On October 17, 2024, police in Dehradun, India conducted a raid against an illegal call center in a Rajpur commercial complex operated by PCM Worldwide Flights Private Limited for facilitating flight reservations scams against American and Canadian residents. Three individuals were arrested for managing the call center during the operation:
36-year-old Vikas (or “Phillip”) from Haryana
22-year-old Mohammed “John” Monish from Uttar Pradesh
30-year-old Mannu “Rob” Yadav from Utter Pradesh
47 youths who served as representatives for the company were let go after being served notices, and police are actively pursuing the arrest of kingpin Apul Mittal and are investigating how much money was duped from American residents from the past 3 years.
Dehradun police have arrested three men involved in a fraudulent call centre scheme that duped US and Canadian citizens through fake flight bookings. The call centre, operating under the guise of 'PCM Worldwide Flight Ltd', deceived victims into...
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(888) 997-6895 is a NumHub number belonging to PCM Travels, a travel scam agency that has been on our radar since February 19, 2022.
I have conducted further research into the scam and found the true identity of their company as PCM Worldwide Flights Private Limited, which is listed on Google as operating …
While investigating the Explore Nut Travel travel agency , I found a number listed on an article by the same spammer who posted the Explore Nut Travel #. While initially I believed they were the classic Cheap Flights Fares scammers (guy who picked up said they were), it was found out through going through the scam and getting their emails that they were not. They just said random travel words to form a random name, got “lucky.” Neep found the name SkyFlightCheap LLC , as well as an alternate name H…
Fareshope seems to be connected to PCM Travels , found here .
We can confirm through this that Fareshope are, or directly associated with, scammers.
Scam Number: (845) 795-3595
Scammer’s Website or Email: Cheap Flight Tickets starting from $105 | Fareshope
Additional information about this scam: Called scam leadgen, got connected, now they called me back on a number. During the flight booking, they sent an email that they are ‘PCM Tavels’ and Fareshope (845) 795-3595
Carrier: Call Haven Partners, LLC
Number parked for: Pick-a-Scam.
Pressing 1 transfers callers to what is presumed to be AT&T/DirecTV
Pressing 2 transfers callers to an Indian call center, answering as “Reservations for all the airlines.”
Pressing 3 transfers callers to an Indian call center, answering as “PCM Travels”
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4 years of looking into travel scams and this seems to be the only instance of any legal action being taken against them. Feels good
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didn’t pleasant green cover this exact company a while back?
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drwat
28 October 2024 02:14
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Two locations: Azadpur (Delhi) and Dehradun, aka Dehradoon, India
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