{"id":28837,"date":"2016-10-06T10:25:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T03:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/huge-phone-scam-targeting-americans-leads-to-700-being-detained-in-india\/"},"modified":"2016-10-06T22:44:20","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T15:44:20","slug":"huge-phone-scam-targeting-americans-leads-to-700-being-detained-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/huge-phone-scam-targeting-americans-leads-to-700-being-detained-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge phone scam targeting Americans leads to 700 being detained in India"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPolice say call-centre workers in Mumbai posed as Internal Revenue Service tax collectors to rake in millions of dollarsThousands of US citizens may have been targeted in a huge tax scam run from fake call centres in Mumbai in which hundreds of workers were allegedly trained to speak in American accents in order to steal tens of millions of dollars, Indian police have said.In what is thought to have been one of the biggest scams of its kind in Indian history, 700 people are being investigated for taking part in the alleged scheme, which involved workers posing as US tax officials, according to Paramvir Singh, the police commissioner of Thane. Continue reading…
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