Cybercrimes are on the rise in the State. As many as 629 people lost a total of Rs 84,78,394 to various cyber frauds in the State in March.
The Commissionerate police’s Cyber Help Desk on Thursday said police could manage to recover over Rs 2 lakh from the fraudsters.
According to sources, as many as 629 people in the State had registered complaints with the Cyber Help Desk regarding cyber crime-related cases in March.Out of the 629 cyber fraud cases, a total of 310 cases were reported from the State capitalalone.
Most of the victims were duped after sharing OTP and UPI codes. However, after investigation police managed to recover only Rs 2,53,647 from the cyber frauds. Cyber fraud cases in the State during March included 170 UPI frauds and 80 credit or debit card frauds.
People who were duped had received calls from different criminal syndicates operating from Deoghar, Bihar, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Kerala. Police have been able to block few transactions and SIM cards which the cybercriminals used to cheat people.
Notably, as many as 1,207 people had lost over Rs 1.4 crore to various cyber frauds in the State during February 2021. Out of the 1,207 cases, a total of 368 cyber fraud cases had been reported from Bhubaneswar alone.
The Commissionerate police had launched a special helpdesk and helpline number in January to initiate immediate action against the offenders.