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Writer's pictureDr Ashok Barthwal

You Might be Next Victim

Updated: Dec 20, 2020


A massive syndicate targeting foreign nationals is active nowadays. Member of syndicate calls foreign nationals based in the US and other country impersonating as law enforcement agency and intimate that their bank accounts and assets are being frozen as their details have been found at a crime scene and asked for settlement to avoid arrest.


For processing, they ask for bank details and available balance. Once information gathered victim is advised to convert available funds into Bitcoins or Google Cards and transfer the same to the wallets operated by a syndicate with assurance for safely linked the same with victims' new accounts. The entire process is corroborated with the written script for duping.


Cyber Crime Unit of Delhi Police busted racket duping foreign nationals by false implications. 54 members of the racket were arrested from an illegal call center running in the Moti Nagar area of Delhi. 89 desktops with the server have been seized. Preliminary investigation reveals that an elaborate written script was used to dupe around 100 crores from 4500 victims.


Owners of the call center are managing the operations from Dubai.


Under such circumstances, a local law enforcement agency should be contacted immediately. You can contact their Helpline Number - 155260 between 9.00 AM to 6.00 PM. or by login on website https://cybercrime.gov.in/Webform/Helpline.aspx.


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