Sagar Thakkar alias Shaggy

Thane call call centre scam just tip of the iceberg, police probing similar frauds

The masterminds of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) call centre scam may be involved in at least four other such frauds to cheat US, Australian and Canadian citizens, a top police official said. 

Oct 29, 2016, 15:12 PM IST

Call centre scam: This is how Shaggy-the mastermind used to trap victims

Scamsters in the recently busted multi-crore call centre racket were using well-known people search websites, which provide a person's name and addresses, to gauge a potential victim's ability to pay as part of their illegal operations, police have revealed.

Oct 21, 2016, 13:22 PM IST