Bhubaneswar: Cyber criminals have defrauded Rs 40, 87,423 from residents of Bhubaneswar in December last year.
Out of complaints of cyber fraud amounting to Rs 60, 59,649 in Bhubaneswar, the anti-fraud cell functioning in the office of the DCP Bhubaneswar has been successful in blocking/refunding Rs 19, 72,226.
The Cyber Help Desk received a total of 414 complaints of fraud during the month of December last year, out of which 213 calls were from Bhubaneswar only.
Out of these calls, 100 calls were pertaining to UPI (Universal Payment Interface) fraud, 66 were pertaining to Credit/Debit Cards and 47 were other frauds.
The anti-fraud cell has registered nine cases of cyber fraud in the month of November and has blocked 48 accounts by generating cyber safe tickets.
Notably, the Cyber and Economic Offences Police Station has commenced functioning in Bhubaneswar since December 29 last year.
Victims of cyber fraud in Bhubaneswar UPD (Urban Police District) can contact the Cyber Help Desk by dialing 7440006709.
