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The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), a wing of the Ministry of Home Affairs, has identified and blocked more than 1,700 Skype IDs and 59,000 WhatsApp accounts used for digital fraud, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar also stated that the Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System,' launched under I4C in 2021, enables immediate reporting of financial frauds to prevent the siphoning off of funds by fraudsters and so far, over Rs 3,431 crore has been saved in more than 9.94 lakh complaints. "The I4C has pro-actively identified and blocked more than 1,700 Skype IDs and 59,000 WhatsApp accounts used for digital fraud, Kumar said in response to a written question. As of November 15, 2024, more than 6.69 lakh SIM cards and 1.32 lakh IMEIs, as reported by police authorities, have been blocked by the government. The minister further explained that to strengthen the mechanism for addressing cyber ...

Updated On: 03 Dec 2024 | 7:25 PM IST

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Updated On: 03 Jul 2023 | 8:14 PM IST

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Updated On: 13 Jun 2023 | 8:18 PM IST

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Updated On: 24 Feb 2023 | 7:40 AM IST

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Updated On: 24 Feb 2023 | 12:19 AM IST

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Updated On: 17 Dec 2022 | 3:29 PM IST

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Updated On: 16 Dec 2022 | 12:51 PM IST

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Updated On: 15 Dec 2022 | 8:09 AM IST

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Updated On: 23 Nov 2022 | 5:31 PM IST

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Updated On: 30 Sep 2022 | 7:20 AM IST

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Updated On: 26 May 2022 | 9:17 AM IST

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Updated On: 20 Dec 2020 | 5:54 PM IST

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Updated On: 03 Jun 2020 | 1:48 PM IST

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Updated On: 26 May 2020 | 1:57 PM IST

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Updated On: 12 May 2020 | 2:23 PM IST

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Updated On: 26 Apr 2020 | 12:09 AM IST

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Updated On: 08 Feb 2020 | 12:56 AM IST

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Updated On: 16 Aug 2019 | 9:00 PM IST

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Updated On: 15 Aug 2019 | 12:38 PM IST

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Updated On: 05 Jun 2019 | 5:58 PM IST