Gurugram Police Seize ₹83.41 Crore from 1,658 Cyber Fraudsters Over 11 Months

Gurugram, Dec 6 (NationPress) In a significant operation, Gurugram Police have managed to recover ₹83.41 crore from 1,658 cyber fraudsters, which includes 22 bank officials, over a period of just 11 months from January 2024 to November 30, 2024, as reported by an official.

Vikas Kumar Arora, the Commissioner of Gurugram Police, stated, “The citizen financial fraud reporting and management system, initiated under the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) in 2021, aims to facilitate immediate reporting of financial frauds and curb the siphoning of funds by fraudsters. To date, a total of ₹83.41 crore has been rescued from 1,658 cyber criminals.”

According to him, cyber fraudsters employ various tactics to deceive individuals, such as enticing them with lucrative investment opportunities in the stock market, reducing electricity bills, offering cheap goods for sale online, engaging in sextortion via video calls on WhatsApp, morphing identities, sending malicious links, impersonating customs or police officers to fabricate false cases, and digitally threatening individuals with criminal implications.

The police further explained that fraudsters often impersonate law enforcement officials and claim that the victim's acquaintances have violated laws or are unwell, thereby tricking them.

Additionally, when individuals search for customer service numbers online for hotel bookings, wine deliveries, or loan inquiries, cyber fraudsters manipulate the search results to ensure their numbers appear, subsequently deceiving victims with enticing offers.

To combat this, Priyanshu Diwan, ACP (cybercrime), mentioned that following directives from the Gurugram police chief, awareness campaigns concerning cyber crimes are being conducted among members of Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs), schools, businesses, and various institutions throughout Gurugram.