Bengaluru: Police blocked more than 15 thousand SIM cards, fraudsters used them for fraud

Bengaluru: Amidst the increasing cybercrime, Bengaluru Police has launched a campaign in which they have taken the initiative to reduce such cases. In fact, on the basis of registered complaints of cybercrime, the police have blocked more than 15 thousand SIM cards which were used by fraudsters to cheat the common people. Police are still analyzing last year's case file.

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Bengaluru: Police blocked more than 15 thousand SIM cards, fraudsters used them for fraud

These days, many people are being cheated through illegal SIM cards. Meanwhile, Bengaluru City Police has identified and blocked more than 1500 SIM cards, which were used by fraudsters, in the last three weeks to curb cybercrime.

Police said on Saturday that cases of such cyber crime have increased rapidly across the city limits, due to which the police have taken this action. According to the police, a special campaign was launched on August 16 to curb cybercrime incidents in the city.

Under this, the police identified and blocked 15,378 SIM cards from August 16 to September 7, which were used by fraudsters.

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