Cops receive 3,660 cyber fraud complaints

BHUBANESWAR: The Cyber Crime and Economic Offence police station here has received 3,660 complaints related to financial and social media frauds between January and September this year.

The total money swindled by online scamsters stood at a whopping Rs 68.79 crore of which police managed to freeze more than Rs 11.86 crore. Police refunded Rs 1.40 crore to the victims in the last nine months and also arrested 24 cyber frauds.