Things to do if your Child is Victim of Cyber Crime

Things to do if your Child is Victim of Cyber Crime

E-mail offences

1.Take the child in to confidence, get the information of the email ID from which such emails are received, get the prints of the concerned emails along with the full header.
2.Save the emails, do not delete it from the inbox. Initially, there is a tendency to delete immediately when such type of emails are received. Don't do this. Save all the emails beginning from the first one.
3.The ISPs normally preserve log details for a very short duration, which may vary from fifteen days to two months, do not delay in approaching the police. It may result in evidence getting lost.
4.Submits email prints with 'full header' along with the complaint to the police. Do not reply to unknown email Ids.

Creation of Vulgar / Obscene profiles

1.Various service providers allow creation of personal profile, but unscrupulous elements can misuse this, when the girl has a difference of opinion or a misunderstanding with a male friend.The male friend or his friends create a vulgar/obscene profile of the girl and post it on such websites along with the phone number.
2.The girl may then receive obscene and harassing phone calls from all over the world. In such a case, enquire with the people who are calling to identify the ID of the profile, that it can be removed by requesting the website administrator.
3.Take a print of such a profile and submit to the police.

Obscene / Vulgar SMS / MMS Clipping

1.The service providers do not keep record for more than two days, therefore if objectionable MMS clippings are received, contact the police/cybercrime Investigation Cell, immediately.
2.Whoever transmits obscene or Vulgar SMS/MMS messages commits an offence, For e.g. If 'A' transmits to 'B' and 'B' to 'C' etc. then "A" & "B' had committed an offence. So do not transmit any message that is vulgar.

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