Ghaziabad: Cybercrime cases are increasing in Ghaziabad, where 16 people are targeted by the average fraudsters every day between January and June this year.
Most of the fraud, police said, is committed to the pretext of updating insurance policies, issuing credit cards and other bank documents, and job offers abroad.
According to data available with the police, 2,850 people were cheated online between January and June this year.
During the same period in 2020, 1,830 people were victims of Cybercrime.
People who forged this year lost a total of Rs 4.5 Crore.
The recovery rate is quite minimal.
Only 54 victims regained their money, the amount of Rs 25.7 lakh.
A senior police officer said because more people began to transact online during locking, it had provided an opportunity for cyber fraud to ensure the situation.
During last year’s lock – March to May – 922 people were cheated online, up from 759 cyber cases reported during the same period in 2019.
However, this year, however, the number of cases fell to 1,467.
The number of people who cheated on work offers more than double from 11 to 23 during the locking months of 2020 and 2021.
Most of the fraud related to the bank.
Between January and June last year, 346 cases were reported, which rose until 746 this year.
In 2019, only 192 were cheated by banks and credit card offers.
Four large gangs with different modus operandi are under police scanners for cyber fraud.
Gang Gang Gang got his name because most of the fraud carried out by them could be traced to the Haryana District.
They usually place advertisements online and introduce ourselves as retired arlogies to people who contact them.
If anyone shows interest in buying a product, they send prospective QR code buyers to make payments.
After the victim scans the code or clicking the link sent to them, it gives gang access to a bank account that is linked to the portal where they place the ad.
The gang member then pulled all the money and went incommunicado.
Gang Jamtara Jharkhand City who was sleepy managed to reach the map of national crime after a series of cyber fraud for the past few years traced to Jamtara.
That’s the fame of Jamtara who formed the background of the Netflix series.
Previously, the gang would follow the modus of simple operandi to extract the details of the bank from their target by telephone.
Because people realize it now, they make fraud calls with offers to update insurance policies.
GENG members introduce ourselves as representatives of insurance companies and tell their targets that their policies will expire.
They then offer Lucrative discounts to update policies.
The victims were asked to send photos of their Passbook Bank and Aadhaar books through WhatsApp or email.
As soon as the cheater receives the document, the target is told to share the OTP they receive on their cellphones.
OTP provides counter access to accounts and money there is a gang gang transfer this gang is usually a clone debit card by installing a skimming device at the ATM.
Members found around the ATM kiosk that did not have a guard and offer to help people find it difficult to withdraw money.
They then replace the original card with duplicate.
Gang also installs a skimming device on the machine.
The device copies card details, which is used to steal money from the Nigerian gang account with this gang usually sends an email that offers work abroad.
When someone replied to a letter, the gang member called it and scheduled an interview.
People who take interviews are usually someone with an English or American accent.
The victims were then asked to make a payment on behalf of the visa processing fee.
After the money is paid, gang members go communicate.
‘Raise awareness’ Abhay Mishra, a responsible cyber cell, said they had broken around 20 fake call centers and arrested 75 people over the past few months.
He, however, said that raising awareness among people is the best way to deal with cyberspace crimes.
“People should not provide their bank details to anyone by telephone.
No one has to click on anonymous links or advertisements that come through messages or letters.
They should not believe strangers talking to them about insurance policies,” added Mishra.
“When people make purchases using debit cards or their credit, they have to keep an eye on the shop employees to whom they have submitted the cards.
They must avoid swiping cards wherever that seems unreliable,” the officer said.
16 in GZB falls prey cyber fraud every day of this year
