Cyber fraud is on the rise in India and different areas, with over 11 lakh instances reported within the nation in 2024. Digital arrest scams, which contain scammers posing as police or different regulation enforcement companies, are additionally rising quickly. Fraudsters sometimes goal susceptible customers, which embrace aged customers. The federal government just lately revealed a few of its ongoing efforts to detect and forestall situations of digital arrest scams in India, whereas conserving customers knowledgeable about related types of cyber fraud.
Authorities Blocked 1000’s of WhatsApp and Skype IDs to Fight Scams
In a written reply to a query within the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State within the Ministry of House Affairs Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar said that the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) proactively recognized and blocked over 83,668 WhatsApp accounts that have been used for fraudulent actions, which included digital arrest scams. Equally, the I4C disabled over 3,962 Skype IDs that have been used for these scams.
The minister additionally highlighted different steps taken by the federal government to generate consciousness about digital fraud and scams, together with an unskippable caller tune message performed on outgoing calls in regional languages, newspaper ads, collaborations with social media influencers, and different campaigns.
By the top of final month, over 7.81 lakh SIM playing cards and over 2.08 lakh IMEI numbers have been blocked by the federal government after they have been reported by police authorities, based on Kumar. The federal government additionally labored with telecom service suppliers to arrange a mechanism that will detect and block worldwide calls from scammers utilizing spoofed Indian telephone numbers.
The I4C has saved over Rs. 4,386 crore as a part of efforts to forestall funds from being siphoned off by scammers. The Citizen Monetary Cyber Fraud Reporting and Administration System was arrange underneath the I4C in 2021, and has obtained over 13.36 complaints up to now, based on Kumar.
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