Cyber Crime cops bust call centre scam in Secunderabad!

Update: 2021-10-19 12:25 GMT
After receiving a tip-off on the racket that is cheating the nationals of the United States, England, and Ireland, the Hyderabad cops have conducted raids and busted the racket. The raid was conducted on the evening of Monday. The racket is based out of Secunderabad. An inter-state racket had joined hands with a few locals in Hyderabad to scam the foreign nationals.

Media reports say that the police had found out that these fraudsters target the nationals of other countries and cheat them in the name of paying taxes and the consequences of not paying the taxes on time. Fearing that they might face the consequences, the victims send money to the fraudsters.

The racket works in a way that it gathers the details of the taxpayers in America, England, and Ireland. After getting information on the details, the members in the racket call them and pose themselves as the officials of the Customs and Revenue department

As the Western countries impose severe punishments for the delay in the tax payments, the victims will send money to the fraudsters. The cops are tracking the details of the transactions like the payments they received from the foreign nations. The probe is underway and the cops might get more info in the case.

The Begumpet Task Force police had swung into action and conducted the raids as per the complaint received by the American Consulate. While a few accused were arrested by the cops, few other accused who are on a run are yet to be arrested The cybercrime police officials might announce the news of the arrest very soon.
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