New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Sunday said that they have arrested 32 persons and busted an international cheating scam call centre defrauding Canada citizens in Moti Nagar area. The accused used to make phone calls to foreign nationals and posed themselves as Candian police officers. They cheat them on the false pretext of saving them from non-existing Social Insurance Number (SIN) violations. Police said that the accused were running the racket in an organized way. It was noticed that fraudsters were engaged in using illegal techniques, VOIP calls, bypassing the legal International Long Distance (ILD) gateways. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Sameer Sharma said that arrests were made after they raided the call centre operating from West Delhis Moti Nagar. Three persons identified as Jasjot Singh, Sarabjot Singh and Sagar Jain were supervising the illegal activities. Additional DCP Sharma said that the SIN scam, just one of the criminal schemes operated from the centres, typically begins with a robocall claiming to be from the Service Canada agency and telling the recipient that there are several allegations found licked with his SIN Number (9 digit number that you need to work in Canada or to have access to government programs and benefits). "The target is informed that they must call back — or face arrest and imprisonment. Call spoofing technology is used to make it appear the number is in Canada. Those who call back are subjected to further threats, but then offered a one-time chance to pay and settle the matter," said Sharma. Victims were asked to hand over money in a variety of ways, including through Bitcoin ATMs and gift cards The accused had purchased unauthorized and illegal VOIP minutes from international markets thereby causing huge revenue loss to Indian exchequer and duping Indian Telecom Sector and which was a violation of the Indian Telegraph Act 1985. "They are using their technology to evade detection. One of the mobile found at the spot had Bitcoin Blockchain wallet App, which was used to receive the cheated amount from victims in the form of Bitcoins," police said. One Canadian national who has been duped of $ 13,500 through this SIN scam has lodged a complaint against these cheats.

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