The new crimes 

the leadership of Public Security realized  the rapid development in all aspects of life and by extrapolating the current and future criminal situation, it has been proven that the limits of time and place are no longer an obstacle to committing crimes as a result of the communications revolution and modern technologies, with the so-called globalization of the economy and communications, and new forms of crimes or innovative methods for carrying out crimes that were not previously reported. It was familiar with the past, so the so-called newly created crimes (Cyber ​​crimes) appeared, and this phenomenon became a security concern due to the acceleration of its development. From here, the Criminal Investigation Department adopted the preparation for these crimes by preparing a group of qualified officers to pursue and respond to these crimes.

A support and technical investigation department was established in The beginning of 2008 in the Special Follow-up and Investigation Division. This section is concerned with the investigation of ICT and Internet crimes (theft of the contents of the main servers of companies and institutions, theft of online bank accounts, threats and extortion crimes, hacking crimes and various information technology crimes).

The department also works to provide technical support. For all the divisions and departments of the Criminal Investigation Department.

Duties 
  • Investigation of crimes committed through the Internet, including:

Electronic fraud crimes.

Electronic payment crimes, including digital currency, electronic payment services and the contents of digital cards

Crimes of financial fraud via the Internet and electronic gambling

Information technology monitoring of criminal organizations and their development.  Investigation of crimes of trafficking in protected and unprotected documents.

  • Investigation of crimes of illegal marketing of goods and information.
  • Investigation of electronic commerce crimes.
  • Investigation of crimes of child abuse and trafficking.
  • Investigation of website crimes.
  • Investigation of crimes of theft of the contents and information of the main servers and computers.
  • Investigation of human trafficking crimes via the Internet.
  • Investigation of communications crimes. 10. Providing technical expertise in crimes that occur through modern technologies.
  • Investigation of electronic identity theft crimes. 12. Investigation of illegal electronic messages crimes.
  • Investigation of electronic equipment crimes.
  • Investigation of software crimes.
  • International cooperation with international bodies in the fight against cybercrime
  • Investigation of any cyber crime
  • Investigation of electronic crimes that are considered infringement and violation of intellectual property rights.

 

Electronic hacking of bank accounts

 Electronic piracy based on electronic bank accounts, represented by sending an e-mail to many e-mail addresses of people who have accounts in banks that provide electronic bank services over the Internet, invites the bank account holder to enter the bank link attached with the e-mail to re-enter the user name and password because of his data with the data of another customer, and the trick is that the attached link is to a site that is replicated from the site of the bank in which the victim is supposed to have an account, and by trying to follow the instructions and entering the username and password, the victim will face the failure of the attempt to complete the process, and in the meantime

Report the cyber crimes by contacting the following E-mail

cyber.crimes@psd.gov.jo