India, April 6 -- The Mumbai police crime branch has busted a fake call centre in Andheri (East) where employees were duping Canadian citizens either by threatening them by posing as law enforcement officers or by luring them to buy e-commerce gift cards, which they encashed before sending to the buyers.

Acting on a tip-off, Unit 10 of the crime branch raided the call centre at Mittal Industrial Estate in Marol, Andheri (East), on Friday night, said a police officer who was part of the investigation.

According to the police, the call centre employees called Canadian citizens posing as representatives of e-commerce giant Amazon. They told them their Amazon account had an iPhone 16 Pro Max purchase reflecting in it and asked them to press...