More than 100 websites involved in organized illegal investment and task based part time job fraud have been blocked following the recommendation of the Union Home Ministry. The Ministry has said that these websites were engaged in organized investment and task based part time job fraud. According to the ministry, all these websites were committing economic crimes in a vicious manner.
According to an official statement by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), all these websites were being operated from abroad, all of them were using digital advertising, chat messengers, rented accounts.
NCTAU recommended blocking the website
The ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre’ (14C), a unit of the Union Home Ministry, through its ‘National Cyber Crime Risk Analysis Unit’ (NCTAU) last year arrested more than 100 cases of fraud in the name of organized investment and task based part-time jobs. The websites were identified and recommended for closure.
The statement of the ministry said that after this, the Ministry of Electronics and IT has used its authority under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and closed these websites.
Money sent out of India
The Home Ministry has also said that the income earned through large-scale financial fraud was sent out of India using card networks, cryptocurrency, foreign ATM withdrawals and international fintech companies.
How to avoid fraud
- If any unknown person contacts you on WhatsApp/Telegram, avoid doing financial transactions.
- If you use UPI app, then verify it once before sending money to someone.
- If any fraud still happens to you then definitely report it.
