The Noida police on Friday arrested 126 people from a fake call centre allegedly involved in extorting money from U.S. citizens after threatening them with arrest for having discrepancies in their social security number. In a raid on Thursday at the call centre in Noida, the sleuths arrested operators and callers, besides seizing several computer systems and cash worth over ₹20 lakh, Gautam Buddh Nagar Superintendent of Police Ajay Pal Sharma said. He said the callers would ask for up to $3,500 and transfer it through target purchasing of “playstore cards” in the U.S., which the call centre owners would get encashed with the help of their aides abroad.

Source: The Hindu December 21, 2018 17:15 UTC