Around 76 locations were raided across 12 Indian states in a crackdown on tech support scam calls. AdvertisementAdvertisementIndia has been cracking down on tech support scammers in an effort to "combat and dismantle" finance-related cyber crime, officials announced on Thursday. Officials raided around 76 suspected illegal call center locations across India, in several different states, according to a press release from India's Central Bureau of Investigations. The scammers often pretend to work for reputable companies like Microsoft and Amazon, according to a press release from Amazon. —Central Bureau of Investigation (India) (@CBIHeadquarters) October 19, 2023Law enforcement seized 32 phones, 48 laptops and hard discs, and 33 SIM cards and froze several bank accounts amid the raid of the 76 locations, according to CBI.

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