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New Delhi : With the rapid increase in use of cyber space, number of cyber crimes including online frauds are also increasing. As per data maintained by National Crime Records Bureau, 3,466 and 3,353 cases of online frauds were registered in 2017 and 2018 respectively.
Data pertaining to the year 2019 is not available. NCRB started to collect data separately about Online Banking Frauds since 2017.
In order to prevent online frauds and protect users, the Ministry of Home Affairs has taken several steps that include the following initiatives : 1. An Inter-Ministerial Committee has been constituted on Phone Fraud (IMCPF) having members of stakeholder organisations, namely Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Department of Financial Services, Department of Telecommunication, Reserve Bank of India, and Law Enforcement Agencies. FCORD-FICN (Fake Indian Currency Note Co-ordination Centre) Coordination Agency has been designated as Central Nodal Agency for this purpose and ADGP/IGP Crime in each State/UT is the State Nodal Officer .
ii) An advisory dated February 12, 2018 was issued on “steps to check phone frauds” to all State Governments/UT Administrations, which is available at www.mha.gov.in.
iii) Reserve Bank of India has issued several circulars/ guidelines related to security and risk mitigation measures for securing electronic / digital payment transactions.
iv) Steps have been taken to spread awareness about cyber crimes, issue of alerts/advisories, capacity building/training of law enforcement personnel/prosecutors/judicial officers, improving cyber forensics facilities etc. in association with police departments in different States/UTs.
v) The Central Government has also launched the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, www.cybercrime.gov.in to enable complainants to report complaints pertaining to all types of cyber crimes, including net and online frauds, according to a PIB release.