Ludhiana: Call centre duping foreigners busted

LUDHIANA: The police on Wednesday busted a Pakhowal Road call centre that duped foreign nationals. During a raid, Rs 14 lakh and several SIM cards used in the crime were recovered.
Additional deputy commissioner of police (crime) Rupinder Kaur Bhatti said, “The call centre had been running for the past few months. The fraudsters targeted foreign nationals. They used to purchase personal information of their targets, like National Identification Number (NIN), and called them saying they have a complaint against them or that they have to repay taxes. In one such case, they had cheated a person of Rs 12 lakh.”
The call centre staff of at least 20 people included four Nigerians. They used perfect speech pattern to trap people, she added.