'Increase your credit card limit': Mumbai Police bust illegal call centre in Delhi

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Mumbai Police have busted an illegal call centre operating out of Delhi and arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly duping people on the pretext of increasing the limit of their credit cards, officials said on Tuesday.

The accused was identified as Manjeet Kumar Mahavir Singh. During the investigation, the police found that the number used for calling the complainant was from Delhi, following which a team of the Sion police went to the national capital for investigation and conducted a raid at the illegal call centre and arrested Singh, an official was quoted by PTI.

The accused had set up a call centre in a room, where 11 persons were found making calls to people across the country and cheating them on the promise of increasing the limit of their credit cards, he said.

As per a report by PTI, the racket came to light in August last year following a complaint from a man who was defrauded of over Rs 4.5 lakh by unidentified fraudsters.

"The complainant had received a call on his mobile phone in which the caller had promised to increase the limit of his credit card," the official was quoted by PTI.

The caller had gained the complainant's confidence and obtained his credit card number and other vital details by asking him to fill up details in a link, he added.

By using those details, the fraudster withdrew Rs 4.54 lakh from his credit card, the official said.

"While investigating the case, it also came to light that there were 16 online complaints in which the same mobile number was used by the accused persons," the official added.