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

• 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.

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. These raids were part of a police operation called Chakra-II. The scammers often pretend to work for reputable companies like Microsoft and Amazon, according to a press release from Amazon.