Hackers Target Public Apps To Steal Target Details For Money, Delhi Police Bust 2 Fake Call Centres

NEW DELHI:  Scammers are now stealing details of their target from public caller-identification apps and misusing their credit cards by giving attractive offers. The Delhi Police has busted two fake call centres in Noth-East Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area, which was involved in such kinds of frauds.

According to the police, the crime came to light after Rihan Khan, a resident of Delhi’s Kabir Nagar area, filed a complaint with the city police on January 12 this year, claiming he had been duped out of Rs 1.85 lakh. The amount was charged from his credit card.

As the investigation into the case progressed, it was discovered that the hackers obtained the victim’s information, including his email address, via the caller-identification app. The fraudulent funds were transferred to various accounts via the “No Broker Gateway.”

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The complainant’s IP address history was obtained from Google and thoroughly examined. During the analysis, one IP address was discovered to be used in cheating via technical manoeuvring. The registrant of this IP address was discovered to be a woman from Nihal Vihar in Delhi. Tanzim Raja, a resident of Udyog Nagar in Delhi, was using it.

Following an extensive investigation, a raid was carried out in the Uttam Nagar area, where some people were arrested from an unauthorised call centre. Following further investigation, the accused revealed that two illegal call centres were operating from the same location.

The accused accepted that they would randomly contact people for providing credit cards and loans at cheap rates and demand a petty amount for that. After this, they would convince their customers about sanctioning of loan amount and demand money in lieu of insuring the said loan amount. The amount received for insuring the loan was being transferred to various bogus accounts of different banks. However, no loan amount was being provided to anyone.

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One of the call centres was being run by one Arif and his wife, while the other one Prevez and his female associate. 14 telecaller girls, engaged in calling the customers in the name of credit cards and loans with the intent to cheat them, were also found at the call centre.

A total of Rs. 1,24,700, one HP laptop, 32 mobile phones, and 12 Credit/ Debit cards of different banks were recovered.   The hunt is on to tab the remaining accused.     

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