Cyber Cell of Kulgam police recovers Rs 11,09,565 in online financial frauds and recovered 30 missing/stolen mobile-phones worth lakhs of rupees in Kulgam

December 21 : During the current year, multiple applications and reports were received from the general public about missing/stolen of their mobile phones by Cyber Cell of J&K Police in Kulgam. Acting upon these applications and reports, a special and dedicated team of Cyber Cell Kulgam under the supervision of DySP HQRS Kulgam recovered 30 smartphones so far from different places which were either lost or stolen. All the 30 smartphones were handed over to their legal owners after completing legal formalities.

Moreover, Cyber Cell Kulgam solved huge Online Financial Fraud Cases in which an amount of ₹11,09,565/= was recovered and has been refunded to the victim’s account after completing all legal formalities & amount of ₹21,88,715/= was put on hold on receipt of various complaints.

Cyber Cell of Kulgam Police requests general public to use their mobile phones and other electronic gadgets with precaution to safeguard themselves from cyber related frauds and crimes. If anyone becomes the victim of Cyber Crime/Fraud, he/she should immediately register complaint on Online Portal cybercrime.gov.in & report matter at Cyber Cell Kulgam immediately.

Following cyber precautions be adopted to safeguard themselves from cyber related frauds and crimes.

•Do not Share Adhaar, Pan Card or any other finance related OTP with anyone.
.Do not click on any suspicious link received from any unknown person or source.
•Do not share your password and use strong passwords.
•Use multifactor authentication (Two-Step Verification).
•Do not use public WiFi for financial transactions.
•Limit personal information on social media.