A crime is a deliberate act that causes physical or psychological harm, damage to or loss of property, and is against the law. Some of the new Crime Trends which may cause harm to anyone are discussed below:-
1. Hacking (mail ID, social networking ID, Messaging apps, Internet banking password etc.)
2. Identity theft/creation of fake profile in different social media platform.
3. Social networking obscenity/uploading of personal pictures in different objectionable sites.
4. Customer care number fraud
5. Sextortion
6. Fake loan-apps scam
7. Man-in-middle attack
8. Ransomware attack/system contamination
9. Online job fraud
10. Cyber stalking/bullying
11. Email scam and website phishing
12. Cheating through different e-commerce platform (OLX/online market place etc.)
13. Spreading hate speech on political/religious ground through social media
14. Matrimonial fraud
15. Payment app scam by remote access
16. Ransomware attack
17. Lottery/gift card fraud