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  "type": "article",
  "title": "Gwalior Hotel Room Hid a Fake US Call Center Where Four Men Posed as Americans to Scam Victims",
  "summary": "A fake call center running out of a room at Hotel Jainpath in Gwalior has been busted, where four young men who studied only up to class 10 or 12 posed as American citizens to defraud people in the US. Investigators say the gang scammed more than a crore rupees in five months, and the case is now headed to the FBI.",
  "content": "Police in Gwalior have cracked open a fake international call center that was running out of a single hotel room, and the interrogation of the four young men arrested in the case is turning up one startling detail after another.\n\nA Hotel Room Turned Scam Hub\nThe racket was operating out of room number 6 at Hotel Jainpath, located on the Agra-Mumbai National Highway within the limits of Gwalior's Mohna police station. For the past five months, the room had quietly doubled as the base of a call center defrauding citizens of the United States. Acting on a tip-off, police raided the room and picked up four young men on the spot.\n\nFake Names, American Accents, Real Money\nWhat investigators found startled even them: all four accused had studied only up to class 10 or class 12, yet they spoke fluent English in a convincing American accent. During questioning, the men admitted they had taught themselves the accent using online resources. They introduced themselves to victims under fake American identities, Frank, Louis, Bruce and Michael, never revealing their real names. Each day, the group placed more than 400 calls to people across the United States.\n\nBehind the operation was a mastermind named Prabal Pratap Singh Parihar, who supplied the callers with ready-made scripts and personal data of American citizens. That data, police found, was sourced from the dark web. While a call was in progress, the script stayed open on a laptop screen in front of the caller, who read from it to keep the conversation convincing.\n\nRs 50,000 to Rs 70,000 a Day, Over a Crore in Five Months\nBecause of the roughly 12-hour time difference between India and the United States, the accused reportedly slept through the day and ran the call center between 9 pm and 6 am. In that window, they managed to dupe 12 to 15 people every night, mostly through the promise of gift cards or by charging bogus processing fees. On average, the gang pocketed between Rs 50,000 and Rs 70,000 a day, adding up to more than a crore rupees over five months. All of that money flowed directly into the mastermind's bank accounts. The four men who made the calls were paid a comparatively small cut, a monthly salary of Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000, plus a 5 percent commission on whatever amount they managed to extract from victims.\n\nNow an FBI Matter\nGiven that the racket specifically targeted American citizens, the case is likely to move beyond India's borders. Gwalior police plan to route information about the case to the FBI through India's Ministry of External Affairs. Considering how serious the case is, an FBI team could travel to Gwalior for the investigation if required. From the hotel room, police seized four laptops, seven mobile phones, four headphones, the scripts used during calls, customer details and other documents, together valued at around Rs 3.75 lakh. Investigators are now trying to establish exactly how many people in the United States fell victim to the racket.\n\nWhat this means for you\n• Across India: The case is a reminder of how young people with only basic school education are being lured into cybercrime rackets simply by learning to speak English with an American accent, so job offers promising easy money at call centers deserve extra scrutiny.\n• In Gwalior: With the racket traced to a room at Hotel Jainpath on Mohna Highway, local police are likely to step up checks on other hotels and rented spaces in the area for similar fake call centers.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. Where was this fake call center in Gwalior operating from?\nIt was running out of room number 6 at Hotel Jainpath, located on the Agra-Mumbai National Highway in the Mohna police station area.\n\n2. How did the accused scam their victims?\nThey posed as American citizens named Frank, Louis, Bruce and Michael, spoke in an American accent, and defrauded people using gift card and processing fee scams.\n\n3. How much money did the gang scam?\nThe gang scammed more than a crore rupees over five months, averaging Rs 50,000 to Rs 70,000 a day.\n\n4. Who is the mastermind behind the racket?\nThe mastermind is Prabal Pratap Singh Parihar, who supplied the scripts and the personal data of American citizens.\n\n5. What did police seize from the hotel room?\nPolice seized 4 laptops, 7 mobile phones, 4 headphones, scripts, customer details and other documents worth around Rs 3.75 lakh.\n\n6. Why is the case headed to the FBI?\nBecause the racket specifically targeted American citizens, Gwalior police will send details of the case to the FBI through India's Ministry of External Affairs.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/madhya-pradesh/gwalior-ke-hotala-men-bana-pharji-america-kola-sentara-nakali-nama-rakhakara-roja-karate-the-400-kola-11813",
  "category": "Madhya Pradesh",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-29",
  "tags": [
    "Gwalior",
    "Fake Call Center",
    "Cyber Fraud",
    "American Citizens Scam",
    "FBI Investigation",
    "Dark Web Data",
    "Gift Card Scam",
    "Madhya Pradesh Crime"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}