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ALLAHABAD: In 50% of the cases reported from the district cyber fraudsters duped people by posing as bank officials and convinced them to reveal their ATM PIN and bank details, said SP (crime) Manoj Kumar Awasthi on Wednesday.“In more than 50% of fraud cases registered under sections 65 and 66 of the Information Technology (IT) Act in Allahabad, people were duped by cyber fraudsters claiming to be calling from a bank or a financial institution. The fraudsters talked the victims into revealing their account details and ATM PIN.”Awasthi said as many as 152 cases registered under sections 65 and 66 of IT Act were pending with the crime branch of the district police.He also said that most pending cases under IT Act involved internet fraud, online shopping and people being duped by fraudsters claiming to be calling from their bank.Majority of the cases registered under IT Act were reported from Colonelganj, Dhoomanganj, and Civil Lines police stations and 30% of the victims of cyber frauds were women and retired government officials.There were a lot of cases wherein miscreants tried to defame people by creating fake e-mail ids or Facebook accounts or even booking tickets from the a person’s account to mislead cops.Awasthi said that the district police had formed three special cyber teams to focus on Facebook frauds, ATMank fraud and mobile frauds separately.“Department has also decided to launch an awareness campaign among masses appealing them not to share their bank or ATM details with anyone” informed SP.
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