National Helpline Number Launched By Central Government To Report Financial Frauds

National Helpline Number Launched By Central Government To Report Financial Frauds

The focal government has found a way a major way to give a safe advanced installment eco-framework. The Union Home Ministry has begun the activity of National Helpline 155260 and Reporting Platform to forestall monetary misfortune due to digital misrepresentation. The National Helpline and Reporting Platform gives a stage to digital extortion casualties to report such cases. 

The helpline was delicate dispatched on April 1, 2021. The helpline 155260 and its detailing stage has been created by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs with the dynamic help and participation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), every single significant bank, installment bank, wallets, and online traders. 

This Is How The Helpline And Its Associated Platforms Work 

Individuals who have faced digital fraud need to call the helpline number 155260, which is worked by the police of the separate state. 

The police administrator noting the call records the subtleties of the fake exchange and essential individual data of the guest casualty and records this data as a ticket on the Citizens Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System. 

These tickets are then quickly conveyed to the separate banks, wallets, vendors, and so forth, contingent upon whether they are the casualty's bank or the bank/wallet in which the deceitful cash has gone. 

Then, at that point a SMS is shipped off the casualty containing the affirmation number of his grumbling alongside directions to utilize this affirmation number to finish the misrepresentation subtleties inside 24 hours from the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (https://cybercrime .gov.in/). 

Presently the concerned bank, which can see this ticket on the dashboard of its announcing entrance, checks these subtleties in its inner framework. 

Assuming the misrepresentation cash is as yet present, the bank stops it, that is, the fraudster can't pull out that cash. Assuming that misrepresentation cash has gone to another bank, that ticket is given to the following bank where the cash has gone. This interaction is rehashed until the cash is saved from falling under the control of the fraudsters. 

These Banks Are Included 

As of now, this helpline and its announcing stage incorporate all significant public and private area banks. These incorporate – State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB), Bank of Baroda (BOB), Bank of India, Union Bank, IndusInd, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis, Yes and Kotak Mahindra Bank. Every significant wallet and shippers are additionally associated with it, for example, – Paytm, PhonePe, MobiKwik, Flipkart and Amazon.

 

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