The Supreme Court has been moved seeking setting up of an expert committee under the supervision of the sitting or retired judge of the top court to examine the possible ways to control the cyber frauds which have witnessed a spike in the cases of cyber frauds in the recent years.
One of the biggest ever cyber fraud cases in the history of Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has been registered by a former bank employee of about Rs 1.35 crore.
Sunidhi Nayak, a popular Indo-Bangladeshi singer, has lodged a complaint at Santiniketan police station in Birbhum district today allegedly for Rs 5 lakh cyber fraud.
Indo-Bangladeshi singer Sunidhi Nayak reports a ₹5 lakh cyber fraud to police, alleging threats from scammers posing as CBI agents.
An initiative ‘Sajag Cyber Prahari’ (Vigilant Cyber Police) has been initiated by Delhi Police to spread awareness amongst the senior citizens regarding Cyber Fraud.
The Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said the modus operandi used by imposters was sending personal WhatsApp messages to innocent people mostly government officials, asking for financial favors in form of Amazon gift cards.
When victims reveal their card details, the accused make POS transactions and obtain the OTPs from the victims and complete the transactions.
After realizing that he had been taken for a ride, he lodged a report at Cyber Police Station at Crime Branch headquarters.
He said that taking advantage of the corona epidemic, cyber fraudsters are skimming money from bank accounts. So, avoid opening online messages on Covid-19.
The certificate carries the name, age, gender as well as vaccination details—the name of the vaccine, dates of the first and as well as the second dose and other important personal information that can be misused, the senior official said.
