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J&K: Cyber Police bust fake call centres, 23 arrested for duping people

Srinagar
January 15, 2021

Cyber Police Kashmir has busted fake call centres and arrested 23 persons who allegedly duped people by impersonating as executives of e-commerce companies on Wednesday.

Cyber Police Station Kashmir Zone, Srinagar received information through reliable sources that some fake call centres are running in Kashmir valley and accordingly the investigation into the instant matter was taken up by them.

SP Tahir Saleem said �During the course of the investigation, it is revealed that some individuals are impersonating as executives of multinational companies under the garb of bogus international call centres and are duping innocent citizens by offering them technical support and solutions to their software problems.

Tahir added, � These fake call centre executives were making cold calls and send e-mails, pop-ups on computer screens of the victims and used to take the remote access of their computers and infect their systems with malware, thus starting extorting money from them in return for help by impersonating as technical support.�