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Bengaluru constabulary uncover fake cybercrime reporting portal utilized to scam victims. (Source: File Photo)
Fraudsters person created a fake cybercrime reporting portal to exploit victims seeking help, the Bengaluru constabulary person recovered retired aft a idiosyncratic who tried to study a fraud was duped into paying a “service fee”.
The constabulary person started an probe aft a ailment was lodged by Srinivas R, a sub-inspector associated with the 1930 cyber transgression helpline, which assists cybercrime victims and facilitates lawsuit registrations connected the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP).
The FIR was registered connected Monday nether sections 318(2) (deception for fiscal gain) and 318(4) (cheating and dishonest inducement for spot delivery) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The constabulary discovered that an chartless idiosyncratic had created a fake website titled Cyber Fraud Online Complaint – Cyber Crime Complaint Number 7501141599, Customers Legal Advice (www.customerslegaladvice.in) and promoted it connected Google arsenic a sponsored advertisement.
On January 26, a cyber-fraud unfortunate from Bagalkote contacted the mobile fig to study an incident. The responder promised assistance but alternatively duped the unfortunate into paying Rs 1,999 arsenic a “service fee”. The unfortunate past alerted the authorities.
“This is simply a caller fraud. People indispensable beryllium alert that reporting cybercrime is free,” said a elder constabulary officer.
The constabulary are present moving to hint the creators of the fake website to forestall much radical from falling prey to the scam.
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