Cyberabad Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rohini Priyadarshini says that most of the victims are falling prey to lack of awareness, poor knowledge of technology.
The widespread use of electronic devices that enable Internet access has increased the risk of individuals and organizations to cybercrimes. According to the report released by the National Crime Records Bureau, in the recent years, there has been a huge jump in the number of cases registered under cyber crime and Telangana has contributed more than 10% of the cyber crimes reported across the country in 2020. .
Most of the victims are falling prey to cyber crooks due to lack of awareness and their poor knowledge of technology.
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Prevention is the first step in combating cyber crimes. The primary tool for such prevention is undoubtedly education which aims to establish greater awareness and knowledge about cyber crime in the society,” said Rohini Priyadarshini, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), Cyberabad.
He said that Cyber Crime Station is actively conducting awareness programs at educational institutions, corporate offices, shopping malls, theaters and bus stations. Posters (memes) were posted and circulated on official social media accounts stating various cybercrime modus operandi. Awareness videos of popular personalities and police officers were also recorded and circulated through social media accounts.
“At least 70 events are being organized every month,” he said, adding that an emergency helpline number: 155260 facilitates citizens to report cyber frauds immediately to minimize financial losses, which have been reported recently. was recently launched.
Ms. Rohini said that despite huge losses in cyber frauds that took place in Cyberabad border, immediate reporting by cyber victims through helpline members led to freeze of ₹55,64,301 in fraudulent accounts, which were eventually refunded to the victims. Will go .
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