Toll Free Number for Cyber Crime

Techtree News Staff, Dec 12, 2007 2050 hrs IST

Sufferers of cyber crimes, and those affected by mobile related offences can now call 1800 209 6789 and seek professional and individual assistance for free.

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Agape India, a computer and mobile forensics specialist, plans to launch a special toll-free number to enable instant reporting of cyber crimes and mobile offences. The service will be activated on the 17th of this month.

Sufferers of cyber crimes such as online fraud, phishing, or even threat mails, and those affected by mobile related offences like unsolicited calls or pornographic MMS, can now call 1800 209 6789 and seek professional and individual assistance for free.

Agape has also launched the National Institute of e-Forensic (NIEF) in Mumbai. The purpose of this institute is to provide specialized computer and mobile forensic training programs to meet the growing demand of law enforcement agencies, corporates, individuals, and government bodies.

NIEF has set up 2 special e-Forensic training labs, while 3 more are expected to be set up in a year's time.

According to CERT IN (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team), hackers have become more active in India this year, breaking into over 2340 websites up to the end of May, as against 5200 in the entire year of 2006.

Sachin Pandey, CEO of NIEF observed, "With the growing market of PDAs and mobiles, related crimes in this sector have also witnessed an increase. Computer misuse has become so common that detection and effective monitoring of electronic activity as part of a solid computer usage and monitoring policy, should now be a cornerstone of any IT or personnel policy of the company."

The company said, NIEF will train students to combat various types of cyber crimes namely, credit card scams, e-mail related crimes like spoofing/ bombing, threat, defamation, fraud; and even phishing, software piracy, SMS hacking, cloning of mobiles, etc.

According to NIEF, the technology to combat these issues is present in the country, but there are very few people who are skilled to bring the existing technology in use.

Therefore, NIEF is offering a 1-year advanced course for imparting training in e-forensics. The cost of this course will approximately be Rs. 2.5 lakh; while short term courses will cost upward of Rs.15,000.

Presently, the institute has 6 trained cyber crime experts who will train the students at their Mumbai institute, and 3 more institutes have been planned to commence operation in the nation's metropolitans by the end of this financial year.

NIEF also has a mobile forensic lab that will travel across the length and breadth of India to educate the masses on cyber crime and make them aware of mobile malpractices.

USER COMMENTS

Very Good Initiative long overdue which should have been taken by Governments is now implimented . Both the facility and the Emergency Number is a very helpful and effective idea. Congrats

by DR.C.S.BUCH,MB,, VADODARA, on Apr 23, 2009 03:22 PM, Report abuse Reply

hellosir,I am interest in your course.please inform me all the terms&conditions of your course.what is the eligibilty for the course? your's sincierly, aswin.

by ASWIN GOPINATH, THRISSUR, on Mar 26, 2009 10:12 AM, Report abuse Reply

Hi sir, Can i know the amount of short term course and also pls specify the location with in chennai.

by E.VijayaKumar, chennai, on Jun 07, 2008 04:04 PM, Report abuse Reply

Hi ! i am interested in this course. May i know the short term course duration.

by abraham rajendr, bangalore, on Jun 06, 2008 04:08 PM, Report abuse Reply

sir, Can u give me the eligibility of this course as i m from a non computers background. i m a MBA and interested in e-Forensics Plzz tell me can i apply for it? Also tell me wat is the course fee?

by summi, jalandhar, on Apr 21, 2008 01:15 PM, Report abuse Reply

sir please send me the contact number of National Institute of e-Forensics (NIEF) which is situated in dadar in mumbai

by Syed mohd rassh, mumbai, on Mar 29, 2008 10:57 PM, Report abuse Reply

The Toll Free Number provided on the site does not work. Has it been changed??

by Amar, Dibrugarh, on Mar 27, 2008 06:06 PM, Report abuse Reply

i have received a internet job opportunity in uk and this is totally fake i know about this and this is a fraud his mobile number is 09819483742. he told me to deposit me the $850 and after he will proceed for any documentation. he is cheating the indians even he is not indian but he is leaving in india and using the same number. please found that person or so something.

by sudas gupta, delhi, on Feb 18, 2008 11:10 AM, Report abuse Reply

What about those who doesn't use BSNL/MTNL? What's their websitee-mail?

by Chiradip Das, Bangalore, on Dec 13, 2007 10:06 PM, Report abuse Reply

21st floor guruprabha apt, senapati bapat marg, dadar (west), mumbai-400028. tel: 022-24367119/022-24373701 www.nief.in

by siddhi, mumbai, on Jan 22, 2008 12:51 PM, Report abuse

Can somebody provide contact numbers of NIEF? I could not find their website url (which should have been up by now). Pl get me their contact numbers if anyone has it.

by Milind, Mumbai, on Dec 14, 2007 11:57 AM, Report abuse Reply

21st floor guruprabha apt, senapati bapat marg, dadar (west), mumbai-400028. tel: 022-24367119/022-24373701

by siddhi, mumbai, on Jan 22, 2008 12:49 PM, Report abuse

Good to hear. Can we have contact details of Agape. Thanks and Regards.

by Vicky D. Shah, Mumbai, on Dec 14, 2007 12:33 PM, Report abuse Reply

1st floor, pooja apts, duttawadi, nagpur-440 023 TEL ? 07104-222812

by Siddhi, mumbai, on Jan 22, 2008 12:47 PM, Report abuse

Am in interested in pursuing a career in E-Forensics. Please provide the address and contact details of ur institute in Mumbai, MHS, India

by Ajit Maruti Saw, Mumbai, on Jan 10, 2008 11:01 AM, Report abuse Reply

21st floor guruprabha apt, senapati bapat marg, dadar (west), mumbai-400028. tel: 022-24367119/022-24373701

by Siddhi, mumbai, on Jan 22, 2008 12:45 PM, Report abuse

Sir, this is to inform you that i have got a online job offer from Scotland, Royal Victoria hospital from Scotland on NOV 12 th 2007, they asked me to deposit 750 punds INdian RS 63,000, on 16th Nov 2007, as they informed me that i should join work before Jan 5th 2008, But nothing they have done now they are asking me to again pay about 2 lacks rupees then only they can do , as i have requested from them to repay the amount which i have paid as iam not in a position to pay such a huge amount and iam requesting the representative from Scotland his Name is Mr Brandon Williams .His mobile number is 09819483742, from Bombay. His e mail Id is willia_brandon.co.uk. Sir i have been requesting that to return my moiney but he is not ready to pay the money which i have paid and he is going to escape soo. Sir i humbly requesting you to trace this person and help me to get back my hard earned money would be great, i would be very much greatful to you.

by Kumari shanthi, chennai, on Dec 26, 2007 10:36 PM, Report abuse Reply

There are lots of scams doing rounds. I have friends who had done hotel and catering degree courses who have received "job offers" from UK. Since I am into Information Technology for the last 15 years and I am well versed to trace e-mails and to do technical investigations, I was able to for warn all of my friends in this matter. Please be careful in dealing with such people. Most of the personal details are obtained from online job portals which are not secured. These fraudsters use such information to lure unsuspecting job aspirants to shell out huge money in getting ?highly paid? jobs. In our country, most of the times, even cops do not come to help unless they are "pleased". In fact there are NO such job offers or people staying in UK, these people are mostly Nigerians who have setup a telephone number which forwards to any country (mostly Nigeria) and they collect their money thru a third party who deducts their share and sends the remaining money to their big bosses! So even calling a UK number won?t help in any way. If you can forward all your e-mails (correspondence) that you had with the fraudsters to my e-mail ID: super254@gmail.com, I will try to help you. I will NEED COMPLETE correspondence right from the start.

by David, Mumbai, on Jan 08, 2008 01:37 AM, Report abuse

Its really a good thing that such an organisation has come into existence at the public service.Nowadays online earning opportunities are posing a major threat as majority of them are scams.somthing needs to be done to get risk of such fraudulent sites or else at one point definetely its going to be big issue.Do suggest on how to get rid of this and awareness should be created regarding this to ensure safety.

by sithartha ramji, pondicherry, on Dec 21, 2007 11:46 AM, Report abuse Reply

Glad to learn that such an organization has taken an intiative in imparting training to those enrolled with it. However i would like to suggest that apart from exclusive training being given to the enrolled candidates/students, the NIEF should also come forward in dissemenating such a knowledge to communities like school and college students giving them the awareness about the netequitte and the fast emerging cyber crimes. More importantaly seminars and presentations should also be conducted for enforment agencies who play a major role in combatting cyber crimes. Thank You

by Sameer Ahmed Kh, Hubli,Karntaka, on Dec 16, 2007 10:15 AM, Report abuse Reply

Wow it's really amazing to have such organisation in India, Congrats to all team.

by pravin, nagpur, on Dec 13, 2007 01:47 PM, Report abuse Reply

Hi, It is actually gud to have one organisation like this in India

by malathy, bangalore, on Dec 13, 2007 10:07 AM, Report abuse Reply

Hi, It is actually gud to have one organisation like this in India

by malathy, bangalore, on Dec 13, 2007 10:07 AM, Report abuse Reply