Eleven persons, working in two Whitefield-based call centres that were running phishing operations targeting bank customers in the United States have been arrested by Bengaluru police. All of them hail from Gujarat.
Ironically, the method adopted by the callers was to seek the bank account details of customers by flagging a potential fraudulent transaction in their accounts, and in turn steal money. The company was named “Ethical Infotech Pvt. Ltd.”
“Callers mainly targeted customers in the US and the modus operandi involved sending messages to potential targets through text messages, voice mail, etc. that a fraudulent/ suspect transaction or purchase has noticed in one of their accounts — such as a bank account or an Amazon account — and the call is being made on behalf of the vendor to resolve the fraudulent transaction,” said a statement from Whitefield Division Police.
