DoT’ Preventive Steps to curbs cyber frauds

Context

Department of Telecommunication provides Pro-active guidelines to prevent malicious incoming calls and safeguarding cybercrimes and frauds through strengthens the user friendly guidelines.

Types of cyber Frauds:

They can be originated through Identity Theft, Botnets, Cyber stalking, Phishing, Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) and other means

Pegacisous

Recent DoTs guidelines:

Dialling *401# followed by unknown mobile number is a type of fraud . Never dials such numbers.(it may lead call forwarding access)
Checks call forwarding history and use only when required

Existing Government Measure to tackle Cyber Crimes in India?

Cybercrime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC) Scheme:supports financially to States/UTs for developing capabilities of Law Enforcement Agencies in investigating cyber-crimes.
Joint Cyber Coordination Teams:Constituted to enhance coordination among Law Enforcement Agencies of States/UTs, particularly in areas with multi-jurisdictional issues related to cyber-crimes.
CyTrain Portal:A Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) Platform to empower police officers, judicial officers, and prosecutors through online courses on critical aspects of cyber-crime investigation, forensics, and prosecution through capacity building.
Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C):It coordinates all activities to tackle all types of cyber-crimes across the country.
National Cyber Forensic Laboratory: It provides early-stage cyber forensic assistance to Investigating Officers of all State/UT Police through both online and offline modes.
National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal:A reporting Platform for victims to report incidents of cyber-crimes, with a special focus on crimes against women and children.
Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System:It is a dynamic system for immediate reporting of financial frauds and assistance in lodging online cyber complaints through a toll-free helpline.