Kashmir police's cyber crime branch saves Rs 13 lakh from online scams
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Updated: May 11, 2021 23:34 IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 11 (ANI): Kashmir police's cybercrime branch saved Rs 13 lakhs which could have been lost to cybercrimes, said the police.
The Cyber Police Kashmir stated that they are receiving complaints regarding various online frauds, scams, and other cyber-related crimes on a routine basis. During the past one month, Cyber Police Station Kashmir Zone, Srinagar received multiple complaints wherein complainants have been duped by fraudsters in OTP and UPI frauds, the police said in a press statement on Tuesday.
It stated that in one incident, a complainant was duped of Rs 2.00 lakhs through UPI scam stating that he wanted to seek a refund for the cancellation of his ticket. As he was struggling to find a customer care number and obtained a number from the Google search results. He immediately received call back and was told that the refund amount could be transferred immediately via Google Pay and he would have to download a mobile application called Team Viewer Quick Support on his cell phone.