India reported 2,08,456 incidents in 2018; 3,94,499 incidents in 2019; 11,58,208 cases in 2020; 14,02,809 cases in 2021; and 2,12,485 incidents in the first two months of 2022.
Mass level awareness must be introduced on regular basis now.
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Punishment if found guilty can be imprisonment up to three years and/or a fine of up to Rs 5 lakh. The criminal was punished under Section 66 of IT Act
#Awareness_against_cyberFraud
cybercrime, also called computer crime, the use of a computer as an instrument to further illegal ends, such as committing fraud, trafficking in child pornography and intellectual property, stealing identities, or violating privacy.
#Awareness_against_cyberFraud
one cn register a cyber crime FIR @ nearest local police station. It is mandatory under Section 154 of CrPC, for every police officer to record information/complaint of an offense, irrespective of jurisdiction in which crime was committed.
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