Got a job call? Beware, You may lose money! This Noida call centre story is an eyeopener

A fake call centre was busted here and 18 men were arrested for allegedly duping several people on the pretext of getting them jobs, police said Wednesday. A joint team of the Noida Cyber Cell and the Sector 20 police station Tuesday raided the fake call centre operating from the third floor of a private building in Sector 6 of the city. "As many as 18 men working there were arrested. All of them worked as callers. Eight of them belonged to Bihar, seven from Uttar Pradesh, two from Delhi while one from Odisha. Five others, including the owner, the manager and three assistants, are absconding," Superintendent of Police (Crime) Ashok Kumar Singh told reporters. 

The owner, identified as Chandan Jha, had established a schematic system of duping people through this call centre, which had been in operation here for last four months, he said. "During this period, they have duped several people of crores of rupees. The specifics of the money earned fraudulently are being worked out," the SP said.

 Explaining their modus operandi, Singh said, the accused would call up job seekers, whose data they had collected from website, and assure them of jobs in banking sector or with investment firms. "They would send their targets an email with fake job offer letters from big and popular companies and then ask them to remit Rs 1,500 to Rs 15,000 in the name of processing fee," he said. 

TRENDING NOW

Sebi plans to introduce 'fast track' concept for public issuance of debt securities

China's consumer prices fall fastest in 3 years, factory-gate deflation deepens

Investors to focus on inflation data from India, US: Data

NT Awards 2023: Zee Business shines in five categories

Finance Ministry to empanel merchant bankers, law firms for disinvestment via OFS, dribbling

Animal Box Office Collection: Ranbir Kapoor-starrer touches Rs 600 crore mark worldwide | Check OTT release details

FPIs invest Rs 26,505 crore in equities in 1st six sessions of December

COVID-19 Update: India records 148 new coronavirus cases, infection tally stands at 4.50 crore

NPS (National Pension System): How to create a corpus of Rs 5 crore with Rs 442 investment/day? After retirement, you will get Rs 2.5 lakh every month

Delhi Weather Update: National Capital records minimum temperature at 8.5°C

CLAT 2023 result to be released today on consortiumofnlus.ac.in - Final answer key out

Tata Group submits application to set up semiconductor processing plant in Assam: CM Sarma

Need to follow consistent EV policy, no need for company-specific sops: FICCI EV Committee Chair

Government approves 100% packaging of food grains in jute bags

Manu Ahuja, CEO of Jubilant Agri and Consumer Products, passes away

"They had six account numbers of different banks and also used Paytm wallet to get the money transferred from a target," he said. Later, they would withdraw the money using ATM cards and stop taking calls from the victim. The accused frequently kept changing their phone numbers in order to evade being tracked, the SP said. Police have seized five computers, 30 mobile phones, among others from the fake call centre, he said. A case was registered at the Sector 20 police station and those arrested were booked under Indian Penal Code sections 420 (cheating and dishonesty), 467 (forgery) and related offences.

Charges have also been pressed against them under the Information Technology Act sections 66 (computer related offences), 66c (identity theft), 66d (cheating by impersonation), Singh added. According to police, the call centre, which was not registered and had no document or paper work done regarding its operation as one, had no international connection. Those absconding include the owner Jha, manager Ankur Singh and three assistants Chintu alias Shekhar, Deepak and Salauddin, and police have launched a search operation to nab them, they said.