Noida / Ghaziabad: Of every 100 Cybercrime complaints from the country, at least 15 comes from Ghaziabad and 15 others from Gautam Budh Nagar, according to the Cyber National Reporting Portal (NCCRP).
The Interior Ministry has launched the NCCRP for the reporting of the crime in January 2020.
Until July-end, a total of 49,779 complaints have been recorded from above.
Data from cyber police cells rose showed that while Ghaziabad had reported maximum complaints – 7,644 (15.36%) – GB Nagar came second at 7,633 (15.33%), followed by Lucknow at 5,600 (11.6%).
A total of 2,719 complaints have been reported from Kanpur (5.5%), 1,900 of Prayagraj (3.8%), 1,700 of Varanasi (3.4%) and 1,400 of Meerut (2.8%).
Lucknow SP (Cybercrime) Trivedi Singh told TOI that a similar trend was witnessed in complaints received on the National Helpline to report cyber crimes and financial fraud, 155260.
“Since 155260 Helpline made operations recently, more than 4,000 calls have been received from Over.
Maximum complaints come from Ghaziabad, followed by Gautam Budh Nagar, “he said.
Because Helpline, fraudulent transactions worth around Rs 75 lakh have been stopped by the police until now, he added.
3 types of fraud reported the maximum number of complaints received on the portal and helpline from the financial fraud through online transactions.
Fraud cases through the social media platform and online shopping platform are also large pieces of complaints, followed by ransomware attacks and fraud related to Cryptocurrency, Singh said.
“Nearly 50% of complaints are financial fraud, where the complainants were deceived by callers pretending to be representatives of various companies and government institutions.
They cheated the complainant by asking OTP or making the latter click link, after that money is deducted from a bank account through a transaction Online, “SP said.
A senior Cell Cell Police officer said extortion with the threat to post photos or personal videos on social media and make money by creating a fake ID of complainant friends or government officials has become very common, especially during locking.
“Moreover, fraud cases on the online shopping platform, where a product is purchased online but no shipment is made, it is also reported.
Some ransomware attacks and fraud through cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin has also been reported,” the officer said.
Most complaints from Ghaziabad and GB Nagar are social media fraud.
Some cases of ‘high-tech’ fraud have also been reported, including ransomware attacks and transactions in Cryptocurrency.
Other districts have largely reported cases of financial fraud.
Call Helpline immediately if cheated: a person’s police have suffered financial losses because of fraud, he must immediately call Helpline 155260 and report this problem so that the money can be restored, police said.
“The call in 155260 was handled by the state police concerned with the help of a financial reporting system of cyber financial citizens,” said Baljeet Singh, who was responsible for Cyber GB Nagar cells.
The system, which has been developed by the Center to integrate law enforcement agencies, banks, wallets and other financial intermediaries, allows each country to share certain complaints and tell banks, wallets and related online traders.
The complainant can also contact the CyberCrime help desk by pressing 112, police said.
“After calling 112, they could tell the police about the crime.
The call will be transferred to the help desk at the Cyber Cell headquarters in Lucknow.
Dedicated officers have been deployed to answer such calls,” SP Singh said.
Ghaziabad, Noida accounts for more than 30% of Cybercrime above
