The five UK-based fraudsters, Amanda Grigg, 66, of Cornwall, Jose Kuriakose, 50, Kent, Gena Harrington, 39, Birmingham, Bindu Devasia, 49, Kent and Nicholas Alcide, 40, from Birmingham transferred £1,289,837 to the two ringleaders in India, who are also brothers.

So far, the brothers have not been arrested as they are based in India and masterminded the fraud from offshore.

The group pretended to be IT firms such as HP, Microsoft, Norton and Epson to convince their victims they had a problem with their computers.