{"id":30045,"date":"2024-06-16T08:31:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T08:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/16\/cbic-mounts-campaign-against-frauds-committed-in-name-of-indian-customs-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-06-16T08:31:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T08:31:23","slug":"cbic-mounts-campaign-against-frauds-committed-in-name-of-indian-customs-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/16\/cbic-mounts-campaign-against-frauds-committed-in-name-of-indian-customs-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"CBIC mounts campaign against frauds committed in name of Indian Customs &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Various incidents have come to light through news portals\/social media platforms of fraudulent persons posing as Indian Customs officers cheating the public of their hard-earned money across the country.<\/p>\n<p>These frauds are primarily done using digital means like phone calls or SMS, and are focused on extracting money through the \u2018purported\u2019 fear of immediate penal action.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In order to counter these frauds through public awareness, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) is mounting a multi-modal awareness campaign that includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Newspaper advertisements<\/li>\n<li>SMS\/Emails to the general public<\/li>\n<li>Social Media Campaigns<\/li>\n<li>Public awareness campaigns by CBIC field formations across the country in coordination with local administration and trade bodies to spread awareness on this issue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CBIC advises the public to take the following measures to safeguard themselves from becoming a victim of such scams by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DISCERN:<\/strong>\u00a0Indian Customs officers never contact the general public via phone, SMS, or e-mail for payment of duty in private accounts. Disconnect calls and never respond to messages, if you suspect fraud or encounter any irregularities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PROTECT:<\/strong>\u00a0Never share or disclose personal information (Passwords, CVV, Aadhar number, etc.), or send money to unknown individuals or organizations without verifying their identity and legitimacy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>VERIFY:<\/strong>\u00a0All communications from Indian Customs consist of a Document Identification Number (DIN), which can be verified on the CBIC website:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/A2NUMBERTON0.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Some of the common modus operandi used by fraudsters are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fake Calls\/SMS<\/strong>: Fraudsters posing as Courier officials\/staff contact via calls, text messages or emails\u00a0<strong>claiming<\/strong>\u00a0that Customs have held a package or parcel and requires payment of Customs duties or taxes before it can be released.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pressure Tactics<\/strong>: Fraudsters impersonating Customs\/Police\/CBI officials demand payment of Customs duty\/clearance fees for packages\/gifts that purportedly have been received from a foreign country and require Customs clearance. Targeted individuals are asked to make payments for the release of their goods.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Demand of Money<\/strong>: Targeted persons are informed that their package has been seized by Customs due to illegal contents (such as drugs\/foreign currency\/fake passport\/contraband items) or violations of Customs regulations. Fraudsters threaten legal action or fines and demand payment to resolve the issue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/A3NUMBERCW87.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Various incidents have come to light through news portals\/social media platforms of fraudulent persons posing as Indian Customs officers cheating the public of their hard-earned money across the country. These frauds are primarily done using digital means like phone calls or SMS, and are focused on extracting money through the \u2018purported\u2019 fear of immediate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Untitled-design-4.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30047,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30045\/revisions\/30047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}