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phone number, visiting fraudulent web- malware that encrypts the files, storage of cyber crime specialists to investigate
sites or downloading malicious content media on communication devices like cases of frauds involving ATM, credit
via phone or web. Every now and then desktops, Laptops, Mobile phones etc., card, e-wallet, fake profile and password
people receive text messages on their holding data/information as a hostage. hacking. The cell will also monitor the
phones, where they are lured with as- The victim is asked to pay the demanded social media platforms for possible mis-
sured money or goodies, if they reply, ransom to get his device decrypts. use and will also organise interactive
call on a particular number or click on programmes in schools and colleges to
a particular link mentioned in the sms. Virus, worms and trojans create awareness on cyber offences.
It has been found that many people are Computer Virus is a program written To monitor the functioning of all zon-
falling for this trap laid out by these cyber to enter to your computer and damage/ al, district and police station level cyber
criminals and are losing money and their alter your files/data and replicate them- wings, a state-level cyber cell is already
private data stored on their mobiles. selves. Worms are malicious programs operational at the UP Police headquar-
that make copies of themselves again ters. Specialised cyber police stations are
Phishing and again on the local drive, network also functioning at Noida and Lucknow.
Phishing is a type of fraud that involves shares, etc. A Trojan horse is not a virus. Looking at the growing instances of
of Jharkhand Police, Ataul Ansari was stealing personal information such as It is a destructive program that looks as cybercrimes, UP Police is going to open
nabbed. Customer ID, IPIN, Credit/Debit Card a genuine application. Unlike viruses, six more specialised cyber police stations
Similarly an MP from Kerala was number, Card expiry date, CVV number, Trojan horses do not replicate them - at Agra, Kanpur, Bareilly, Varanasi, Gora-
duped of 1.60 lakh, a Union minister had etc. through emails that appear to be selves but they can be just as destructive. khpur and Prayagraj.
lost 1.80 lakh and a MLA from UP was from a legitimate source. This is another Karnataka is another state where the
cheated off 5,000. very common type of data stealing prac- cyber crime is on a high, according to the
These criminals succeed because of tise used by the cyber criminals. People Cyber-criminals Cyber Crime Police Station in Bengalu-
lack of awareness among masses and receive emails from fake bank sites, gov- are the new ru, more than 12,700 cyber crime cases
their ability to use technology to full ex- ernment sites and other cooperate web- have been reported in the city between
tent to escape from getting caught by the sites which look similar to the original entrepreneurs of the January 2018 and September 2019. As per
authorities. sites. Cyber criminals are able to steal lot 21st Century: intelligent the cyber police, every third of the case
According to the report shared by the of important information via phishing. reported, involves economic fraud in
National Crime Records Bureau of India, business people Karnataka and are related to job scams, a
21796 cases of cyber crime was reported tive ways used by cyber criminals and promise of better employment with Spamming who have identified third of them are related to OTP and UPI
across India in the year of 2017, almost others. As cyber criminals are intelligent higher wages. Many cases have sur - Spamming occurs when someone re- fraud, and the remaining are lottery re-
doubled from 12,317 in the year 2016, out bunch of people, it’s becoming difficult faced in past few years where cyber ceives an unsolicited commercial mes- innovative ways to lated scams.
of which fraudulent transactions was the for cyber safety authorities to track them criminals are using this method to sages sent via email, SMS, MMS and According to cyber police, investigat-
most reported cyber crimes. down as these criminals keep on evolv- extort money. any other similar electronic messaging capitalise on others’ ing cyber crimes related to economic of-
As per India’s official cyber crime re- ing and are always one step ahead. media. They may try to persuade recipi- failings fenses are very difficult as IP addresses or
cords for 2017, Uttar Pradesh has record- Being one of the fastest growing in- Vishing ent to buy a product or service, or visit a phone numbers used for crime are from
ed the highest number of cyber crimes ternet markets of the world, India has Vishing is an attempt where fraudsters website where he can make purchases; African or eastern European countries.
in 2017, with 4,971 cases out of the total become a favourite destination for these try to seek personal information like or they may attempt to trick him/ her Trojans open a backdoor entry to your It gets difficult to track such people with
21,796 cases. Maharashtra stood second cyber criminals. These criminals are us- Customer ID, Net Banking password, into divulging bank account or credit computer which gives malicious users/ the kind of technology available at their
with 3,604 cases of cyber crime, followed ing all sorts of technologies available at ATM PIN, OTP, Card expiry date, CVV etc. card details. programs access to your system, allow- disposal.
by Karnataka with 3,174 cases. their disposal to commit fraud and cheat through a phone call. Many people have ing confidential and personal informa- As the cases related to cyber crimes
The main focus of cyber criminals individuals in the country. got calls from these fake customer care SIM swap scam tion to be theft. are increasing, government bodies and
was on the online cheating as 1896 cases According to National Cyber Crime agents representing banks and other SIM Swap Scam occurs when fraudsters That said, the attention and awareness other agencies are becoming more ac-
were recorded across India followed by Reporting Portal of India, governed by agencies to dupe people of their hard manage to get a new SIM card issued on cyber crime and cyber security have tive to counter them and create aware-
1543 cases of ATM frauds, 804 cases of Ministry of Home Affairs, cybercrime earned money by creating fear among against a registered mobile number significantly improved, as the govern- ness among people of the various
online banking fraud, 334 cases of OTP may be defined as “Any unlawful act the customers of the banks or by prom- fraudulently through the mobile service ment, cyber vigilance bodies and other methods used by these cyber criminals.
frauds and so on. Fraud was the major where computer or communication ising lucrative offers on behalf of the provider. With the help of this new SIM corporate agencies have increased their Police across many states are now gear-
motive behind most of the cyber crimes. device or computer network is used to banks. A lot of cases have been reported card, they get One Time Password (OTP) efforts to protect people. ing themselves with latest equipments
NCRB data provides intriguing in- commit or facilitate the commission of where people have shared their details and alerts, required for making finan- Taking note of the growing cases of and IT engineers to track these cyber
sight into number of officially reported crime”. Various methods used by the cy- with these fake agents and have lost cial transactions through victim’s bank cyber crimes, the Uttar Pradesh govern- criminals and to keep a tab on the new
cases but there are large number of cases ber criminals to commit the crime are: money from their accounts. account. Getting a new SIM card against ment has decided to set up specialised ways being adopted by them. Now time
which often go unreported. There can be a registered mobile number fraudulently cyber wings which will have a presence will tell how soon and effective our police
many reasons due to which people don’t Online job fraud Smishing is known as SIM Swap. at police stations, districts, zones and will be to control this rising crime indus-
report such cases and they can be — lack Online Job Fraud is an attempt to de- Smishing is a type of fraud that uses headquarters for effective investigation try of cyber criminals.
of awareness among individuals, lack of fraud people who are in need of em- mobile phone text messages to lure vic- Ransomware of online crimes.
awareness among authorities, innova- ployment by giving them a false hope/ tims into calling back on a fraudulent Ransomware is a type of computer These cyber wings will have a team letters@tehelka.com

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