Mumbai: Pandemic has helped online scammer to produce a new method for dupe surfers or perpetuate the methods that are tried – and tested to tear it.
When each of the first six months of 2021 and 2020 were considered (conducted for parity in 2021 ongoing) and then compared to the appropriate period of pre-covid year 2019 and 2018, someone saw a cyber increase in Mumbai: case up from 1,784 in 2018 -2019 (Jan-June) up to 2,374 at 2020-2021 (same month), according to city police cyber cells.
Concerns, the level of detection continued to be low, according to the data released.
It has fallen by around 2% in the years being considered, from 220 in 2018-2019 (Jan-June) to 216 at 2020-2021 (the same month).
Late complaint action is one of the reasons, experts said.
Toi spoke to the victims of the virtual world crime, an IT 36-year-old engineer who had registered the ‘Nigerian Email Fraud’ case.
He claimed that he was cheated more than Rs 12 lakh in 2018, and despite providing various documents to the police, the written complaint was not converted into years.
“Finally, I was called to the BKC Police Station on July 26 and a registered FIR.
I wondered where the police could recover the money now, so long after fraud.
The police can solve the case easily when I give a report for the forensic investigation I have done For three months in 2019.
But they sat on it.
“With local police disappointing, IT engineers sent their forensic report to Dubai police at the end of 2019 because he had found the Dubai link with fraud.
“They took my statement through phone calls and videos.
Based on my evidence, they solved the case within three months of 2020 and damaged rackets in India, Dubai and Turkey,” he said.
“Indian police are always one step behind fraudsters.” Police said that for years, the Cyber ​​Division lacked staff.
In the end, after seeing a low increase in numbers and detection rates, the country cyber cells were given 26 specialists from prestigious college techniques, including IIT, which is expected to help clean the casing of cases in Mumbai and also in all states.
Cyber ​​Cell Pro and police supervisor Sanjay Shintre said the team worked to detect fraud together with other institutions that came.
“It is noted that there are many examples where victims who lose a little amount in online fraud are not approaching the police to file complaints.
We urge everyone to advance,” he said.