₹50,000 and ₹125,000 each in the name of helping them with covid care."“The fraud cases and attempts have jumped 25 to 30 times in the second wave of the pandemic.
While I get three to four cases a month normally, I am getting almost 30 cases a week now. It’s a huge crisis. The cloning of bank or wallet accounts is happening big time.
Identity theft is rampant, and with e-KYC catching up, these publicly available documents can be fodder for cyber frauds," Bhatia said.Both Tandon and Bhatia said with most offices shut and police busy managing covid-related issues, cyber frauds are not getting reported. “There is a need to have a centralized system to deal with cybercrimes, else jurisdiction issues come up," said Tandon.