How To File Cybercrime Complaint Online In India : Step By Step Process

                                                      Cyber crime Complaint Online In India

This is how you can lodge an online complaint about cyber crimes

God forbid, but if you are a victim of such fraud. The very first step is to open the website – https://cybercrime.gov.in/

Step 1 – As you open the website, you will see the following prompt on your screen. You can notice, next to the home button tab, there are two other options – Report Women/Child-Related Crime and Report Other Cyber Crime.

Step 2- If a woman or a child is a victim of cyber crime, then you can click this button. Upon clicking, you will find an option of Report anonymously and report & track. If you want to hide your identity then the anonymous option can be chosen else report and track button should be pressed.

 

Step 3: In the next window user have to press – File a complaint and I Accept button to move forward. Read the conditions and accept them. It is here the portal also tells — Please contact local police in case of an emergency or for reporting crimes other than cyber crimes. The national police helpline number is 112. The national women helpline number is 181.

Step 4: Here you create a user id and register your mobile number on which you will receive OTP and fill in your name and state. After successfully logging in to the page, you can easily choose your respective area and register a complaint. Fill in the relevant details about the offence.

 

Follow similar steps to file a complaint under the “report other cyber crimes” option. Select the appropriate category and sub-category.

Tracking the complaint

Once you have registered the complaint on the website, you will receive a unique number for your reference. Further communication regarding the investigations will be done via a unique number generated. The number can also be used to track the status of the complaint.

Registering complaint via an email

You can also send a mail to complaint-mwcd@gov.in , a hotline created by the Ministry of Women and Child development to report online bullying and abuse.

There is also a facility for getting the investigation done with getting your identity disclosed. There are Cyber Nodal Officers designated in almost every corner of the country.

A complaint can be registered by emailing to security officers on their respective email id. Full List here: https://cybercrime.gov.in/Webform/Crime_NodalGrivanceList.aspx

A PDF file with the list of email id and contact number of the nodal officers is available in the Contact Us section on cybercrime.gov.in website.

Helpline Number

Ministry of Home Affairs has introduced a dedicated toll-free helpline number — 155260.
The number is reachable on a working day 24/7 in most of the states.


 

 

 

 

 

 

Location: India

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