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Indian Man Extradited From Singapore To US For Role In Call Centre Fraud
NDTV ^ | 20 Apr 2019 | staff

Posted on 04/20/2019 7:37:43 AM PDT by Leaning Right

Hitesh Madhubhai Patel, 42, ran a call center, one of five India-based operations which allegedly worked together in an operation targetin mostly South Asians living in the United States.

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Patel ran the HGlobal call center, one of five India-based operations which allegedly worked together in an operation which targeted mostly South Asians living in the United States.

Callers pretending to be US tax or immigration officials threatened them with arrest and deportation if they did not remit money to the government.

The victims were then directed to people working with the call centers in the United States to collect the "fines" through prepaid debit cards or wire transfers, and the money was quickly laundered out of the country.

(Excerpt) Read more at ndtv.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: callcenter; scam
The prepaid card ruse is quite common. The phone scammer will tell his victim that he can pay off his "overdue IRS taxes" or his "lottery winnings fee" by getting a gift card. The victim is then told to read off the card's validation number. Poof! The card is now usable by the scammer.

Anyway, one scammer down. Ten thousand to go.

1 posted on 04/20/2019 7:37:43 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

Yes. There enough stupid people who think the IRS needs you to go get a Walmart gift card to pay off back taxes.


2 posted on 04/20/2019 7:40:38 AM PDT by 2banana (Were you)
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To: Leaning Right

Sally? They extradited Sally?


3 posted on 04/20/2019 7:52:49 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Leaning Right

Tie him up in a public place with a sign that tells what he did. We’ll take care of the rest.


4 posted on 04/20/2019 7:53:23 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: Leaning Right

Death penalty for these types. So hard to catch them, the deterrent needs to be as extreme as possible.


5 posted on 04/20/2019 7:59:05 AM PDT by thoughtomator (The Clinton Coup attempt was a worse attack on the USA than was 9/11)
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To: All

Put him in a room and play robocalls til he dies!


6 posted on 04/20/2019 8:03:12 AM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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To: Leaning Right

Punishment should be to put him in a room with a single phone that rings constantly with nagging crank calls interspersed with very important calls he really needs to receive.


7 posted on 04/20/2019 8:12:00 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just hava few days that don't suck.)
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To: Leaning Right

I got the “GRAMDMA???” call Tuesday at 4:30 PM.

Next time, I will string them along.

This time I told them “You have the wrong person,Pal. I have no kids...so—NOT a grandma.


8 posted on 04/20/2019 10:00:39 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Retvet

Excellent!


9 posted on 04/20/2019 4:02:16 PM PDT by V V Camp Enari 67-68 (Viet Vet)
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