With the increasing incidence of E-KYC fraud and other related frauds where residents lose money through UPI, Delhi’s Cybercrime Division said that people could report fraud like this by calling 155260.
Police Delhi horsed “prompt assistance” but this had not been too detailed about how Relief will be given.
After saying that, Delhi police claimed that reporting online financial fraud immediately in 155260 can help the victims get their money back.
This Helpline number is part of the financial reporting system and financial cyber management that has been developed at home to integrate law enforcement agencies and banks and financial intermediaries.
Currently being used together with 155260 by seven states and the United States (Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh).
Lost your money to online thieves? Dial 155260 for quick help! #Beonlinebesafe https://t.co/E5M3TJK9LY- DCP Cybercrime (@DCP_CCC_Delhi) 1630058639000Turned in June 20201 and the government claims that since the soft launch, Helpline155260 has been able to save more than Rs 1.85 crore cheating money from reaching the hand cheater, With Delhi and Rajasthan saving Rs 58 lakh and Rs 53 Lakh.
As per the statement by the Ministry of Home Affairs, this assistance number has all major public and private sector banks.
The famous includes – state bank India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of Union Bank, Indusind, HDFC Bank, Bank ICICI, AXIS, Bank YES and Mahindra Box.
It also has all the main wallets and traders such as Paytm, Phoneeepe, Mobikwik, Flipkart and Amazon are linked to him.
“The success of the Helpline platform and reporting can be measured from the fact that on several occasions, the deceived money has been stopped from the achievement of fraudsters even after being transferred by the fifth of the five different banks to hide traces,” service claims in his statement.