India: Scam Call Centres
Debate between Lord Fowler and Lord Naseby(4 years, 7 months ago)
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Lord Naseby (Con)
Is the Minister aware that I have lived, worked and visited India, and I know both good and rogue call centres there? The BBC recently exposed call centres that target UK elderly people, saying that their computer is frozen and giving them a phone number for technical support that will unfreeze it in return for payment. These are vulnerable people who are currently in self-isolation. They are elderly people with no family support and are worried stiff that they will lose their only means of visual communication, so they pay up. Will the Minister urgently link up with the City of London Police fraud action force and the National Crime Agency to put real pressure on the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation to act on this matter?
The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
Minister. I was going to add “Baroness Williams of Trafford”, because I did not introduce you the first time.