“In a letter purportedly issued by Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center (I4C), several allegations are being levelled at the recipient & a reply is being sought to the letter,” Cyber Dost said in a post it reshared on Wednesday (August 21).
“This letter is #fake. No such letter has been issued by any organisation under GOI #I4C #MHA,” the post added.
Times of India gets viral ‘porn letter’
Recently, The Times of India also received a similar letter. The content on the ‘fake’ letter is similar to the photo that Cyber Dost has shared but the signatories are different. Moreover, the letter seems to have two mastheads – one from the Ministry of Home Affairs and other from “The Indian Police Service, Office of the Additional Director General of Police (ADG)”.
The accompanying email said, “By the mandate of Sh. Sandeep Khirwar the Additional Director General, ADG Headquarter and the Cyber Crime & Economic Offense Department has conducted an analysis of your internet protocol. This analysis revealed that you have been secretly accessing juvenile pornographic websites through your office or home internet.”
“The Ministry of Home Affairs works closely with the Special Cell of Delhi Police and is a specialised unit that handles all complex and sensitive cases of cybercrime including those in which victims are women and children,” it added.
The email added that the department’s advanced digital forensics labs can detect any access to child porn websites and that it has the tools to recover deleted data and analyse various devices. It also threatened legal action in case the notice is not responded to in 24 hours fo receipt.
What users can do upon receiving such letter
Scammers are using advanced techniques to trick people, hence it is advised that users must stay calm and don’t panic. For any Cyber Crime complaint, report to: https://cybercrime.gov.in.
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