| I recently read about Sameera Reddy, a Indian Film | | | | sites. Putting wrong information can cause a big |
| actress when she found herself the subject of a | | | | trauma to girl and her family and consequences will be |
| matrimonial ad placed on an online portal | | | | long term. In India police Cyber crime cell is flooded with |
| A source reveals that the ad has all the details about | | | | complaints from internet users for various crimes. This |
| Sameera and makes it look like she is desperate to | | | | crime which results into undue marriage and |
| find a groom. "She was totally shocked that the ad | | | | relationship of lifetime, but it is irreparable once |
| had her details like her date of birth, her vital statistics | | | | committed. Hence prevention measure is far more |
| and family information. | | | | important than catching the culprit later on. |
| Also, they put up a picture of hers, saying she is | | | | Indian Express recently reported that India is fast |
| looking for a groom. It looked like an authentic | | | | emerging as a major hub of cyber crime as recession |
| matrimonial ad," says the source. Reddy's friends and | | | | is driving computer-literate criminals to electronic |
| close ones have started joking about it as well. | | | | scams, claimed a study by researchers at the |
| Sameera is amused by the existence of such an ad | | | | University of Brighton. As more and more regions of |
| and says, "Do you think I need to go to a website or | | | | the world go online, cyber crime is finding new and |
| take its support to declare that I want to get married?" | | | | more permissive environments, especially in developing |
| But, all this turned out to be false alarm when Sameera | | | | nations, where Cyber crime is gaining a foothold, the |
| herself confirmed that the ad has not been put up by | | | | report says. |
| her. "Do you think I need to go to a website or take its | | | | The internet is growing bigger and bigger and it will |
| support to declare that I want to get married," she | | | | pose harms even bigger. No one possesses internet, |
| asked the prying journalists. | | | | yet worldwide people of utilize it. But efforts to curb |
| This area of Cyber crime is with regard to defamation. | | | | misuse needs to strengthen. |
| There are various issues related to Internet | | | | Indians have found a new substitute of online |
| defamation. These are white collar crime; today this | | | | matrimonial and moving away from traditional arranged |
| has happened with Sameera Reddy and because she | | | | marriage and becoming techno savvy to find their |
| is celebrity, matrimonial portal must have deleted it | | | | dream life partner. Increasingly Indians worldwide are |
| faster than the usual. But imagine if this would have | | | | searching for perfect match with many matrimonial |
| happened to next door girl in neighborhood. There are | | | | websites as globalisation has forced many Indians to |
| instances where people are cheating other candidates | | | | migrate to other countries and bigger cities within India. |
| by false and fake profiles on matrimonial sites. | | | | But with these kind of security issues, it surely will |
| There has to be need to cross check the authenticity | | | | dampen the online matrimonial searches. |
| of profiles, photographs, key information put up on such | | | | |