- Vary your routes and timing when traveling to and from work etc.
- Use main routes and avoid badly lit areas, quiet residential / industrial / barren areas and single lane roads.
- Change your places of walking / jogging and vary timings
- Print only plain Visiting Cards without designation or details.
- Don’t talk on mobile phone while walking on the street or to your car even if you are near your house/premises
- Keep a trained armed guard for protection
- Do not keep a fire arm unless you know how to use it
- Never give out any personal information, financial information or a credit card number during an unsolicited phone survey or sales promotion
- DO NOT carry your Debit/ATM/Credit cards in your wallet unnecessarily
- Quickly see off your visitors and close the main gate
- If you receive “obscene” phone calls from strangers who ask questions regarding private matters, HANG UP!!!
- While you are away, criminals call at your home and attempt to extract personal information from your family members by introducing himself as your old friend/colleague and later on use this information to harass / threaten you. Please counsel your family members not to divulge any family information to unknown callers
- Be sure to keep a log of the dates and times of these phone calls
- Chronic harassing / threatening phone calls should be reported to the Police or CPLC
- Do not fall prey to the claim that “You’ve Won a Prize!” and all the caller needs is your credit card number.
- Inform Police / CPLC / Rangers immediately.
- Family should be ready to be contacted via any medium by kidnappers.
- Never refuse to pay up, and never offer an initial amount till you have been properly guided by CPLC / Police / Rangers.
- Preserve the evidence of contact i.e. written note, text message, call logs, etc.
- If a Letter is received DO NOT touch the letter, to save fingerprints. This will enable the authorities to conduct FORENSICS.