Police organises Cyber Crime awareness progs in Pulwama

Srinagar : To make the general public aware about Cybercrimes, Police in Pulwama on Wednesday organized Cyber Crime Awareness Programmes at Police Station Pulwama, PS Rajpora, PS Litter and Middle School Kakapora.
According to a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar these programmes were hosted by concerned supervisory police officers and were attended by respectable citizens, youth and students of these areas.
Police in its statement said that the main motive behind conducting such programmes is to provide awareness of cyber frauds among the general public particularly in youth & students. During these programmes, chairing officers briefed the participants about various types of cyber threats/crimes such as identity theft, credit card fraud, data stealing, cyber stalking, pornography, OTP frauds etc. They advised the participants to adopt safe browsing habits, to avoid suspicious websites while surfing the Internet. They also appealed to the participants to not share OTPs or Bank Account Details and Passwords with anyone. The participants were also cautioned against accepting friend requests from unknown persons or chatting with unauthenticated persons on social media
Besides, the participants appreciated the efforts of Police for organising Cyber awareness programmes and spreading awareness about various cybercrimes among the common masses.