This new cyber wing opened in Banashankari last year to receive complaints from South Bangalore areas like JP Nagar and Jayanagar, among others. Pics: Bangalore City Police

Cyber crimes rose by 100 percent in 2019 compared to the previous year. While there were 5036 incidents in 2018, there were 9999 incidents reported in 2019. There could have been more, but the cyber crime station shut because its software was not able to process complaints that were more than four digits. Finally, it was fixed late in December, however, we were still not able to access complaints beyond 9999 for 2019. Similarly, the Cyber Crime cell of CID’s website itself lacks a secure certificate.

Most crimes happen to be OTP related cases. Click here to know more about OTP to be aware of the modus operandi adopted by the criminals. If there were 13 daily cases of cyber crimes reported in 2018, they rose to 26 in 2019. If you know someone who is a victim of cyber crime or want to have a news item handy on how to go about reporting it to the cops, read this story.

There are different kinds of credit card frauds, ATM machine scams, fake online lottery and job offers, here is a story we had done that will detail these tricks in greater detail, so you can safeguard yourself and everyone you know. The cybercrime police station is regularly giving updates on the various kinds of frauds on its Twitter handle. To decentralise its operations and take away some of the burden, the Cyber Crime police station on Palace Road is now helped with a new branch in Banashankari set up last year to handle complaints from Bangalore South regions like Jayanagar, and JP Nagar.

Contact Numbers

For any cybercrime related enquiry or complaint, you can reach out through these different channels:

Email: cybercrimepsbcp@ksp.gov.in, compolbcp@ksp.gov.in, piccrbbcp@ksp.gov.in

Phone: 9480801554, 080-22375522

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