These scams follow a specific modus operandi in which fraudsters impersonate law enforcement officials and use video calls to convince victims that they are involved in criminal activities and must answer to the law. Out of fear of repercussions, victims often succumb to the empty threats of these scammers.
The dearth of trained cyber security professionals, in fact, has prompted a few institutes, including Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, to offer courses on cyber security
Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said public order and police are state subjects as per the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution and hence, prevention, detection, registration, investigation and prosecution