Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru, Feb 21: The number of cyber crimes in the district are on the rise as people are constantly becoming victims losing their hard earned money. Even though people in the district are educated, they are easily falling into the trap of fraudsters.
It has been an uphill task for the cyber crime police to trace the accused who are duping educated persons in one or the other way and losing lacs of money.
Cyber crimes can be of different types like money being withdrawn from credit or debit cards, gift fraud, job frauds and many more. Sources say that several cases go unreported due to fear and self-respect.
On February 17, a man lost Rs 18 lac in digital marketing fraud, while a student lost Rs 80,000 in another online fraud on pretext of study books delivery in Udupi.
Fraudsters try different ways to scam people as they call in pretext of being the bank manager, to help find jobs, invest money or sending gifts. Whenever people get such calls, many consider it to be a genuine and share all the details including OTP.
There is a need of awareness among the general public on cyber related frauds or while receiving bank related calls. There are few signs where one can spot out if it is a scam. Calls representing bank during bank holidays or weekends, conversing in Hindi or English are a few signs where once has to get alert.
Due to minor faults of the victims, it will be easy for the fraudsters to scam.
The district and city police are creating awareness among the public to stay alert. Recently, the district police issued a few pamphlets to create awareness on cyber related offences.
• Double check for HTTPS on website
• Beware of lottery fraud
• Online app scam
• Beware of QR code scam
• Beware of call spoofing
• Business email compromise
• Fraud using online market places
• Do not share OTP