Gurugram, Aug 17 A team of the cyber crime police station here has busted a fake call centre and arrested 10 people including a woman in this connection, an official said on Thursday.
The fake call centre was being operated from a house at Sector 43 in Gurugram.
The call centre used to cheat US citizens in the name of providing tech support and used to charge $100 to $500 as service charges.
The call centre staff used to introduce themselves as "service providers".
According to the police, a team of the cyber crime police station, led by Inspector Jasvir Singh raided the call centre following a tip-off.
The police have also seized three mobile phones, 10 laptops and Rs 10 lakh in cash.
"We received specific inputs that a fake call centre had cheated several foreign nationals on the pretext of providing customer support service," ACP Varun Dahiya said.
A case under relevant sections of the IPC has been registered against the accused at the Cyber Crime police station.
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