New Delhi/Gurugram, March 23 -- Police busted an alleged fake call centre here that duped some people in Canada by offering to provide technical support by posing as representatives of Microsoft.
Police have arrested 13 people, including the team leader of the "call centre", which was being operated from a rented house in Sushant Lok Phase 3, police said.
Gurugram ACP (cyber) Priyanshu Dewan said, "These people dupe foreign citizens in the name of providing customer care service of Microsoft Support by sending viruses to the computers of Canadian citizens through pop-ups."
They took 300 to 500 dollars fraudulently from customers using "gift vouchers", he said. Twelve laptops and three mobile phones were recovered from their possession.
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