Kolkata/IBNS, Feb. 7 -- A sophisticated cyber fraud operation impersonating Microsoft technical support was uncovered in Kolkata, with police arresting eight people accused of targeting victims in the United States.

The fake call centre was operating out of a residential flat in south Kolkata's Maheshtala area, authorities said on Friday.

The arrests followed a pre-dawn raid by the Kolkata Police cyber cell, which dismantled what officers described as a well-organised international scam network.

According to investigators, the accused posed as Microsoft technical support executives and lured victims by circulating fake customer care numbers on online platforms accessed in the US.

When unsuspecting users called these numbers seeking as...