Have you fallen victim to cyber crime and filed a complaint against the suspect online? The journey doesn’t end here as you need to check status and get regular follow-ups on your complaint. For this it is important to know what happens after you file a cyber crime complaint.
- Generation of Acknowledgement Number
Once you file & submit your complaint to Cyber Crime, you will receive an acknowledgement number on your mail and registered mobile number.
This number helps you in checking the status of your complaints later. - Investigation of Case
If the complaint falls under the jurisdication of a particular authority, the Cyber Police starts investigating the case on the basis of details and proofs provided by you.
To make the process smooth, make sure you report the case to your local police station as well. For this file an FIR against the suspect so that police can proceed with the investigation of the case.
To solve the case completely, they collect more evidence and make multiple calls and emails to the victim to gather more information required to proceed ahead. - Freeze Suspect Bank Accounts
On getting proper validation, Cyber Police later freeze the bank accounts of the suspect where the money was transferred. Along with this, all other bank accounts linked with the transaction of the suspect’s account are frozen.
This is done to keep the amount on hold which can later be used to recover losses of the victim.
In general Cyber police take 10-12 days to resolve a case. Other than this, timeline varies according to complexities and duration after which case has been filed.
Conclusion
Cyber Crime cases are increasing and as per the data people lost ₹1750 crores in the first four months of 2024. However, the money recovered by Cyber Police is ₹17 crore only.
The recovery of the amount depends upon how quickly you filed a complaint and further on the complexity of the case.
Make sure you take quick action and document everything properly to increase the chances of loss recovery.
