Mangaluru : Despite awareness campaigns and precautionary guidelines being issued by the police department to curb the rising incidents of cybercrime, cases of online fraud and digital scams continue to surge. Surprisingly, it is the educated and technologically aware population that is falling victim more frequently than the uneducated, raising serious concern among the public.

According to senior police officials, several cases reported on a daily basis reveal that individuals who lose lakhs and, in some instances, crores of rupees to cyber fraud are mostly well-educated citizens. Cybercriminals are adopting innovative techniques and leveraging modern technology to gain access to bank accounts and siphon off money.

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