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Cyber Crime Help Desk An initiative from Kramate for Society

Public awareness

Privacy settings in the first hour, reporting that actually works in the second

Most harassment of women online is done by someone they know, and most of it goes unreported because the victim fears the fallout more than the harasser. This workshop is about control: locking accounts down, preserving evidence, and knowing the routes that do not require a police station visit.

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Duration
2 hours
Format
Online / Onsite
Language
Hindi / English
Level
Beginner
Group size
15 to 200
Certificate
Participation certificate on request
For
Women's groups, colleges, workplaces, SHGs

What participants can do afterwards

  • Lock down Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook and Google accounts during the session, including linked devices and recovery options
  • Recognise the sextortion, "modelling offer", matrimonial and loan-app harassment scripts before they escalate
  • Know what to do in the first hour after a threat to share images, and why paying never ends it
  • Preserve evidence correctly (screenshots with URL and time, profile links, call logs) so a complaint is not weakened later
  • Know the reporting routes that fit the situation, from cybercrime.gov.in and 1930 to the 181 helpline and the NCW online cell
  • Understand which sections of the IT Act, BNS 2023 and POCSO apply, in plain words

Modules

  1. How harassment actually starts

    Real patterns: the ex with the password, the fake friend request, the "recruiter", the loan app that pulls contacts.

  2. Lockdown, done live

    Participants secure their own accounts: two-step verification, linked devices, who can message, who can see stories and location.

  3. Sextortion and morphed images

    What happens on the call, what the scammer will do next, platform takedown and the StopNCII route, and why silence is the scammer's best friend.

  4. Evidence and reporting

    What to capture, anonymous reporting on cybercrime.gov.in, 1930, 181, the NCW cell, and when an FIR is worth it.

  5. The law in two slides

    IT Act sections 66E, 67 and 67A, BNS provisions on stalking, voyeurism and extortion, POCSO for minors.

  6. Open discussion

    Questions from the room, with the option of a women-only session led by a woman trainer.

Who should attend

  • Women's colleges and university women's cells
  • Internal committees and HR teams running workplace safety programmes
  • Self-help groups, mahila mandals and community organisations
  • NGOs working with young women and first-generation internet users

Included

  • Trainer (woman trainer available on request) and localised examples
  • A Hindi/English handout with privacy-settings checklists for each app
  • A reporting flowchart card with 1930, 181, 112 and the cybercrime.gov.in anonymous route
  • Follow-up Q&A over WhatsApp for two weeks, with private messaging allowed

Frequently asked questions

Can the workshop be women-only, with a woman trainer?

Yes, and for colleges and SHGs we recommend it. Participants ask far more direct questions when the room is women-only, especially about sextortion and image abuse. We can also split the session, with a mixed-audience first hour on settings and a women-only second hour on harassment and reporting.

What if someone in the room is going through this right now?

It happens in most sessions. The trainer will not single anyone out, but will say clearly how to reach us privately afterwards. We stay for a while after the session and keep the WhatsApp follow-up channel open for two weeks. Where a case needs it, we walk the person through the complaint and evidence steps one to one.

Is this suitable for first-time internet users in an SHG?

Yes, in Hindi, with the settings segment slowed down and done on each participant's own phone. We drop the law slides to a single page and spend the time on the loan-app, matrimonial and "video call from unknown number" patterns that SHG members report most. A local co-trainer can be arranged for other languages.

Do you cover the legal side in enough detail for a college law society?

The standard workshop keeps the law to two slides. For law colleges and internal committees we extend it by thirty minutes to cover the IT Act, BNS 2023 and POCSO sections with case examples, the intermediary takedown process under the IT Rules, and what a complaint must contain to survive scrutiny.

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