PORVORIM
Porvorim police busted a fake call centre in Porvorim and arrested five persons from Gujarat on charges of duping callers from abroad by posing as employees of Microsoft.
Police Inspector Anant Gaonkar said the accused, Pathan Jahurkhan (28), Kunal Ketanbhai Gupta (27), Kurmi Anilsing (24), Saroj Jaydeep (23) and Ayaz Khan (23) were arrested in the wee hours of Thursday.
Porvorim police said the five accused were caught red-handed while allegedly targeting victim callers from foreign countries on the pretext of loan approvals by impersonating employees of Microsoft, while also offering technical support, hardware upgrade and antivirus to the victim callers from abroad.
Police registered an offence against them under Sections 419, 420 read with 34 Indian penal code and Section 66“D of IT Act. Police Inspector Anant Gaonkar is investigating the case.
