Srinagar: Cyber Cell of Jammu and Kashmir Police have recovered 68 missing/ stolen mobile-phones worth lakhs of rupees and solved huge online money/financial scam fraud in Ganderbal.
During the current year, multiple applications and reports were received from the general public about missing/stolen of their mobile phones by Cyber Cell of J&K Police in Ganderbal. Acting upon these applications and reports, a special and dedicated team of Cyber Cell Ganderbal led by SI Gowhar Nazir under the supervision of Addl. SP Ganderbal Shri Malik Aijaz-JKPS recovered 68 mobile phones from different places which were either lost or stolen. Out of which, 50 mobile phones were handed over to their legal owners and remaining 18 mobile phones are being handed over to their legal owners.
Moreover, Cyber Cell Ganderbal solved huge Online Financial Fraud Cases in which an amount of ₹1,63,449/= was recovered and has been refunded to the victim’s account & amount of ₹11,45,669.08/= was put on hold on receipt of various complaints. Besides, more than 44 cases regarding blackmailing & social media account hackings have been solved.
Cyber Cell Ganderbal requests general public to use their mobile phones and other electronic gadgets with precaution to safeguard themselves from cyber related frauds and crimes. If anyone becomes the victim of Cyber Crime/Fraud, he/she should immediately register complaint on Online Portal cybercrime.gov.in & report matter at Cyber Cell Ganderbal immediately.
Following cyber precautions be adopted to safeguard themselves from cyber related frauds and crimes.
- Do not Share Adhaar, Pan Card or any other finance related OTP with anyone.
- Do not click on any suspicious link received from any unknown person or source.
- Do not share your password and use strong passwords.
- Use multifactor authentication (Two-Step Verification).
- Do not use public WiFi for financial transactions.
- Limit personal information on social media.
