On August 8, 2024, police in Dehradun conducted a raid against an illegal call center in Rajpur for facilitating a tech support scam operation under the business identity of Global Tech Energy Solutions. Americans and Candians were duped with fraudulent cold calls made under the guise of the “International Anti-Hacking Agency” so they can falsely claim the victims’ computers were hacked in order to charge them a fee for “repairs.”
The scammers also used popups sent by another team in the United States who keeps track of the monetary transactions. The scammers use a variety of applications, including:
- QuickAssist
- LogMeIn123 (support.me)
- GoShare
- Tinyurl
- Eyebeam
- Asia One
- 2 Line
- Talkatone
8 individuals were detained during the operation:
- Mihir Ashwin Bhai Patel - Director from Ahmedabad
- Lalit alias Rodi - Director from Ahmedabad
- Amir Suhail - Resident of Kolkata
- Manoj Mirpuri - Resident of Pune
- Ankit Singh - Resident of Bihar
- Kaushik Jana - Resident of West Bengal
- Shivam Dubey - Resident of Ahmedabad
- Goswami Hed Bharti - Resident of Bhavnagar, Gujarat
81 laptops, 42 mobile phones, 106 laptop charges, 126 mice, 29 desktop computers, 100 headphones, 32 keyboards, 26 CPUs, 5 WiFi routers and a Mahindra Thar were seized during the raid.