Cyber fraud awareness campaign held at Shillong
An awareness campaign on Cyber Frauds relating to Banking was organised by the East Khasi Hills District Police at Sadar Police Station, Shillong in collaboration with Reserve Bank of India on Monday. In the programme, more than 100 (one hundred) participants including Police Officers, Businessmen, Teachers/ Professors of various Schools/Collages and members of Civil Society from different profession, attended the programme. Shri B.B.Sangma Director, IIBM (Indian Institute of Bank Management) Guwahati and Shri Amarnath General Manager/OIC, RBI Shillong as a Resource Person gave awareness to the participants on Cyber Crime and Fraud, highlighting the types of financial/ ATM frauds, its Modes Operandis and ways of preventing them.
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