Hyderabad City Police book 5,646 cases of cyber-crimes in 2021

Hyderabad: While the city police heaved a sigh of relief over the drop in cases pertaining to conventional or traditional crimes, a huge rise in cases of cybercrime this year is proving to be a litmus test for the cops. As against 1,379 cybercrime cases reported in 2020, the city police booked 5,646 cases of […]

Hyderabad: While the city police heaved a sigh of relief over the drop in cases pertaining to conventional or traditional crimes, a huge rise in cases of cybercrime this year is proving to be a litmus test for the cops.

As against 1,379 cybercrime cases reported in 2020, the city police booked 5,646 cases of cyber-crimes in 2021.

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Additional Commissioner of Police (Crimes) Shikha Goel, said that to help the complainants who are victims of Cybercrime, this year as part of a new effort, the facility to register cases at the local law and order police stations was introduced.

“Anyone who is victim of cybercrime can approach the local police station. Cases will be booked and investigated by the local police officers who were proficiently trained in cybercrime investigations,” she said.

She said a majority of the frauds pertain to Unified Payment Interface (UPI) scams where the fraudsters mostly ask the victims to scan QR code to receive payment and con the victims into transferring money to the fraudsters.

“Almost 45 per cent of the cybercrime cases pertain to the UPI scams followed by 15 per cent OTP frauds, fake customer care, investment fraud and other cybercrimes,” said the official.

Shikha Goel, observed that many senior citizens were falling victims to the cybercrime frauds. “After the pandemic, senior citizens are avoiding going out and instead trying to use online portals and e-wallets for payments from their houses. Many are not familiar with the safety guidelines and are ending up falling victims to the frauds,” she explained.

Meanwhile, the official said the city police were also receiving complaints of loan frauds and asked people not to take loan through online apps. She also warned that the police are cracking down on online investment fraudsters and arrested 18 persons this year.

“Also some online gaming apps are demanding crypto currency from players and these is scope of people falling prey to fraudsters in it,” Shikha Goel warned.

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