Indian Authorities Raid Fake Tech Support Rings After Tipoff From Amazon and Microsoft

Acting on information from Microsoft and Amazon, India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has raided alleged fake tech support operators and other tech-related crims across the country. From a report: The Bureau shared news of a Thursday operation that saw it conduct 76 searches in relation to five cases. The Bureau stated its effort "was conducted in collaboration with national and international agencies, alongside private sector giants," and described two of its targets as international tech support fraud scams that "impersonated a global IT major and a multinational corporation with an online technology-driven trading platform." The alleged scammers operated call centers in five regions of India and "systematically preyed on foreign nationals, masquerading as technical support representatives" for at least five years. The scammers sent users pop-up messages that appeared to come from multinational companies and advised of PC problems -- with a toll-free number at which assistance could be had. Victims who called the fakers had their PCs taken over, and were charged hundreds of dollars for a fix.

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