Online Fraud: ‘Cyber Criminals Swindle Over Rs 10 Lakh In 3 Days In Odisha’
2 min read Bhubaneswar: The cyber criminals are on the prowl in Odisha and have reportedly swindled over Rs 10 lakh within the final three days, knowledgeable Bhubaneswar DCP Umashankar Dash on Wednesday.
While speaking to reporters, the Bhubaneswar DCP knowledgeable that the newly arrange Cybercrime Helpdesk is getting flooded with calls from people who find themselves reporting a number of circumstances of on-line frauds.
“In the last three days, we have received around 50 calls from Bhubaneswar and another 70 calls from outside the Smart City,” mentioned Dash.
According to Dash, it has been discovered that the cyber criminals are largely committing two kinds of frauds- by Unified Payments Interface (UPI) or by malicious hyperlinks/ messages.
#CyberFraud to the tune of Rs 10.58 lakh (approx) have been reported within the final 3 days. We have acquired 46 calls from Bhubaneswar & 77 from exterior the Capital City associated to the web fraud, informs Bhubaneswar DCP Umashankar Dash #Odisha
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Similarly, the cyber fraudsters are additionally focusing on individuals by ATM debit or bank cards by way of OTP. The criminals are fraudulently withdrawing cash from the financial institution accounts of gullible individuals by a number of tips and malicious hyperlinks or messages.
Apart from this, the Commissionerate Police has additionally acquired complaints from some people who they bought duped quickly after they referred to as up authorised buyer care facilities of banks in search of emergency assistance on credit score or debit playing cards.
He additional mentioned, “A person has alleged to have called up one such customer care for cancelling credit card. After knowing the procedure, the customer again got a call from another person who then directed him to share the OTP sent on his mobile phone for completing the process of cancelling the credit card. Later, money was fraudulently debited from his account.”
“We are suspecting that the fraud might have been committed through any software or app or the data was leaked from the call centre itself. Our investigation in this connection is still underway,” Dash added.
(Edited By Pradeep Singh)
