The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) are working to block spoof calls originating from outside India and claiming digital arrests by law enforcement agencies such as the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) or Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), among others.
Meanwhile, the I4C is also working with Microsoft to stop the misuse of logos of the enforcement agencies which are frequently used by scamsters based abroad to extort money from Indians.
According to I4C, many cases have come to light in which the caller, claiming to be from the police or law enforcement agencies, claims digital arrest and extorts money. The channels of money extortion during digital arrests have been traced to international fund transfers, physical gold, cryptocurrency and ATM withdrawals.
Further, I4C has urged the citizens to report fraudulent phone numbers, WhatsApp identities or URL on the cybercrime website which can be done in suspect data. The citizens can also verify the phone numbers on the website from the suspect repository data.
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), 14C is facilitating blocking of SIM cards, mobile devices and mule accounts used by such fraudsters.
