AspKom Eixil Foundation Constitutes Cyber Crime Prevention/Awareness Team

Cyber Crimes are an alarming and worrying news at this point in time! Cybercrimes today have become a major global threat to consumers, organizations, businesses and countries – impacting millions of people globally and costing billions of dollars.

Instances of Cyber Crimes, Digital Frauds, Cyber Scams, Hacking, Identity Theft Instances, Instant Loan Fake Apps, Cyber Stalking, Threats, Blackmailing and Extortions, Circulation of Morphed Photographs of Women/Females hacked or taken from their Social Media Profiles or Mobile Phones by Various Fake Apps, the Numbers, Type of Emerging Cyber Crimes and Cases are alarming and worrying. Cyber Crimes converted into the biggest organized crime syndicate globally by 2021, accounting to worth 6 trillion of damages, approximately 2.5 times the value of India’s economy. It is estimated that by 2025, cyber crime damages will be worth 10 trillion dollars — ISN’T IT ALARMING ENOUGH

From the small-time hacker to state-sponsored attacks, cyber criminals are getting more and more sophisticated. And these days, they don’t even need technical skills to do their damage. Simple phishing scams or apps that make fake calls can give criminals access to your data, leaving people’s privacy and reputation in shreds. Today’s digital world is challenging for anyone who cares about safety and security, whether you’re a company with sensitive data on your network, a parent protecting your family from internet scammers or a user who wants to make smart decisions about the apps you use and the sites you visit.

Cyber Crimes were not even heard back in 2011 but with the advent of smartphones and increased use of technology, Cyber Crime has taken over the world. We see major instances of cyber crimes, digital frauds, hacking, identity theft instances, fake apps, cyber stalking and many other types of cyber crimes every day. According to a study Cyber Crimes converted into to the biggest organized crime syndicate globally by 2021 which will account for damages worth 6 trillion dollars (approximately 2.5 times larger than India’s economy).

“Chinese Mobile Apps Scams” Targeting Lakhs of Indians

These increasing Cyber Crime Instances definitely will be going to tarnish the image of New Digital India, as People have started hesitating to use Technology for ease due to fear factor of being scammed. AspKom Eixil Foundation under leadership of Ms. Komal Chauhan, National President and Mr. Ashu Gaur, Chairman and Co-Founder, Tulsi Krishan Varshney, Mayank Yadav (Advocate) and Manu Tiwari, initiates awareness campaign and a R&D Team / Division to Identify the New Instances of Such Scams, The Preventive and Safety Measures to stay safe from the Cyber Crimes and Scammers and in case you have been scammed, what all procedures and protocols one has to follow or pursue to present the evidences, proofs and leads so that the Government Agencies can nab these scammers.

One biggest reason and challenge in countering Cyber Crime is that these Cyber Criminals target the victims or the system, where there is operational or the coordination loopholes, and victim out of fear initially hesitates to report the cyber crime instance or maybe at several times they don’t know what to do, whom to report and what all are the essential evidences needed to crack and nab the criminal. So Cyber Crimes are broadly a kind of SCAM or FRAUDS , where initially the victim even don’t know that they are being trapped

The NGO’s Aim is to create awareness, conduct Cyber Crime Prevention Workshops, Demonstrate and Identify the Modus of Operandi of Cyber Stalkers and Cyber Criminals so that general public can prevent themselves from such scammers and if you are already a Victim to Cyber / Digital Fraud or Scam, what all possible steps and precautions you need to immediately take, whom/how to report the Fraud / Scam so that Government Agencies can crack down the criminals.

We wish to make a Safe and Strong Digital India’s Dream come true, quoted Komal Chauhan. In Cyber and Digital Space, once the awareness is created with a strong Cyber Crime / IT Laws, India has a potential to lead the Digital Space and Represent the World.

STEPS / PROTOCOLS FRAMED by ASPKOM EIXIL FOUNDATION

• Create a List / Master Database of Common Types of Scams or Cyber Crimes through which Scammers Target Innocent and General Public, Create the Awareness Campaigns
• Create Awareness Videos, Audio-Visual Content
• Guide and Assist the People Scammed on the Support they can get by Government Agencies, Investigation Agencies, Collection of Evidences to Report the Cyber Crime and How to File a Cyber Crime Complaint

CYBER CRIMES in NEWS

• Chinese-Linked Loan App Involved In Extortion, Multi-Crore Fraud Busted In Delhi, 8 Arrested (Apr 04, 2022, India Times)
• Cyber crime to cost economies $10 trn by 2025: Microsoft India official (Business Standard)
• Hyderabad police bust loan app fraud run by Chinese national, two arrested (Mint)
• Chinese apps trying to destablise Indian economy: Sanjay Raut (Daily Pioneer)
• Inter-state fake loan recovery centres busted, call centres being operated in Gurugram (TOI)
• Power Bank App Case: More than 5 lakh Indians across the country were looted of over Rs 300 crore. The Power Bank app projected itself as a Bengaluru-based company involved in quick charging technology; the server of the app was found to be based in China.

Some of the most common types of Cyber Scams or Frauds being reported in India

• International or VOIP Calls for Promotions, Scamming or Threats
• Facebook Profiles Hacking, Cloning of Facebook Profiles
• Fake or Misleading Advertisements on Facebook
• Nude, Obscence WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger Calls and thereafter Recording them and Blackmailing the Victims
• KYC and OTP / PIN Fraud Calls by VOIP, International Calling Numbers or Whatsapp Calls
• Fake Website(s) for Scamming, Fraudulent E-Commerce Transactions
• Hacking of YouTube Channels
• Debit Card, Credit Card Hackings
• ATM Cloning
• Gaming, Fake Apps, Loan Apps Scam and Frauds