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CONSUMER PROTECTION


How to get help if your online presence is compromised


cybercrimes


Email abuse-Receiving vulgar e-mail from a known or unknown person.This may include receipt of threatening/abusive/obscene content.


Email hacking/privacy attack-


Someone accesses your email or social networking account
Cyber stalking-cyber-stalking refer to the use of the internet,e-mail,or other electronic communications devices to stalk,follow or keep track of another person.In cyber stalking the criminal commits repeated acts of harassement or threatening behaviour towards the victim by using internet services such as email or social networking websites.




Denial of service-In this case the cyber criminal floods the bandwidth of the victim's network with repeated requests.Eventually this consumes the bandwidth of the network which then fails to serve legitimate request nad ultimately break down.


Hacking-This involves illegal/unauthorised intrusion into a computer sysetm or network.


Cyber impersonation/Cyber defamation-If some one set up a fake profile pf your on a social networking web site and posts from that profile.


online Fraud-This includes any-thing from phishing websites,email scams,virus hoax emails.Fraudsters create seemingly authentic websites or email the victim to divulge sensitive information such as login ids and passwords.


In all of the above you need to report these crimes to the nearest cybercrimes investigation cell or nearest police station.certain police stations in the country have been assigned as cyber policestation.In case of hacking,intrusion attempts and online frauds,you should also report to CERT in addition to the nearest CCIC.






organisation contact






 chennai                                                                            cyber@rediffmail.com
ACP Cyber crime cell










Mumbai                                                                           officer@cybercellmumbai.com
Cyber Crime investigation cell cybercell.                           mumbai@mahapolice.gov.in






Hydrebad                                                                      cidap@cidapg.gov.in
crime investigation departnment                                      http://www.cidap.gov.in/cybercrimes.aspx






Bengaluru                                                                       ccps@kar.nic.in
Cyber Crime police station                                             http://www.cyberpolicebanglore.nic.in/






Indian computer Emergency                                            incident@cert-in.org
Response Ream(CERT)








Trivandrum                                                                      www.cyberkeralam.in
Cyber Crime Reporting Center