India ranks tenth in cybercrime as per the latest “World Cybercrime Index”
Within the just lately launched “World Cybercrime Index” India is now the tenth nation with resptect to the variety of cyber crimes or offenses executed from March to October 2021. The crimes thought-about within the survey included cyber frauds like malware, ransomware, information and id theft other than hacking and different malicious applications. The main international locations within the checklist consists of Ukraine, Nigeria, US, Russia, China and Romania.
A Bengaluru girl falls sufferer to what now known as as FedEx Rip-off
Disturbing information comes from Bengaluru the place imposters pretending to be FedEx representatives defrauded a lady of a staggering ₹10 lakh. The rip-off took a horrific flip when the lady was pressured into stripping on digital camera as a part of the false investigation associated to a parcel registered below her title, which they claimed contained unlawful substances and passports. The terrified girl complied, however the footage was doubtless supposed for blackmail. This incident serves as a stark reminder of the risks lurking on-line and the significance of warning when coping with unsolicited contacts claiming to be from courier corporations.
IPS officer’s photographs and id used for frauds and extortion calls
In startling chain of occasions IPS officer Manish Shankar Sharma confronted cyber fraud exploitation of individuals below his pretend id. An internationally honored officer of the MP cadre was notified about fraudsters utilizing his id to defraud folks. The criminals used the officer’s id that features his publicly obtainable pictures to threaten folks in false incidences and circumstances.
A person from Navi Mumbai misplaced Rs. 45.69 lakh to cyber fraud in a share buying and selling rip-off.
Somebody in Navi Mumbai was tricked on-line. The tricksters satisfied him to take a position some huge cash (over 45 lakh rupees) by promising excessive returns from the share market. They contacted him via social media, pretending to be funding advisors. The person by no means received any returns on his funding, so he reported the crime to the Navi Mumbai cyber cell.
