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Stop payment fraud before money moves
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UPI Fraud
Abuse of India’s Unified Payments Interface — fake collect requests, "wrong transfer" refunds, QR-code swaps, screen-sharing takeovers and mule-account cash-out — exploiting the fact that UPI payments are instant and irreversible.
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Investment & Trading Scam
Fraudsters run fake advisory groups, cloned brokerage apps and Ponzi schemes that show fabricated profits, then block withdrawals once the victim has deposited enough — often after months of grooming.
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Business E-mail Compromise (BEC)
Attackers impersonate or hijack an executive, vendor or lawyer’s e-mail to redirect a legitimate payment into an account they control — usually with no malware involved at all.
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Fake Loan App & Digital Lending Fraud
Unregulated "instant loan" apps disburse tiny amounts, harvest the borrower’s contacts and photos, then extort repayment through blackmail, morphed images and mass shaming of family and colleagues.
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OTP Fraud & Remote Access Scam
Fraudsters posing as bank, wallet or platform support persuade the victim to reveal an OTP or install a screen-sharing app, then authorise transactions themselves in real time.
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KYC Update Scam
A message or call warns that your KYC has expired and the account will be blocked within hours, driving you to a phishing page, a malicious APK or a remote-access app install.
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QR Code Fraud (Quishing)
Malicious or swapped QR codes that send money instead of receiving it, or that lead to credential-phishing pages — exploiting a code format humans cannot read before they act.
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Money Mule Account Abuse
Criminals rent, buy or trick people into lending their bank accounts to receive and forward stolen money — making the account holder a prosecutable participant in money laundering.
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Internet Banking Fraud
Unauthorised access to net-banking credentials through phishing, malware or credential reuse, used to add beneficiaries and drain accounts — often overnight while alerts are suppressed.
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Cryptocurrency Fraud
Fake exchanges, rug-pull tokens, cloud-mining schemes, celebrity giveaway scams and wallet-drainer approvals — all exploiting the fact that a blockchain transaction, once signed, cannot be reversed.
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SIM Swap & Mobile Number Takeover
An attacker takes control of your mobile number — through a fraudulent replacement SIM, port-out or eSIM transfer — and uses it to receive your OTPs, resetting banking, e-mail and crypto accounts.
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Credit Card Fraud
Fraudulent use of card details obtained through phishing, skimming, data breaches or malware — most commonly for online card-not-present purchases where no physical card is needed.
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Debit Card Fraud
Misuse of debit card details or the physical card, which drains real money from the account rather than a credit line — making the loss immediate and the recovery harder.
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ATM Fraud
Theft at the machine itself — card swapping, cash and card trapping, PIN observation, fake helpline stickers and "helpful stranger" assistance — plus attacks on the ATM hardware.
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Card Skimming
A device fitted to an ATM or POS terminal — or a script injected into a checkout page — copies card data while a camera or overlay captures the PIN, enabling cloned-card use.
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Invoice & Vendor Payment Fraud
An altered or fabricated invoice with changed bank details, sent from a compromised or lookalike vendor address — so a genuine payment for genuine goods lands in the fraudster's account.
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Ponzi & Chit-Fund Scheme
A scheme paying existing investors from new investors' deposits rather than genuine returns, which necessarily collapses once recruitment slows — often after years of apparent success.
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Advance-Fee Loan Scam
A loan "approved" without any checks, conditional on paying processing, insurance, GST or verification fees upfront — after which the lender stops responding and no loan is ever disbursed.
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Insurance Scam
Fake policies, bogus bonus and maturity releases, and impersonation of IRDAI or insurer officials demanding fees before funds can be paid out.
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