Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
The Central Division cyber crime police are on the lookout for a cyber crook who created a fake Facebook account using the credential of an officer with the state Intelligence department .
Narayana M,the officer with the state IB has filed a complaint with the police on Monday based on which the police have registered a case against the unknown person charging him under section 66C (communication device or computer resource cheats by personating) of the IT act.
Senior officer told reporters,the accused had misused the photo and credential of Mr.Narayana to create a fake account in his name and sent messages to his friends list seeking financial help.
The cheating came to light when one of his friend called him to cross check. The police have obtained the contact number of the accused and trying to track him down.
This is the comman form of cyber crime where accused misusing the details of the officials and important personalities create FB account to get money from the victim’s contact list.
