Who is responsible for the increasing number of cybercrime incidents, especially online fraud?

Cybercrime cases in India have increased by 11.8 percent in the year 2020. In which most of the cases are in which frauds are done through bank accounts. Just imagine, despite the state-of-the-art technology, the police are unable to catch those criminals, whose account numbers, mobile numbers, Aadhaar, UPI, everything is connected. Despite connecting all the accounts, addresses, etc., many times, police seem to be clueless. Who do you hold responsible for the increasing number of such cases?

Who is responsible for the increasing number of cybercrime incidents, especially online fraud?

Significance of this Survey

Last year, a total of 50,035 cases of cybercrime were registered across the country. This number was 44,735 in 2019 and 27,248 in 2018. In 2020, a total of 4,047 bank-related frauds took place, in which the online thugs robbed lakhs or crores of rupees from the accounts of innocent people through different means. 1,194 people became victims through their credit and debit cards. 1,093 frauds were done through OTP. There were 2,160 cases in which ATM malpractices were mentioned.

This incident will open your eyes

On 13 October 2021, Navi Mumbai resident Vijay Mishra (name changed) put his old sofa set for sale on OLX. Within a few hours, he got a call from a person and the person said, "I will buy your sofa for 15,000". Vijay Mishra was OK with the deal. The person on the phone said, "I am transferring the money now, my person will come and take the sofa by evening." He sent a Q-R code and told Vijay to check whether the money has arrived in his account or not. That QR code was for a transaction of Re 1. As soon as Vijay scanned and entered the OTP, one rupee was credited to his account. This exercise was enough to win the trust of Vijay, but what happened next was unbelievable to him. The person sitting on the call said, 'Okay now, I am again sending you the QR code for Rs. 15,000. Vijay did the same again, but this time the money was deducted from his account. Suddenly that man said on phone, "Oh sorry I have sent the wrong QR code. I am sending a fresh QR code again, the money will be transferred back to your account." But this did not happen and again Rs. 15,000 were deducted from Vijay's account. In three attempts he lost Rs. 45,000. When Vijay contacted the police station, the police said that now it is difficult to get your money back. Although the report has been filed.

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