Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) has congratulated Delhi Police in India for busting a fake call centre that was targetting Canadians.
Durham Police has been warning residents against a ramp-up in CRA and SIN related scam calls over past few weeks.
“Great work by our counterparts [in] West Delhi in a fraudulent call center raid which targeted Canadians. Positive step in the right direction,” said a DRPS tweet.
West Delhi Police said on November 18 that a fake international call centre was busted and 32 persons had been arrested.
“West District Police during a raid in area of Moti Nagar have arrested 32 persons of [a] call center on charges of threatening and extorting money from people in Canada,” it said.
The police seized 55 computers and 35 mobiles seized.
They estimated that Canadians had been cheated out of about Rs 300 crores (app. C$55.45 million)