Mumbai: Data for nine months of this year recently released by Mumbai Police shows that there has been a 27 percent increase in cyber crime cases during this period compared to last year. At the same time, incidents of online fraud have also increased by 38 percent.
A total of 4054 cases of cyber crime were reported in the first nine months of this year. Whose number last year was 3191. Out of 4054 cases registered this year, 920 cases have been solved and 970 people have been arrested.
The police has divided online fraud cases into 11 different categories. Inspector Fraud (896) Job Fraud (388) Fake Website Fraud (94) Online Purchase Fraud (63) Custom/Gift Fraud (55) Loan/Fraud (45) Crypto-Currency Fraud (35) The highest number of online frauds is this The cases registered during the year include VIMO/Provident Fund Fraud (17), Matrimonial Fraud (09) and Online Admission Fraud (03). Out of 2349 such cases, the police has solved 214 cases. 516 people have also been arrested for their alleged involvement in these crimes.
Additionally, in the nine months from January to September, the police reported 108 cases of debit/credit card online fraud, obscene SMM/MMS posts (175), fake social media profiles, morphing emails, spoofing mail (68), scamtortion (34), Hacking (43), data theft (21), obscenity (14) and communal post case (05) have been registered.
Analysis of data shows that cases like phishing attacks/mail smuggling, job fraud, investment fraud, pornography, hacking, insurance/provident fund fraud, fake websites, matrimonial fraud and data theft have registered an increase this year as compared to last year. Has been.
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