In just seven months, cybercrime has cost the people of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar Rs. 45.84 crore. Rs. 1.37 crore was collected and returned by the Commissionerate Police. The office advises that reporting issues as soon as possible can improve the likelihood of recovery because fraudsters move stolen money quickly to different accounts.
Cyberfraudsters have cheated consumers of Rs 45.84 crore over the course of the last seven months using a variety of techniques, including digital arrest, investment fraud, and phone fraud in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. From January to July of this year, the Commissionerate Police were able to bring Rs 1.37 crore that had been stolen by online scammers from various city residents. At the Commissionerate Police’s “Cyber Fraud Money Return Mela,” which was held on Thursday, the recovered sums were given back to the complainants. “On August 6, my spouse received a call from an unidentified individual who informed her of profitable returns on her investment. It’s possible that she clicked on a link, resulting in the Rs 1.26 lakh deduction.
I informed her that it was a fake call as soon as I learned about it. She went to the Cyber Crime and Economic Offence police station to get assistance,” stated Laxmikanta Mohapatra, a government employee. He claimed that the police began their investigation as soon as they received their complaint. The accused originated in Rajasthan. After working on the case, the team at the cyber police station was able to find the entire amount. An amount like Rs 1.26 lakh is huge for our middle-class family.
He continued, “I didn’t think I would get the money back, but the Commissionerate Police found it.” Like him, a few others got their money back that had been stolen. In a WhatsApp fraud case, a city resident named S Pattanaik lost Rs 35.6 lakh to a scam artist. The money was found by the cyber police team. In a similar vein, a woman lost Rs 10 lakh as a result of a medical check-up scam involving Army forces. However, Twin City Police Commissioner Sanjeeb Panda stated that the entire amount was returned to her account.
In an investment fraud case, he added, the police had recovered Rs 11 lakh of the Rs 81.5 lakh that criminals had scammed. Maharashtra was the source of the money recovery. A digital arrest fraud case cost one R Rai Rs 15.8 lakh. He stated that he later obtained Rs 10 lakh with the help of the police. According to him, a large number of intelligent people fall victim to incidents of digital arrest and high-value investment fraud. “In investment fraud cases, delay in reporting to the police costs the victims a lot because fraudsters transfer the money to different accounts and withdraw it immediately,” he stated.
Panda stated that, in light of the rising number of cybercrime cases, the cyber police station has been expanded. “The police station is managed by a rank officer assistant commissioner of police (ACP). In addition, it employs ten constables, two sub-inspectors, and an inspector rank officer. They are skilled in these kinds of situations,” he continued.
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