Cyber crooks now run call centres

Hyderabad: The image of a betel nut chewing, evil looking character behind those shady calls trying to extract your personal data from you is changing. Two recent raids by the Cyberabad Cybercrime Police have revealed that cyber fraudsters have become as sophisticated, organised and entrepreneurial as any other IT firm. From recruiting and training tele-callers […]

Hyderabad: The image of a betel nut chewing, evil looking character behind those shady calls trying to extract your personal data from you is changing. Two recent raids by the Cyberabad Cybercrime Police have revealed that cyber fraudsters have become as sophisticated, organised and entrepreneurial as any other IT firm.

From recruiting and training tele-callers for fraud calls and paying good salaries, to operating from well-equipped call centres and using latest software available to spoof phone calls, what the police discovered showed that the conventional image of fraudsters we have could be wrong.

The first instance of this was seen when the Cyberabad Cybercrime police raided a call centre named ‘Dhani Loan Bazaar’ at Noida in Uttar Pradesh and arrested a 14-member gang, including seven women. The prime suspect and organiser Abhishek Mishra is absconding. The call centre was being used to lure people offering loans at low interest rates before cheating them.

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