Cyber Police Kashmir saves Rs 19 Lakhs in fake transportation of Goods and Services

Srinagar : Cyber Police Kashmir Srinagar received a complaint from a Srinagar resident stating there in that his 19 lakhs rupees have been fraudulently duped through cyber fraud on the pretext of transportation of goods, services through an E-Commerce Company web portal.
In a statement issued on Monday cyber police said “ as per the complainant he was desirous of transportation of some goods & therefore he searched through Google search engine and during the web search he came across an E-Commerce company’s web portal”.
Stating that the complainant contacted on mobile numbers of a fake company web portal wherein the fraudster who picked the call on the other end offered him to provide goods/services at low cost, Cyber Police Kashmir in it’s above referred statement further said that attracted by the offer, the complainant made online payment of Rs 19 Lakhs.
Cyber Police Kashmir in it’s statement also said “after the online transfer of said amount, complainant was not able to contact the said company again “adding that “on realizing that he was cheated through the fake web portal, the complainant accordingly approached Cyber Police Kashmir Zone Srinagar for redressal of his grievance”.
Cyber Police in its statement further said that taking cognizance of the complaint, Cyber Police Kashmir Zone Srinagar immediately took up the matter with bank authorities to ascertain the details of transactions and during analysis of transactions, it came to fore that the said hefty amount of rupees 19 lacs was transferred through RTGS payment. “It was thus due to swift and strenuous intervention by the Cyber Police Kashmir Zone Srinagar that the duped amount of Rs 19 Lakhs were retrieved which was later on deposited back into the complainant’s bank account” ,reads the Cyber Police Kashmir statement.
Stating that on the directions of Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone Srinagar, frequently various awareness campaigns and programs are being held by Cyber Police Station Kashmir Zone Srinagar through electronic/print media, pamphlets etc whereby general public is made aware about various online financial frauds, the Cyber Police Kashmir in the concluding para of it’s above referred statement appealed people to refrain from downloading any remote access apps like Team viewer quick support, Anydesk App etc. or dialling fake helpline or customer care numbers found on Google search engine, stating therein further that these legitimate apps are remote software tools, which provides third party a complete hold of the users’ cell phones/computer.