Fin Ministry alerts public on fake, fraudulent e-mails bearing names, stamps of Delhi Police

New Delhi, July 4 (FN Agency) The menace of cyber frauds is “unstoppable” as the Ministry of Finance now has alerted the general public on fake and fraudulent e-mails bearing names, signatures, stamps and logos of Delhi Police Cyber Crime and Economic Offence, Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB), Intelligence Bureau and Cyber Cell, Delhi. It has come to notice that several fake and fraudulent e-mails have been circulated by fraudsters to defraud many people, the Ministry said in an official statement. Such fake emails have a letter as attachment which bear the names and signatures of Shri Sandeep Khirwar, ADG, Cyber Crime and Economic Offence, Delhi Police Headquarters, New Delhi and that of Shri Anupam Prakash, Joint Secretary (COFEPOSA), Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB), together with stamps and logos of CEIB, Intelligence Bureau and Cyber Cell, New Delhi.

The said letter makes allegations of “child pornography”, “pedophilia”, “cyber pornography”, “sexual explicit exhibit”, “grooming” etc. levelled against the receivers of the said e-mails. The fraudsters have used different e-mail addresses for sending the aforementioned fake e-mails with attachment. Police authorities have been alerted for taking necessary action in the matter. Receiver of any such email should be aware about this fraudulent attempt. It is informed to the general public that any such e-mails with the attachment should not be responded to and such cases may be reported to the nearest police station/cyber police station. Earlier similar alerts have been issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Communication asking public not to respond to such emails or phone calls and report such incidents with the designated authorities immediately.