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