Archive · 15 Nov 2025
Two Fake Call Centers Busted in Hinjewadi, Cheating American Citizens
Police in India found two fake offices that were trying to trick people in America.
These fake offices pretended to be from a medical department or a financial company.
They called Americans, asked about their health after taking medicines, and offered to help them get money if they were sick.
They also pretended to help people get loans but then asked for money or gift cards.
The scammers used fake American accents and had scripts to read.
Police arrested some of the people running these fake offices, including the bosses.
They took computers and phones.
They are still investigating how many people were tricked and how the scammers got the American citizens' information.
Pimpri Chinchwad police busted two fake call centers in Hinjewadi, India, targeting American citizens.
23 individuals were booked, with four arrested, including owners and managers of the call centers.
The call centers used pseudonyms and faked American accents to impersonate medical officials and financial company employees.
Scammers inquired about victims' health after medication or offered loans, then collected personal information, bank details, and money/gift vouchers.
Police seized multiple computers, laptops, and hard discs and are investigating the extent of the fraud and data sources.
- Who
- Pimpri Chinchwad police; owners, managers, and employees of two fake call centers
- What
- Busted two fake call centers defrauding American citizens through various scams.
- When
- Friday morning (date not specified, but during the report's context)
- Where
- Hinjewadi Phase 2 IT Park, Pimpri-Chinchwad, India
- Why
- To cheat American citizens by impersonating medical officials and financial company employees to obtain personal information, bank details, and money.
Call Centre Management
Police
Role of Employees
Call Centre Management
While owners and managers were arrested, employees were not immediately arrested, suggesting a focus on leadership in the initial phase.
Police
Police are probing the role of employees and investigating how they were hired and trained for fraudulent activities.
- Location of Bust
- Hinjewadi Phase 2 IT Park, Pimpri-Chinchwad, India
- Number of Call Centers Busted
- 2
- Total Booked
- 23
- Initial Arrests
- 4 (Owners and Managers)
- Target Victims
- American citizens
- Modus Operandi (Medical Health Dept.)
- Faked being Medical Health Department staff, inquired about side effects of medicines/powders, offered compensation for medical issues like cancer/lymphoma, collected personal information, and allegedly supplied it to US law firms.
- Modus Operandi (Financial Company)
- Posed as employees of 'Community Choice Financial Company', collected bank details and confidential information by offering loans, and obtained gift vouchers or money to improve credit scores.
- Seized Items
- 9 computers, 2 laptops (from Sky High Solution); 20 hard discs, 3 laptops (total from both)
