As the world is progressing rapidly. Anyway, technological development is also taking place in every field. Earlier people used to go to someone’s house to steal. Used to snatch money from someone and run away. Now the method of theft has also changed. Now money is withdrawn from the online account instantly. And in the last few years, cyber fraud has become very big. But now the government has also found new ways to control it. That is why recently, to avoid cyber fraud, the Home Ministry has issued information that what should you do first if cyber fraud happens to you.
Call during golden hour
In the case of cyber fraud, the golden hour is called the first hour after the fraud occurs. If cyber fraud happens to someone. Then he will have to file a complaint at the Indian Cyber Crime Center within one hour of the cyber fraud taking place. If this is done then the culprit can be prevented from withdrawing money from the account. The government has also issued a number for this. You can lodge a complaint by calling 1930 within one hour of the fraud taking place.
Home Ministry released figures
In this matter, Rajesh Kumar, officer of the Indian Cyber Crime Center of the Home Ministry, gave this information in a press conference. He told that year 2023 In 2017, the Indian Cyber Crime Center prevented a total of Rs 921.59 crore from going into the accounts of criminals. This is 12.32 percent of total cyber crimes. In the year 2022, 7.32 percent i.e. Rs 169.04 crore and in the year 2021, 6.73 percent i.e. Rs 36.38 crore were blocked by the Indian Cyber Crime Centre. Along with this, more than 450 criminals from different places across the country have been arrested in cyber crimes.