India, Oct. 6 -- A cyber-fraud network, which was busted in August by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting citizens of the United States of America and Canada through an Igatpuri-based illegal call centre, was using sophisticated digital means, including cloud servers, to approach victims, the agency has learnt.

The fraudsters allegedly employed a simple yet clever ruse by posing as customer support staff of an e-commerce site to contact their potential victims. The accused would inform them that there were pending orders in their account that required a payment to cancel them. The victims were then allegedly persuaded into transferring a cancellation charge via cryptocurrency (a type of virtual...