What did the SP say about cyber fraud with workers (ETV Bharat Bharatpur)
Bharatpur: The terror of cyber criminals remains to be there. The police administration is making an attempt to make folks conscious and curb the criminals by arresting them, but persons are repeatedly falling prey to fraud. Not solely frequent folks, however educated authorities workers and officers are additionally falling prey to fraud as a consequence of lack of know-how. The shocking factor is that these criminals committing fraud are educated solely as much as eighth, tenth, but they’re taking even extremely educated workers and officers of their entice. In the final three years, 9 authorities workers and officers of the district have turn into victims of fraud.
9 employees-officers cheated in three years: Superintendent of Police Mridul Kachhawa stated that together with frequent folks, authorities workers and officers are additionally turning into victims of cyber crime. 3 authorities workers/officers have been cheated within the yr 2022, 4 in 2023 and a couple of in 2024. Out of those, 3 police workers and officers are additionally included.
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This is why you’re turning into a sufferer of fraud: The criminals concerned in cyber crime will not be very educated. Most of the criminals are educated as much as eighth or tenth normal. Whereas authorities workers and officers, regardless of being extremely educated, fall into the entice of much less educated fraudsters. The predominant purpose behind that is lack of know-how. Despite being educated, workers and officers fall into their entice as a consequence of lack of know-how and knowledge.
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Fraud via such means: Less educated cyber criminals cheat extremely educated workers and officers extra within the title of serving to financial institution workers and making large income within the share market. Employees and officers additionally get duped within the case of sextortion. Many occasions these fraudsters ask for cash within the title of an acquaintance or relative and these folks get duped. Recently cyber criminals additionally created faux WhatsApp ID within the title of the District Collector and contacted different officers. However, fortunately nobody was duped. But final yr three folks have been duped within the title of Assistant Registrar of Maharaja Surajmal Brij University.
Making folks conscious: SP Mridul Kachhwa stated that cyber fraudsters are utilizing new tips. Due to lack of information about new know-how and new options and apps in cellular, frequent persons are turning into victims of cyber fraud. The police at all times tries to register a case in opposition to those that have been cheated and reveal the fraud. From time to time, the police arrange camps at varied locations to make faculty kids, authorities workers and different folks aware of cyber fraud. The cyber police station is doing good work regardless of restricted assets.
