Cyber Frauds Arrested In Ludhiana, Punjab : Punjab’s Ludhiana Police on Friday busted an illegal call center and arrested 30 people for duping various people, including foreigners. Officials gave this information on Friday. In a tweet, Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said, “In a major breakthrough, Ludhiana Police busted an illegally running international call center and arrested 30 people of a gang who posed as technical service providers to multinational companies and duped citizens, mainly foreigners, of huge sums of money.”
Two women included in the arrested accused, 34 mobiles recovered
Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said that the arrested gang members are from Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Delhi and Punjab. Ludhiana Police Commissioner Mandeep Singh said that two women were also among those arrested. He said that 34 mobile phones and Rs 1,17,000 in cash along with several electronic gadgets were also recovered from the possession of the accused. Police said the gang members used to make calls to people from across the world and used to introduce themselves as customer support executives of top companies. Then they used to send an email to the customers in which a phone number was written.
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Police Commissioner Mandeep Singh said, “When an unknown customer would call that number, the fraudsters would tell them that their mobile phone was hacked and all their banking information was at risk and they would ask them to share their bank information.” The accused then used to collect the information by sending a form to disclose the customer’s banking information, he said.
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The age of the arrested accused is between 25 and 35 years.
Police said that during the investigation it was revealed that the age of all the arrested people is between 25 to 35 years and their educational qualification is up to 12th standard. It told that all those arrested are from different states and belong to poor families. Police said that the parents of most of them are laborers and the greed of earning easy money attracted them towards this.
Complaint lodged on Ministry’s cyber portal and number
Let us tell you that if you are also a victim of fraud, then file a complaint immediately. Apart from registering a complaint in your concerned police station, you can also get the complaint of fraud done on the National Helpline number 155260. Call this number as soon as any online fraud happens to you. After that the cyber portal of your ministry You can also file a complaint.
How can I get the scammed money back?
If you too have been scammed with money and want your money back, contact your bank immediately and tell them what happened and ask if you can get a refund. Most banks should reimburse you if you have transferred money to someone because of a scam.
