Hyderabad: After setting for several months, harassment with a loan application against people who fail to return money in the time appears again.
Overall there has been a leap of 55% in the case of cyber crime by 2021 compared to 2019.
During the annual press conference, the Senior Hyderabad police said that in the last 15 days they received 5 new complaints.
Until now, 46 applications have emerged.
Officials said a large number of people had fallen prey to investment fraud.
This year, 162 cases were registered after the relevant victim lost Rs 7.48 Crores.
“With the pretext of investment in Crypto, fraudsters have deceived several people.
So far 16 cases have been registered.
We appeal to people to approach only crypto traders who are famous in this field to avoid fraud,” police said.
Likewise, the police also appealed to people not to use application-based loans to avoid being harassed.
In financial fraud online, after the victims quickly contacted the Help Channel 155260, the police could freeze the RS 1 Crore victim in a bank account, before reaching a cheater.
Until now, 3,743 complaints have been registered.
Spike in loan application harassment looks this year
