What is this cybercrime?
- Scammer collects information about person from social media or other sources.
- Scammer calls victim for ransom giving the details of the person collected from online sources or else he will kidnap/kill the victim or someone from his/her family.
Prevention
- Report any such emails as spam and report it to nearest Police Station immediately including any phone numbers from where calls were received.
Solution in case of incident
- Inform nearest Police Station and register a complaint including print of SMS and copies of pass-book or online transactions.Include details of calls made if any.
- Write an application to Bank Manager including case details to return the debited money.
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