How to report Cyber crime or Cyber fraud
Category : Online security
Are you a victim of cybercrime or any fraud. Here you can understand, how to report Cyber crime or Cyber fraud. First, you need to visit govt website https://cybercrime.gov.in/ and register yourself with your mail ID and mobile number. After verification with OTP, you will be able to login your acccount.
Below are the mandatory Information required to file & report cyber crime.
1. Incident Date and Time.
2. Incident details (minimum 200 characters) without any special characters (#$@^*`’’~|!).
3. Soft copy of any national Id ( Voter Id, Driving license, Passport, PAN Card, Aadhar Card) of complainant in .jpeg, .jpg, .png format (file size should not more than 5 MB).
4. In case of financial fraud, please keep following information ready:
i) Name of the Bank/ Wallet/Merchant
ii) 12-digit Transaction id/UTR No.
iii) Date of transaction
iv) Fraud amount
5. Soft copy of all the relevant evidences related to the cyber crime (not more than 10 MB each)
Optional/Desirable Information:
1. Suspected website URLs/ Social Media handles (wherever applicable)
2. Suspect Details (if available)
i) Mobile No
ii) Email id
iii) Bank Account No
iv) Address
v) Soft copy of photograph of suspect in .jpeg, .jpg, .png format (not more than 5 MB)
vi) Any other document through which suspect can be identified.
Cyber crime fraud can be of various types like phishing where one has duped through a fake look alike website or it can be through AI fake voice calls or sms. Fake customer care or website, fake apps or through remote screen sharing. It is really necessary to report cyber crime as soon as possible so that your money can be retrieved back.
