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Noida, August 5 (PTI): Police in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida have arrested 32 people from a fake call centre that was allegedly duping US citizens on the pretext of fixing computer virus, officials said on Thursday.
The estimated money conned from the American citizens by the call centre so far is worth over Rs 10 crore, according to official estimates.
Based on a tip-off, the police raided the call centre and arrested 32 people who were found working on the spot. Those arrested include people living in Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida and Gurgaon.
The call centre was operational since last one year from the special economic zone (SEZ) in the Bisrakh area, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Noida) Ankur Aggarwal said.
"A total of 32 people have been arrested from the call centre that was duping American citizens. The accused would interact with the US citizens over internet and send bugs into their computer system but scare them by telling that their system has got a virus," he said.
"The accused would then offer them a solution for virus removal and ask the target to transfer money for the service being provided by them. The accused would then remove the bug created by them only," the officer said.
