Cyber fraud: There has been a tremendous increase in the incidence of cybercrime in India. Just think, the fraudsters have cheated Rs 33,165 crore from people in the last four years, including Rs 22,812 crore in 2024 alone. Now small cities are being targeted and many Tier 2 and 3 cities have been identified as cyber crime hotspots.
The data of the National Cyber Reporting Platform (NCRP) under the Ministry of Home Affairs shows that fraudsters cheated Rs 551 crore from people in 2021, Rs 2,306 crore in 2022 and Rs 7,496 crore in 2023. Although this number is surprising, the truth is that it is only a small part of the estimated annual income of $ 40 billion of the Global Cybercam net.
The data also shows that 1,37,254 complaints in 2021, 5,15,083 in 2022, 11,31,649 in 2023 and 17,10,505 complaints last year. In 2019, 71 cyber crime complaints were filed per day, which increased by 87 times in 2024 to 6,175 complaints per day.
There are Chinese Crime Syndicate on the top of this criminal business that operate from Southeast Asia, mainly Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos. They run “scam compounds”, keeping the people of Asia and Africa deception or luring them. These people are forced to cheat people in their country by creating a fake online identity as women, bank employees and police officers roam around the world.
According to a report released by United States Institute of Peace in May 2024, the annual return from Cybercam to Cambodia is estimated to be $ 12.5 billion, $ 15.3 billion in Myanmar and $ 10.9 billion in Laos – which is about 40 of the joint GDP of the three countries. % Is.
Hotspot in india
It is said that Deoghar in Jharkhand, Deeg, Alwar, Jaipur and Nuh in Haryana in Rajasthan, Mathura and Gautam Buddha Nagar in Haryana, Kolkata in West Bengal, Surat in Gujarat, Nalanda in Bihar and Nawada, Bengaluru City in Karnataka And in Kerala, Kozhikode has been recognized as a cybercrime hotspot.
Now you will be able to do E-Fir
In the case of cyber fraud, victims will soon be able to register an e-FIR through NCRP (National Cybercrime Reporting Portal). The Ministry of Home Affairs is working on a project to install an e-FIR system for cyber offenses registered on the NCRP portal.
With this initiative, victims will not only be able to report cyber crimes, but will also get a system to register an e-FIR. At present, only complaints related to theft and vehicle theft can be converted into FIR through online system. In cyber crime, “Golden Hour” refers to the significant period of immediate after the crime, during which quick action can significantly affect any success. The E-FIR will help police to do unstable digital tracing like log, memory data and network traffic.
