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Online fraud? Alert cops: SPC Loknath Behera

Mr Behera cautioned in a statement that one should never share the one-time passwords to unknown persons.

Thiruvananthapuram: State police chief Loknath Behera has urged the public to immediately alert cyber cells in case of any online cheating as the chances of blocking fraud transactions were quite high within two hours. A recently launched social media platform cyber police cell officials, banks, payment gateways and shopping portals could prevent fraudulent transactions to the tune of about Rs 25 lakh within a month.

Mr Behera cautioned in a statement that one should never share the one-time passwords to unknown persons and in case of a fraud transaction, related SMS messages should not be deleted from the mobile phone. The contact numbers of the district cyber cells are as follows :TVPM -9497975998, TVPM city -9497936113, Kollam city -9497960777, Kollam rural-94979 80211, Pathanamthitta -94979 76001, Alappuzha - 94979 76000, Kottayam - 9497976002, Idukki - 94979 76003, Kochi city - 94979 76004, Ernakulam rural - 9497976005, Trissur city -94979 62836, Trissur rural -94979 76006, Palakkad -94979 76007, Malappuram - 94979 76008, Koz city - 94979 76009, Koz rural - 94979 76010, Wayanad - 94979 76011, Kannur - 94979 76012, Kasargod - 94979 76013.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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