Police Commissioner Ch. Dwaraka Tirumala Rao has urged bankers to enhance security at banks and ATMs to check cyber crimes, which are on the rise.
Bankers should cooperate with the investigation agencies in preventing online frauds (also known as Nigerian frauds), the Police Commissioner said.
Speaking at the police-bank officials coordination meeting here on Friday, the official said though investigation officers were using high-end technology to detect cyber crimes, the detection rate was less than 15%.
Stating that many banks had poor security, Mr. Tirumala Rao asked the bank officials to increase security measures at banks and Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) to prevent crimes.
‘Situation alarming’
“Sixty online fraud cases were registered in 2016, 145 in 2017 and 89 this year (till November 30), in Vijayawada Police Commissionerate limits”, Mr. Tirumala Rao said.
Post-demonetisation, cashless transactions had increased and the bank managements should take measures to step up surveillance to check Nigerian frauds, the police said.
According to Lead District Manager (LDM) Rammohan Rao, 851 branches of 43 banks and 1,056 ATMs were operating in Krishna district. There was a decrease in fake note cases after the release of new currency, he explained.
However, bankers said except alerting through SMSs, there was no system in banks to conduct awareness meetings for the customers on security.
‘Conduct meetings’
Mr. Tirumala Rao asked the bank officials to step up physical and surveillance security at banks and at ATMs, conduct awareness programmes for customers on attention diversion gangs, tricksters, online fraudsters, pick pockets, snatchers and on fake currency.
“We are updating knowledge of the investigating officers on technology in detecting cyber crime, and in most of the cases accused were from Delhi, Maharashtra and other States. We request the bankers to cooperate the police in checking online frauds”, the city police chief said.
Bank officers from different nationalised and private banks, Deputy Commissioners of Police B. Raja Kumari, Venkata Appala Naidu and Ghajarao Bhupal participated.
