparks Security Scare At IGIA
India | Apr 05, 2011, 10:44 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 5: An anonymous phone call received at Air India call centre today that a bomb would go off sparked a security alert at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here but the