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Beware of criminals profiteering from COVID market
Updated On: 25 August, 2020 06:22 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
Yet, with all that happening outside, it does not mean that crime has disappeared from the real offline world. The outbreak is being used in the current criminal context offline too

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We have had a plethora of reports about online fraud spiking in times of the outbreak. Statistics put forward by police departments here and globally cited the rising cybercrime.
The criminal landscape has changed just like our lifestyle in these times. With the world going digital, cons have shifted attention to fraudster-fertile land. People are being scammed, lured to give their credit card details, bank account numbers, the inventiveness of the criminals proves how difficult it is for authorities to keep pace with them, and outwit them.
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