Government blocks 1,500 Skype IDs to prevent digital fraud

Recently, the Indian government has blocked 1,500 Skype IDs to prevent cyber fraud. The Cyber ​​Crime Coordination Centre of the Home Department, known as 14C, has asked all states to be aware of these growing crimes. The centre has seized about 6 lakh mobile phone numbers and 3.25 lakh fake accounts. 709 new applications for mobiles have been rejected. Another agency of the central government, the Computer Emergency Response Team, has also released a list of more than a dozen types of online frauds.

According to the National Crime Reporting Portal, there were 4.5 lakh fraud cases in 2021, which increased to 9.6 lakh in 2022. In 2023, their number increased to 15 lakh and in the first 4 months of 2024 alone, 7.4 lakh incidents have occurred. According to the 14C Center, Rs 120.3 crore has been looted from people through digital arrest, Rs 1420.48 crore in trading scam, Rs 225.58 crore in investment scam and Rs 13.23 crore through romance scam.

So far this year, about 6000 complaints of digital arrest have been received. In the first three months of this year alone, Rs 120.3 crore has been looted from people in digital arrest fraud. There is no provision of any kind in the law called digital arrest. The spider web of digital fraud is mostly being run from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, although many digital fraudsters are also associated with this crime at the local level. These people make setups according to video calls. Intimidation, intimidation, threats, showing vegetables, constant pressure etc. are the investigation techniques. These fraudsters try all these formulas on their victims.

These digital fraudsters contact you through SMS, WhatsApp, email, posing as officers of CBI, IB, ED, Customs, Narcotics Bureau, TRAI, RBI, saying that you are being mentioned in some fraud. The official name, seal, signature, etc. on the message are all such that you have no doubt about its authenticity. During the video call, the fraudsters make their background look like a police station, seeing which the victim gets scared and falls into their trap and becomes a victim of fraud.

These are the 6 main methods of online scams that are currently being used by cyber fraudsters.

1. Digital Arrest:- Recently, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has expressed concern over the issue of digital arrest in the 115th ‘Mann Ki Baat’ program. Digital arrest is a technique used by scammers through which the caller claims to be an officer of CBI, RBI or Narcotics. They scare you by claiming that drugs have been found in a parcel in your name or that there is some illegal activity from the mobile number registered in your name and warn you to stay in front of your phone’s camera until the process is completed. In a way, you are imprisoned in your own room. Finally, you are advised to settle the case by charging a huge amount from you in the name of settlement. Many people become victims of this fraud due to fear. Remember that there is no provision called digital arrest in any law book.

2. UPI Scam:- In today’s digital era, from street vendors to big stores, UPI has started accepting payments. In many places, scammers have put up fake QR codes, which are hacked as soon as you scan them. So, check carefully before scanning any QR code.

3. Obscene video call:- Through this method, scammers make video calls from an unknown number. A woman is seen doing obscene acts from the other side and you are also provoked. Until the real thing is understood, the video of you doing obscene acts is recorded. After a while, the police call comes and an FIR is filed against you. The matter of registration is told and a video of you doing obscene acts is shown as evidence. Money is demanded in the name of settlement and the scared person becomes a victim of this fraud to save himself from his disgrace.

4. Fraud through Telegram: – It starts with a message on WhatsApp in which an offer is made to earn money sitting at home. Initially, by getting Google Map Review or Instagram page likes, you are paid two to five hundred rupees and you are made to join a Telegram group. After taking you into confidence, money is invested from you in the name of trading. You are trapped in such a spider web where you lose more money in the process of saving your money.

5. A.I. Voice Scam: – The development of technology has also invented new ways of fraud. A.I. Through voice cloning, anyone is called in any voice and money is demanded. A call comes from the hospital saying that someone’s son has met with an accident or a call from the police to inform about someone’s daughter being caught in an objectionable situation in a hotel. To convince, the voice of a boy or girl is also heard which is created by A.I. In the end, a huge amount is recovered in the name of the same settlement!

6. OTP Scam:- Nowadays, OTP is necessary for any kind of online payment. Scammers claim to be fake bank officials or any other officer to get OTP from you and send OT

Recently, the Indian government has blocked 1,500 Skype IDs to prevent cyber fraud. The Cyber ​​Crime Coordination Centre of the Home Department, known as 14C, has asked all states to be aware of these growing crimes. The centre has seized about 6 lakh mobile phone numbers and 3.25 lakh fake accounts. 709 new applications for mobiles have been rejected. Another agency of the central government, the Computer Emergency Response Team, has also released a list of more than a dozen types of online frauds.

According to the National Crime Reporting Portal, there were 4.5 lakh fraud cases in 2021, which increased to 9.6 lakh in 2022. In 2023, their number increased to 15 lakh and in the first 4 months of 2024 alone, 7.4 lakh incidents have occurred. According to the 14C Center, Rs 120.3 crore has been looted from people through digital arrest, Rs 1420.48 crore in trading scam, Rs 225.58 crore in investment scam and Rs 13.23 crore through romance scam.

So far this year, about 6000 complaints of digital arrest have been received. In the first three months of this year alone, Rs 120.3 crore has been looted from people in digital arrest fraud. There is no provision of any kind in the law called digital arrest. The spider web of digital fraud is mostly being run from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, although many digital fraudsters are also associated with this crime at the local level. These people make setups according to video calls. Intimidation, intimidation, threats, showing vegetables, constant pressure etc. are the investigation techniques. These fraudsters try all these formulas on their victims.

These digital fraudsters contact you through SMS, WhatsApp, email, posing as officers of CBI, IB, ED, Customs, Narcotics Bureau, TRAI, RBI, saying that you are being mentioned in some fraud. The official name, seal, signature, etc. on the message are all such that you have no doubt about its authenticity. During the video call, the fraudsters make their background look like a police station, seeing which the victim gets scared and falls into their trap and becomes a victim of fraud.

These are the 6 main methods of online scams that are currently being used by cyber fraudsters.

1. Digital Arrest:- Recently, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has expressed concern over the issue of digital arrest in the 115th ‘Mann Ki Baat’ program. Digital arrest is a technique used by scammers through which the caller claims to be an officer of CBI, RBI or Narcotics. They scare you by claiming that drugs have been found in a parcel in your name or that there is some illegal activity from the mobile number registered in your name and warn you to stay in front of your phone’s camera until the process is completed. In a way, you are imprisoned in your own room. Finally, you are advised to settle the case by charging a huge amount from you in the name of settlement. Many people become victims of this fraud due to fear. Remember that there is no provision called digital arrest in any law book.

2. UPI Scam:- In today’s digital era, from street vendors to big stores, UPI has started accepting payments. In many places, scammers have put up fake QR codes, which are hacked as soon as you scan them. So, check carefully before scanning any QR code.

3. Obscene video call:- Through this method, scammers make video calls from an unknown number. A woman is seen doing obscene acts from the other side and you are also provoked. Until the real thing is understood, the video of you doing obscene acts is recorded. After a while, the police call comes and an FIR is filed against you. The matter of registration is told and a video of you doing obscene acts is shown as evidence. Money is demanded in the name of settlement and the scared person becomes a victim of this fraud to save himself from his disgrace.

4. Fraud through Telegram: – It starts with a message on WhatsApp in which an offer is made to earn money sitting at home. Initially, by getting Google Map Review or Instagram page likes, you are paid two to five hundred rupees and you are made to join a Telegram group. After taking you into confidence, money is invested from you in the name of trading. You are trapped in such a spider web where you lose more money in the process of saving your money.

5. A.I. Voice Scam: – The development of technology has also invented new ways of fraud. A.I. Through voice cloning, anyone is called in any voice and money is demanded. A call comes from the hospital saying that someone’s son has met with an accident or a call from the police to inform about someone’s daughter being caught in an objectionable situation in a hotel. To convince, the voice of a boy or girl is also heard which is created by A.I. In the end, a huge amount is recovered in the name of the same settlement!

6. OTP Scam:- Nowadays, OTP is necessary for any kind of online payment. Scammers claim to be fake bank officials or any other officer to get OTP from you and send OT