Kolkata, Sept. 17 -- Kolkata Police busted a fraud racket and arrested 10 people last night for operating a fake international call centre from the city and allegedly duping American citizens over phone calls.
More than Rs 10 lakhs in cash, several mobile phones and two cars were recovered.
According to police sources, the fraudsters had opened fake call centres in different areas of Kolkata from where they used to call American citizens using the name of an international financial technology company on various pretexts.
Sometimes the fraudsters would promise technical support, sometimes they would offer to send money to the person receiving the call. These people would fall for that trap and were duped.
After receiving a complaint in t...