Around 76 locations were raided in India as part of a crackdown on phony tech support scam calls

Sat, 10/21/2023 - 09:20

Security during CBI raid — Indian officials have raided over 76 locations in an international crackdown on tech support scam calls.
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Around 76 locations were raided across 12 Indian states in a crackdown on tech support scam calls.
India's Central Bureau of Investigations is working with Amazon and Microsoft to combat scammers.
Over 2,000 people have been impacted by these scams, with the US being a major target.

India has been cracking down on tech support scammers in an effort to "combat and dismantle" finance-related cyber crime, officials announced on Thursday.