India, June 18 -- LUCKNOW The two fake call centres, operating in the guise of providing jobs to youths, busted by the Lucknow Police on Tuesday had been running like professionally structured firms for nearly two years.

The operators employed tele-callers to deceive job seekers. Each tele-caller was assigned daily goals and could earn a base salary of Rs.8,000- Rs.10,000, plus a 10% commission on the amounts swindled from each victim (job seeker). A single successful scam could net the caller Rs.2,000 in just one day, said police.

The operators also impersonated HR personnel of reputed companies, conducted fake interviews over calls and sent forged appointment letters in exchange for money.

Nine people were arrested in back-to-back ra...