"Your SIM Card is Used for Money Laundering and Drugs," Voice of Intl Cyber Crime Representative

We would have seen many job rackets targeting local graduates with the intention to extort money from innocent families. Meanwhile, an operating call centre in Delhi Kirti Nagar involved in international cybercrime and extorted money from common people. The Delhi Cyber Cell police raided the fake call centre and 30 people were arrested on Sunday (November 17).

Reportedly, the people in the call centre made calls to Canadian residents and asked them to provide account details with the warning that their accounts were targeted by illicit people through sim cards. "They said they are from the Canadian Revenue Agency and my SIM card has been tampered with and used for money laundering and drugs. And if I do not secure my money, the government will seize my account", one of the complainants was quoted as saying by DNA

The initial investigation of the Delhi police revealed that the calls were made in the name of some Indian agency or Canada police. A surveillance video of the fake call centre has been released on Twitter showcasing all the employees who were involved in the scam. The police have recovered three internet distribution switches, three patch ports, two internet routers and 35 mobile phones.

Similar types of online scams have been reported in recent times and there are also continuous warnings issued by the banks saying that 'No one will call on behalf of the bank and ask for the debit card, credit card or any confidential details related to a user's bank account'.