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        April 4, 2025 at 1:05 pm
        I got a call from a random number. I picked it and it was cybercrime department and they said I have been reported for abusing a girl on instagram. I thought it was spam so I ignored. Then they called again and said they have a notice. Then they showed up to my place and showed me chat log of a random account with random username saying the IP was linked to my sim card from jio. I have been asked to come to the cyber crime police station. What should I do?

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          April 4, 2025 at 2:29 pm
          Lawyer up!

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            April 4, 2025 at 3:59 pm
            IP is dynamic.. if the account was somehow linked to your MAC, then it might have been real. Possibility of scam is high.

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                April 4, 2025 at 8:36 pm
                I’m pretty sure it’s just a scam or someone with links to the cops who OP has pissed off trying to scare OP.

                IPs are dynamic is 100% true and OP said it’s a random account and chats.

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                April 4, 2025 at 6:13 pm
                It is a scam. Don’t go instead call them ask their id details and then contact local police department.

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                    April 4, 2025 at 6:54 pm
                    they can’t find anything unless you reveal stuff yourself, this is a SCAM though

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                    April 4, 2025 at 6:21 pm
                    Lawyer up , Never go alone to the Police station unless they literally arrest you. Let your lawyer do all the talking, Getting aadhaar info is very easy now with all the ID theft going on

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                      April 4, 2025 at 6:28 pm
                      Seems life a scam.

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                        April 4, 2025 at 6:46 pm
                        It’s a high level scam. Hire a Lawyer bro.

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                            April 5, 2025 at 6:25 pm
                            and share everything here to complete the story.

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                            April 4, 2025 at 6:53 pm
                            IP is pretty much same for an area, this is a SCAM, remember if you have revealed your location or aadhar data to someone recently, otherwise ignore and move on with your life

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                              April 4, 2025 at 8:27 pm
                              First go to the nearest police station and confirm it .
                              Most likely it’s a scam , you need a lawyer too ..

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                                April 4, 2025 at 9:05 pm
                                Keep saying your sim has been misused/hacked. Hire a good (honest) lawyer.

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                                  April 4, 2025 at 9:17 pm
                                  OP, did you recently use or get your aadhar or any id proof xeroxed? Given how โ€œsecurelyโ€ PII is handled in our country, I donโ€™t think itโ€™s difficult to get hold of random aadhars and contact numbers. NAL, but looks like a pretty good scam. Maybe ask a friend to call them from a different number (change info on truecaller first) and pretend to be a dumbwit tuition student or something to verify their identity. Or..why not share the number here, we all can have some fun! ๐Ÿคฃ

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                                    April 4, 2025 at 11:14 pm
                                    No one has a fixed ip assigned to their sim or any internet connection . You need to pay extra to get a static ip and that facility is only available with a few ISPs

                                    . Getting someone’s aadhar/id documents is not a big deal.

                                    100% scam or extortion unless you actually did it.

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                                      April 5, 2025 at 12:32 am
                                      scam, they dont track you by ip, they track you by mac address, your ip changes quite frequently.

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                                        April 5, 2025 at 12:34 am
                                        They will rob you. Looks like a organised group. People say they are from GST dept and take the victim to random location, threaten with various sections and penalties and finally take 50k. Funny part is they’re not even govt employees but they do get information from various sources. And more over No govt dept calls you on Sunday. If it’s real police the dealing will be different. No negotiations. Visit nearest police station and let them know.

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                                            April 6, 2025 at 8:22 am
                                            yes anyone legit or not, calling nowadays, means scam.

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                                            April 5, 2025 at 3:14 am
                                            Definitely a scam

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                                              April 5, 2025 at 3:16 am
                                              Whatever it is, if its real, do not go to police station alone, do not take your phone with you. They will try to confiscate it.

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                                                April 5, 2025 at 3:51 am
                                                Based on where you live – reach out to your nearest cyber crime police station. There is a station officer at SHO level or sometimes a HQ head who is typically ACP rank officer – most probably you canโ€™t meet this level.

                                                But at least get this contact from the website. Usually these are updated and correct.

                                                When anyone reports a cyber crime (and anyone can do from anywhere in the country – there is no jurisdiction logic for cybercrime) – ask for the complaint details and there is usually a complaint ID etc. Itโ€™s not necessary to for a real cop to share this with you but as a citizen youโ€™ve a right to ask.

                                                Cyber crime police are usually not as rough as crime branch cops – so the demeanour can also reveal a bit – the crimes here are mostly bitcoin fraud or Paytm scam etc.

                                                Cyber harassment or bullying against women is (as bad as it is) not really a priority unless the girl in question is a big deal (usually if it is a celebrity – itโ€™s taken with priority).

                                                The crime against women is serious only if it affects their modesty in India – so a rape or direct physical confrontation like assault or touching inappropriately or abuse of highest standard again physically can lead you to trouble.

                                                In a digital crime – only when you share her nude pics or videos or send her any pornographic material or morph her own pics and share it with her on WhatsApp etc. is when youโ€™re a gone case. Just saying fuck you even to a random girl – no one is going to arrest you on that trivial detail.

                                                So context of that chat is also important. Like understand what is the โ€œabuseโ€. If you wouldโ€™ve said – โ€œyouโ€™re a fucking idiot Nehaโ€ – thatโ€™s nothing. But if the chat has something sexual (modesty) – then itโ€™s problematic.

                                                Iโ€™ve a DCP cyber crime as a close relative – so I know how these things work. Iโ€™ve even seen many FIRs of cyber harassment and abuse / theyโ€™re very trivial and mostly from celebrity fans associations or similar.

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                                                  April 5, 2025 at 4:18 am
                                                  Scam bro

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                                                    April 5, 2025 at 4:28 am
                                                    NAL. First things first – take a lawyer. Having said that, associating IP with you is not simple unless they’ve taken a couple of steps.

                                                    1. IP addresses are dynamic and each individual does NOT get a unique IP. It’s a shared IP with one public address and internally thousands of users will be mapped to that public end point. Jio WiFi and all others use NAT to achieve this. Same is also extensively used by network providers else you will run out of IP addresses.
                                                    2. Because of this, public IP information even if obtained is practically useless.
                                                    3. Meta cannot and will not share any IP information or device Mac without a court order. Police can only get public IP and dynamic Mac
                                                    4. Jio cannot and will not share above without the same. Police will have to verify devices with that Mac at that point in time accessing the IG domain. They’ve no idea which account you accessed or what you did unless it’s in the URL because comms are in HTTPS.

                                                    I highly doubt these steps have been followed.

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                                                        April 5, 2025 at 10:00 am
                                                        While this is most probably a scam, Govt regulations now require all ISPs to maintain nat table logs for 2 years. So theoretically they can trace your IP.

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                                                        April 5, 2025 at 4:37 am
                                                        This sounds and lools like a high level scam. Do you have the numbers that contacted you? Please post here to check.

                                                        You also need to contact or visit the cyber crime cell directly – not the location or numbers they give you.

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                                                          April 5, 2025 at 4:44 am
                                                          If it was a real case they wouldn’t have come to your house to show you this proof, it’s a scam, someone is trying squeeze money out of you and may know someone close to you.

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                                                            April 5, 2025 at 5:57 am
                                                            Donโ€™t meet them at your house. Talk to them at their office only.

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                                                              April 5, 2025 at 6:09 am
                                                              Scam hai. Contact Local police as soon as possible.

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                                                                April 5, 2025 at 6:09 am
                                                                Scam hai. Contact Local police as soon as possible.

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                                                                  April 5, 2025 at 6:19 am
                                                                  I called the police station number from the official website and they confirmed I have to go there. I’m taking a lawyer with me for this.

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                                                                      April 5, 2025 at 1:47 pm
                                                                      Any updates op?

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                                                                          April 6, 2025 at 10:57 am
                                                                          It was supposed to be today.

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                                                                          April 5, 2025 at 6:37 pm
                                                                          Good decision, take one more elder from family or friend. Your Mom can go too if she can..

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                                                                          April 5, 2025 at 6:55 am
                                                                          Put an RTI in the cyber crime department or the ACP incharge of it. Ask for your complaint that has been registered and a copy of it. In Delhi, it is online.
                                                                          Put it under life and liberty section of RTI. They have to respond within 2 days. Otherwise you will get it in a month.
                                                                          Ask for notice for appearance from Police.
                                                                          Write letters to the area DCP, Delhi commissioner, your local MLA, Delhi Home minister, CM ASAP explaining your problem.
                                                                          Benefit- If this is a scam it will be flagged even if real police is doing it.

                                                                          Keep a lawyer in back up. Be polite with police. Do not engage. If you engage or go rude, they will create a case out of thin air.

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                                                                            April 5, 2025 at 7:09 am
                                                                            Well planned well deep planned scam

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                                                                              April 5, 2025 at 7:10 am
                                                                              This is not how ip address works , this is a scam and you should contact your local police or just ignore them. Have you shared your address or phone number anywhere recently?

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                                                                                April 5, 2025 at 11:05 am
                                                                                It’s a scam. Block the number and ignore.

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                                                                                  April 5, 2025 at 11:57 am
                                                                                  Go to the police and complain about them as scam

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                                                                                    April 5, 2025 at 12:43 pm
                                                                                    Do not contact them again or answer their calls .go straight to your local police station . No need to panic .it is most likely scam .it is very easy to get anyones ID here in India

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                                                                                      April 5, 2025 at 4:18 pm
                                                                                      Opโ€” any update?

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                                                                                        April 5, 2025 at 4:49 pm
                                                                                        Seems like a scam.
                                                                                        Us indians, are getting better at scamming instead of innovation.

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                                                                                          April 5, 2025 at 5:41 pm
                                                                                          Scam. Call the local police in front of them.

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                                                                                            April 5, 2025 at 6:14 pm
                                                                                            Assuming it is not a scam, find the genuine address of the Cyber police station from Police department website ( not from Google) and directly to there, NEVER go to any other random address they give you. Verify their random address on Google maps and see if it is genuine or fishy. If it is Fishy, don’t even go there. If genuine, go with atleast two or three elders, Lawyer also if possible.

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                                                                                              April 5, 2025 at 6:19 pm
                                                                                              Have you done anything like that if no, then it is a scam, directly get the information of those people and complain to nhrc and shrc google it you will get it.

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                                                                                                April 5, 2025 at 6:40 pm
                                                                                                I’m going there tomorrow at 10 AM. I’ll have my mom and a lawyer with me. I’ll carry all my devices with me but will only present if asked. I’ll update this post after I talk to them. Thank you everyone!!! Hoping for the best

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                                                                                                      April 5, 2025 at 9:02 pm
                                                                                                      Can you share here the location you visiting? We can check and verify if it’s the right one. Don’t fall for the elaborate trick

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                                                                                                      April 6, 2025 at 12:23 pm
                                                                                                      Scam dude, even if that ip was once yours because it is dynamic the real cyber cell has the common sense to understand that

                                                                                                      Ask to give an fir number if the complaint is real

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                                                                                                          April 6, 2025 at 12:38 pm
                                                                                                          I have an FIR number

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                                                                                                              April 6, 2025 at 12:46 pm
                                                                                                              then take it to the nearest police station dude, they can verify it.

                                                                                                              There have been posts here about getting a total fake notice with made up case numbers.

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                                                                                                                  I went to the actual police station today though.

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                                                                                                                      please do share the update

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                                                                                                                          Check my comment

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                                                                                                                              your other post is removed

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                                                                                                                                  No. I added a comment as well.

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                                                                                                                                      Got removed I think, mind posting another please?

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                                                                                                                        Guys I’ve updated the post please help me

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