Jaipur . Police Headquarters has issued an advisory to protect the residents of Rajasthan from cyber fraud. The Cyber Crime Branch of the Police Headquarters has advised to beware of fraud committed by fraudsters in the name of congratulatory messages and immediately register a complaint in fraud cases.
Director General of Police, Cyber Crime Rajasthan Hemant Priyadarshi said that Rajasthan Police is making continuous efforts in the state to curb cyber crimes and create awareness about cyber crimes among the general public. He told that before the upcoming festivals and New Year, cyber criminals can commit cyber fraud by sharing links for greetings and gifts to the common people. DGP Priyadarshi said that cyber criminals are using social media platforms like WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, Facebook etc. or through messages to send greetings and gifts on the upcoming Christmas and New Year and to upload KYC and other documents in the name of making a new version of PAN card. They will try to commit cyber fraud by sending a link in this regard or by pretending to download the APK file. Priyadarshi said that this type of link may contain malware. By clicking on this link, your device gets infected with malware, due to which the consumer can become a victim of any kind of cyber fraud. While advising the general public, he said that they should not get lured by any unknown lure and click on such fake links related to congratulations and gifts.
