Cyber Crime Incident reporting - Digital citizenship & Cyber security

CYBER CRIME INCIDENT REPORTING

Where to Report a Cyber Fraud?

 

1. Visit the nearest police station immediately.

2. To report cybercrime complaints online, visit the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. This portal can be accessed at https://cybercrime.gov.in/. In this portal, there are two

sections. 

• One section is to report crimes related to Women and Children (where reports can be filed anonymously as well). 
• Another section is to report other types of cybercrimes. You can also file a complaint offline by dialing the helpline number 155260.
• For Chennai and other regions in India https://www.naavi.org/cl_editorial_04/cyber_Crime_ps.htm

3. In case you receive or come across a fraud sms, e-mail, link, phone call asking for your

sensitive personal information or bank details, please report it on Maharashtra Cyber’s

web portal by visiting www.reportphishing.in

4. Refer to the latest advisories which are issued by CERT-IN on https://www.cert-in.org.in/

5. Report any adverse activity or unwanted behavior to CERT-IN using following channels

E-mail : incident@cert-in.org.in

Helpdesk : +91 1800 11 4949

Provide following information (as much as possible) while reporting an incident.

 • Time of occurrence of the incident

 • Information regarding affected system/network

 • Symptoms observed

6. To report lost or stolen mobile phones, file a First Information Report (FIR) with the police.

Post filing the FIR, inform Department of Telecommunications (DoT) through the helpline

number 14422 or file an online compliant on Central Equipment Identity Register

(CEIR) portal by visiting https://ceir.gov.in. After verification, DoT will blacklist the

phone, blocking it from further use. In addition to this, if anyone tries to use the device

using a different SIM card, the service provider will identify the new user and inform

the police.