Cyber Bureau cautions all not to answer calls from unknown numbers

KATHMANDU: Have you received a call from new number or a message of enticement from any new email id? Do not trust the messages received from such phone numbers and email id. Such messages can also make you homeless.

Spokesperson of the Cyber Bureau of the Nepal Police, Superintendent of Police, Deepak Raj Awasthi, urged all not to answer such calls and not to believe such emails, and respond to them.

He requested to adopt special caution towards such calls and emails as people have been cheated after believing in and responding to such emails sent from unknown persons.

SP Awasthi drew serious attention towards the complaints received at Nepal Police Headquarters, Cyber Bureau, about the warning emails sent to various individuals using the name and post of high-ranking officials of the Nepal Police and Cyber Bureau and other offices related to Nepal Police.

Necessary investigation regarding such fake emails is underway, he added. Similarly, the Cyber Bureau requested all to inform the Bureau by making call at phone numbers mentioned in the authorized website of the Bureau–cyberbureau.nepalpolice.gov.np and writing emails if any suspicious message is received. Issuing a notice, the Cyber Bureau also urged all to be aware about suspicious activities and inform nearby police station.