Mumbai: The variety of cyber crime instances registered in Mumbai in January this 12 months noticed a 15% soar, as in comparison with the corresponding interval final 12 months. Most instances registered had been associated to credit score/ debit card frauds, adopted by job frauds, funding frauds and obscene emails / SMS / MMS.
In January this 12 months, 368 instances had been registered, as in comparison with 323 in January 2023. There was a rise in cyber crime associated dishonest instances with 219 instances registered in January this 12 months, as in comparison with 164 in January final 12 months. Of the 368 instances in January this 12 months, 38 have been detected and 42 individuals have been arrested.
A better evaluation of cyber dishonest instances revealed that most instances are associated to job frauds (40), adopted by funding frauds (29), faux web site frauds (10), on-line buy frauds (08), customs/reward frauds (06), mortgage frauds (6) and crypto-currency frauds (5).
The opposite instances registered this 12 months had been credit score/debit card on-line frauds (91), obscene electronic mail / SMS / MMS/ publish (20), faux social media profile/ morphing electronic mail/ SMS (10), sextortion (5), hacking (3), information theft (2), pornography (2) and phishing /MIM assault/ spoofing mail (1).
The police stated they’re very proactive in registering cyber crime instances and likewise permitting folks to file their complaints on-line by means of www.cybercrime.gov.in portal, with a devoted helpline (1930) to get well misplaced cash