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Jagran correspondent, New Delhi. The rapidly increasing cyber crimes in the country have made life difficult for people. Middle-aged and elderly citizens are the biggest victims of cyber criminals. The police do not understand why people of this age fall into the trap of cyber criminals so easily.
How to crack down on cyber criminals who are becoming a challenge for the people as well as the police, remains a serious problem. Every year the incidents of cyber fraud are increasing.
If we look at the figures of Delhi Police, in 2024, cyber criminals cheated about Rs 1100 crore from the people of Delhi. In 2025, this figure will increase to approximately Rs 1250 crore.
This year 24 percent of the defrauded amount was recovered
However, after showing some promptness, there has been some increase in the recovery rate. While in 2024, Delhi Police was able to recover only 10 percent of the amount defrauded by cyber criminals, in 2025 this amount increased to about 24 percent.
In view of the rapidly increasing cyber crimes after Corona, Delhi Police had to open one cyber police station each in all 15 districts in 2022, yet the police is not able to curb cyber crimes. Last week, the digital arrest of an elderly couple from Greater Kailash and fraud of Rs 14.85 crore shocked the people of the capital.
The couple is shocked by this incident. Cyber criminals based in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos are continuously victimizing the people of the country at the behest of Chinese handlers. 81-year-old Om Taneja says that his wife was called on WhatsApp by posing as an employee of the telecom department.
Show fear of getting involved in illegal activities
The caller told him that his phone was being used for illegal activities. The caller and his associates took advantage of the couple's fear and their desire to follow the law and trapped them in a deep web of deception.
While under digital arrest from December 24 to January 9, he gave away his entire life's earnings of around Rs 2 crore in multiple installments, which he had raised from his savings account and by selling mutual funds.
A police officer says that digital arrest and fraud in the name of investment have become common in which people are losing their hard-earned money. Police officials say most cybercriminals operate from Southeast Asian countries Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, where large-scale scam compounds run by Chinese handlers are targeting people around the world.
Use SIM box installation
From these locations, criminals use illegal SIM box installation, which allows international calls to bypass telecom networks and appear as local Indian numbers. The calls are actually routed from abroad, but are made to appear as domestic calls by using illegal SIM box devices, allowing criminals to escape detection.
Mule bank accounts remain a major challenge because they create layered paths of money that are difficult to track. Fraudsters based in India often help foreign syndicates by giving them mule accounts and SIM cards to send the fraud funds abroad. These accounts are usually opened by people from economically weaker sections, who hand them over to fraudsters in exchange for commission.
Police started Santa's lesson campaign
Recently, Delhi Police launched a two-phase cyber awareness campaign named 'Santa Ki Sikh'. Under which citizens were informed about the risks of scanning unknown links after being prompted through QR code. Regular coordination meetings are also being held with bank officials to take precautions and sensitize the frontline staff.
In this connection, recently two bank employees were also arrested for their involvement in cyber fraud by helping a gang to open fake current accounts using forged documents, which were used to divert and withdraw the crime proceeds.
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