Scammers keep using new tricks to cheat people. One such method is investment scam, of which a large number of people are falling victim. According to the report of the Cyber Wing of the Home Ministry, more than 30 thousand people have become victims of such scams in the last 6 months. People have suffered a loss of Rs 1500 crore in these scams.
Most of the people who become victims of this type of scam are in the age group of 30 years to 60 years. In this, maximum cases have been registered in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Hyderabad. 65 percent of total scam cases are from this city.
Most fraud happened in Bengaluru
Indian cyber crime According to Coordination Sensor (I4C), scammers have targeted people in Bengaluru the most. 26.38 percent of the total loss is related to Bengaluru. Cyber criminals have targeted this city the most. Most of the victims are of working age.
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According to the report, people between the age group of 30 years to 60 years have been targeted the most by cyber criminals. About 76 percent people are of this age. This makes it clear that scammers are more targeting those people who are in their prime age.
People suffered huge losses
However, senior citizens are also being targeted more than before. 8.62 percent people above 60 years of age have been targeted. That means there are about 2829 people who became victims of scam and their age is more than 60 years. People have suffered huge losses in the scams that have been reported.
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On an average, each victim suffered a loss of Rs 51.38 lakh in the entire scam. Delhi is the city in which each person has suffered the most loss on an average. Cyber criminals use various digital channels to carry out such scams.
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