<p>The Cyber crime wing of the city police has registered a case against an unidentified person for allegedly creating fake UPI ids that resembles thePrime Minister'sCitizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency SituationsFund(PM CARES Fund), police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>According to KVM Prasad, Assistant Commissioner of Police Cyber Crimes a suo motu case was registered after the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) alerted the police that several fake Ids similar to PM CARES (pmcares@sbi) were in circulation and people should note the difference.</p>.<p>"We proactively booked the case and began the investigation," the police official told PTI.</p>.<p>The CERT, in its note informed that they identified some fake Ids such as pmcares@pnb, pmcares@hdfcbank, pmcare@yesbank, pmcare@ybl, pmcare@upi, pmcare@sbi, pmcares@icici were in circulation and cautioned public to verify the Id before they make a donation.</p>.<p>A case under relevant sections of the IT Act was registered, Prasad said.</p>
<p>The Cyber crime wing of the city police has registered a case against an unidentified person for allegedly creating fake UPI ids that resembles thePrime Minister'sCitizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency SituationsFund(PM CARES Fund), police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>According to KVM Prasad, Assistant Commissioner of Police Cyber Crimes a suo motu case was registered after the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) alerted the police that several fake Ids similar to PM CARES (pmcares@sbi) were in circulation and people should note the difference.</p>.<p>"We proactively booked the case and began the investigation," the police official told PTI.</p>.<p>The CERT, in its note informed that they identified some fake Ids such as pmcares@pnb, pmcares@hdfcbank, pmcare@yesbank, pmcare@ybl, pmcare@upi, pmcare@sbi, pmcares@icici were in circulation and cautioned public to verify the Id before they make a donation.</p>.<p>A case under relevant sections of the IT Act was registered, Prasad said.</p>