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Noida police bust B2B scam, 13 held for duping Jammu-based businessman

The complaint in this case was given by Sudhir Anand, a cosmetic businessman in Jammu, who was duped of ₹4.86 lakh by the accused

The accused on Thursday. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

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Published on Mar 07, 2025 05:24 AM IST

ByArun Singh

Bogus call centre busted in Sakinaka, six arrested for selling Viagra to US citizens

Mumbai Crime Branch busts a bogus call centre selling banned drugs to Americans, arrests six, and seizes equipment. Further investigations ongoing.

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Published on Feb 04, 2025 08:28 AM IST

ByManish Kumar Pathak

Noida: 76 held for running call centre to dupe US nationals of money

They used to send a bug to US citizens’ laptops, once their target clicked on it, a phone number of a call centre would start displaying on the screen, blocking the entire function of their laptop

Upon getting information about the call centre from an informer, a team raided a building in block A in Sector 63 and found people in communication with US citizens. (Suni Ghosh/HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 14, 2024 05:48 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Noida

Noida police bust call centre involved in duping foreigners, 11 arrested

Noida police arrested 11 for running a call center that duped foreign nationals by hacking laptops and posing as bank officials.

Nineteen laptops, 20 mobiles, 5 SIM cards, and other electronic gadgets were recovered from their possession. (Representational image)

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Updated on Nov 22, 2024 05:14 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

EPF Ludhiana sets up call centre for grievance redressal

Regional provident fund commissioner Saurabh Swami said that the regional office in Ludhiana is committed to resolving complaints within 48 hours, or at most within five days

Regional provident fund commissioner Saurabh Swami said that the EPFO Ludhiana encourages members, pensioners, and employers to use the call centre for grievances, avoiding unnecessary visits to the office. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 10, 2024 05:50 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Call centre in bus caught by Ghaziabad Police for scams worth ₹3 crore

Ghaziabad Police arrested three people who were running a credit card scam business from a bus for three years and had made ₹3 crore in the process

The gang which had been operating for three years, had reportedly managed to cheat people out of more than <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>3 crore. (Representative Image)

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Published on Sep 07, 2024 01:58 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

AI's impact on Philippines, the world's call center capital shows what's to come

Experiences of the staff working in Philippines call centers is a preview of what's to come soon for white-collar workers around the globe

All of the major players in its vast outsourcing industry, which is forecast to cross $38 billion in revenue this year, are rushing to rollout AI tools to stay competitive and defend their business models. (Representational Image/Pixabay)

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Published on Aug 28, 2024 12:33 PM IST

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Airline ticket fraud accused arrested from Delhi

Mumbai crime branch arrested businessman Anshuman Joshi for a cheating case involving fake airline tickets. Joshi was earlier detained by Delhi police.

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Updated on Aug 20, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByManish Kumar Pathak

Delhi govt to set up call centre for providing veterinary care

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Published on Aug 07, 2024 08:57 PM IST

PTI |

Ghaziabad: 7 arrested over running obscene chat centre in Sahibabad

The gang was operating for last one month in Sector-3, Rajendra Nagar and police got a tip off after a woman from Raj Nagar Extension complained

The complainant woman reported that she was called for an interview at a flat on July 4, and on visiting the place, she was asked to take the job that involved undressing herself before cameras and indulge in chats with customers. (Representative image)

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Updated on Jul 14, 2024 06:48 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

NIA gets court nod to interrogate duo arrested in international job racket

NIA granted permission to interrogate Jacob & Alvares, accused of running an international job racket, until June 14 in Arthur Road jail.

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Updated on Jun 12, 2024 08:08 AM IST

ByRevu Suresh

Fake call centre racket in Mohali: 147 bail pleas dismissed

Considering the arguments, the courts, including the court of judicial magistrate first class Sonali Singh, dismissed the pleas and observed that at the stage when voluminous data was to be analysed by the cyber forensic team to unearth the incriminating data against the accused persons; it would not be just to release the applicant/accused on bail

The investigating officer also placed on record the pro forma of fake arrest warrants purportedly issued by United States’ district courts in the name of the victims. (iStock)

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Updated on Jun 04, 2024 04:53 PM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Three arrested in Gurugram for duping people by providing fake loans

The prime suspect, Praveen, operated the fake call centre from this house to lure people by pretending to provide easy loans

The suspects were running a small-time call centre to dupe people by claiming they could provide loans. Investigators said, 12 mobile phones were recovered from them, along with four ATM cards and nearly 1,000 fake loan pamphlets. (Representational Image)

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Updated on Apr 28, 2024 05:34 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Gang that duped people through fake share mkt app busted, 3 held

Matunga police bust gang behind fake share market app scam, arrest 3 members, recover data of 3 lakh people, 16 phones, 15 SIM cards. Accused involved in 39 cases.

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Updated on Apr 13, 2024 07:32 AM IST

ByManish K Pathak

Chandigarh: Gang using dating apps to dupe residents busted

A case in this connection was registered in October last year; the complainant, a resident of Sector 48, Chandigarh, told the police that he had set up profiles on different dating apps

The accused in the custody of Chandigarh Police. (HT Photo)

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Published on Jan 31, 2024 07:33 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

2 arrested in Delhi for cheating Faridabad resident of ₹2.48 crore

The suspects had bought a database of at least 2,000 people who had bought insurance policies and cheated over 300 people across the country

The suspects were identified as Animesh Singh, 30, and Abhishek Kumar, 32, of Jyoti Nagar in Delhi. Kumar is a commerce graduate, and Singh studied till class 10. Both are cousins. (Representational image)

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Published on Dec 19, 2023 05:47 PM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Delhi: 7 held for duping on pretext of increasing credit card limit

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Published on Dec 17, 2023 07:15 PM IST

PTI |

State to draw up cyber security plan, allocates ₹837 crore

The state cabinet has approved a ₹837 crore cyber security plan in India to tackle cybercrimes. The plan includes a call centre, command and control centre, and an application and portal for citizens to register complaints. Advanced technology will be used to collect evidence and ensure conviction.

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Updated on Sep 07, 2023 12:23 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik, Mumbai

Noida call centre dupes US citizens of ₹50 crore, 84 arrested

Following a search and survey operation on Wednesday night, the police arrested 84 people and recovered incriminating electronic evidence and documents

Of the 84 people arrested, 46 are men and 38 women, all natives of north-eastern states, said police. (Sunil Ghosh/Ht Photo)

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Updated on Aug 24, 2023 11:17 PM IST

ByAshni Dhaor

Goa Police bust fake call centre, arrest 18 people for duping US citizens

The Crime Branch of the Goa Police arrested 18 people for procuring personal details of the US citizens who had applied for various kinds of loans in their country

Officers from the Goa Police crime branch after the arrests. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 09, 2023 04:31 PM IST

ByGerard de Souza

Fake call centre busted in Gurugram, 12 suspects held

According to investigators, the call centre was running for the last six months and was involved in duping residents of the United States, Canada and Australia. Police said 10 laptops, three mobile phones, two modems and ₹56,000 cash were recovered from the suspects

Police said the suspects impersonated employees of a prominent technology company. (Photo for representation)

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Updated on Jul 29, 2023 12:16 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Nuh’s hilltop ‘call centres’ emerge as epicentres of fraud

The handlers have 3 roles: assign work to callers on their teams (usually by the nature of fraud), keep track of the money involved, step in to handle glitches

The police said several cons use cellphone apps to create fake emails to appear as if they were sent by telecom providers, banks or social media sites. (Leena Dhankhar/ HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 30, 2023 08:52 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Man held for making hoax bomb call at airline office in Gurugram

A man was arrested by Gurugram police for making a hoax bomb call to a private airline?s office in Udyog Vihar. The suspect was traced to Siliguri, West Bengal and has been sent to 14-day judicial custody.

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Updated on Jun 25, 2023 12:07 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Mohali shocker: Woman returning after late-night shift attacked outside her house

The woman, identified as Alisha Parashar, who resides in HE flats in Phase-1, Mohali, has suffered fractures in both hands. She is currently under treatment at the female surgery ward of Phase-6 civil hospital.

A call centre employee was brutally attacked with a baseball bat and hockey stick by two men waiting outside her house when she was returning after a late-night shift in the wee hours of Friday. (HT File)

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Updated on Jun 17, 2023 02:29 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

Youth held in Pune for threatening woman over social media post

On May 31, the woman posted a video of Delhi murder case where a 16-year-old girl was murdered - allegedly by her boyfriend, a 20-year-old man - on May 29. However, upset over the video, the accused threatened to kill her

A case has been registered at Chinchwad police station on Saturday. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

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Updated on Jun 04, 2023 09:00 PM IST

ByShrinivas Deshpande

Fake call centre busted in Ggm’s Sector 67; seven suspects held

Police in Gurugram have arrested seven suspects for operating an illegal call centre that was allegedly duping people in the US and Australia out of millions of dollars by pretending to provide technical support. Investigators believe around 25,000 people may have fallen prey to the scam, which involved the sending of fake pop-up error messages warning of malware on victims' computers. The suspects charged between $250 and $300 for their supposed services, which involved access to victims' systems via remote desktop application AnyDesk.

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Updated on Jun 02, 2023 11:50 PM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Four held for duping unemployed youth of money on promise of jobs

The suspects used to give fake receipts of job portals to the youth who would only realise much later that they had been duped

The four suspects in custody. (Sunil Ghosh/ HT Photo)

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Updated on May 04, 2023 11:52 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

From selling mobile phones at 14, to becoming a billionaire: Nikhil Kamath’s self-made story is any filmmaker’s delight

Enmtrepreneur Nikhil Kamath’s life story is the stuff films are made of. Here’s how he became a billionaire.

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Updated on Apr 29, 2023 09:15 AM IST

ByRishabh Suri

Himachal to launch ‘Project Sanjeevani’ for livestock healthcare

To provide quality veterinary services to the cattle rearers, the Himachal Pradesh government will launch Project Sanjeevani for livestock healthcare and cut expanses on travelling to the point of care and avail quality medicines, a government spokesperson said on Sunday.

The rural economy of the state is based on agriculture and animal husbandry is a major component of it. Himachal Pradesh has a total livestock population of about 4.41 million and livestock healthcare is an essential part of every rural household. (AFP File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 09, 2023 10:13 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Shimla

‘50 duped’, say cops a day after illegal Gurugram call centre busted and 38 held

The police have received several complaints on how the victims, who had taken loans from the 35 applications in question, were being blackmailed and extorted money from by sending morphed nude photographs to them and their relatives through WhatsApp

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Updated on Mar 13, 2022 11:30 PM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar, Gurugram

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The complaint in this case was given by Sudhir Anand, a cosmetic businessman in Jammu, who was duped of ₹4.86 lakh by the accused

Mumbai Crime Branch busts a bogus call centre selling banned drugs to Americans, arrests six, and seizes equipment. Further investigations ongoing.

They used to send a bug to US citizens’ laptops, once their target clicked on it, a phone number of a call centre would start displaying on the screen, blocking the entire function of their laptop

Noida police arrested 11 for running a call center that duped foreign nationals by hacking laptops and posing as bank officials.

Regional provident fund commissioner Saurabh Swami said that the regional office in Ludhiana is committed to resolving complaints within 48 hours, or at most within five days

Ghaziabad Police arrested three people who were running a credit card scam business from a bus for three years and had made ₹3 crore in the process

Experiences of the staff working in Philippines call centers is a preview of what's to come soon for white-collar workers around the globe

Mumbai crime branch arrested businessman Anshuman Joshi for a cheating case involving fake airline tickets. Joshi was earlier detained by Delhi police.

Delhi govt to set up call centre for providing veterinary care

The gang was operating for last one month in Sector-3, Rajendra Nagar and police got a tip off after a woman from Raj Nagar Extension complained

NIA granted permission to interrogate Jacob & Alvares, accused of running an international job racket, until June 14 in Arthur Road jail.

The prime suspect, Praveen, operated the fake call centre from this house to lure people by pretending to provide easy loans

Matunga police bust gang behind fake share market app scam, arrest 3 members, recover data of 3 lakh people, 16 phones, 15 SIM cards. Accused involved in 39 cases.

A case in this connection was registered in October last year; the complainant, a resident of Sector 48, Chandigarh, told the police that he had set up profiles on different dating apps

The suspects had bought a database of at least 2,000 people who had bought insurance policies and cheated over 300 people across the country

Delhi: 7 held for duping on pretext of increasing credit card limit

Following a search and survey operation on Wednesday night, the police arrested 84 people and recovered incriminating electronic evidence and documents

The Crime Branch of the Goa Police arrested 18 people for procuring personal details of the US citizens who had applied for various kinds of loans in their country

According to investigators, the call centre was running for the last six months and was involved in duping residents of the United States, Canada and Australia. Police said 10 laptops, three mobile phones, two modems and ₹56,000 cash were recovered from the suspects

The handlers have 3 roles: assign work to callers on their teams (usually by the nature of fraud), keep track of the money involved, step in to handle glitches

A man was arrested by Gurugram police for making a hoax bomb call to a private airline?s office in Udyog Vihar. The suspect was traced to Siliguri, West Bengal and has been sent to 14-day judicial custody.

The woman, identified as Alisha Parashar, who resides in HE flats in Phase-1, Mohali, has suffered fractures in both hands. She is currently under treatment at the female surgery ward of Phase-6 civil hospital.

On May 31, the woman posted a video of Delhi murder case where a 16-year-old girl was murdered - allegedly by her boyfriend, a 20-year-old man - on May 29. However, upset over the video, the accused threatened to kill her

The suspects used to give fake receipts of job portals to the youth who would only realise much later that they had been duped

Enmtrepreneur Nikhil Kamath’s life story is the stuff films are made of. Here’s how he became a billionaire.

To provide quality veterinary services to the cattle rearers, the Himachal Pradesh government will launch Project Sanjeevani for livestock healthcare and cut expanses on travelling to the point of care and avail quality medicines, a government spokesperson said on Sunday.

The police have received several complaints on how the victims, who had taken loans from the 35 applications in question, were being blackmailed and extorted money from by sending morphed nude photographs to them and their relatives through WhatsApp

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