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Digital Arrest Scam
Criminals posing as police, CBI, ED, Customs, TRAI or narcotics officers place the victim under a fake "digital arrest" on a video call and extort money for hours or days until the victim transfers their savings.
Impersonation & Authority Scams · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
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.
Financial & Banking Fraud · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
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.
Financial & Banking Fraud · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
Deepfake & AI Voice/Video Fraud
Synthetic audio and video used to impersonate a relative in distress, an executive authorising a transfer, a celebrity endorsing an investment, or to create non-consensual explicit imagery for extortion.
AI-Enabled Threats · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
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.
Financial & Banking Fraud · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
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.
Financial & Banking Fraud · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
WhatsApp Fraud
Account takeover through registration-code theft, impersonation of family members from new numbers, malicious APK forwards, and fraudulent investment and task groups.
Social Media & Messaging Fraud · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
Romance & Dating Scam
A relationship built patiently over weeks or months online, then converted into money — through emergencies, customs fees on gifts, or a "shared investment" that turns out to be a fabricated trading platform.
Romance, Sextortion & Harassment · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
Identity Theft
Use of someone else's identity documents or personal data to open accounts, obtain loans, secure SIM connections or commit fraud in their name — often discovered months later through a rejected application or a recovery call.
Data Breach & Identity Theft · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
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.
Financial & Banking Fraud · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
Smishing (SMS & Messaging Phishing)
Phishing delivered by SMS, RCS or messaging apps, exploiting the trust people place in text messages and the difficulty of inspecting a link on a phone.
Social Engineering & Phishing · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
Vishing (Voice Phishing)
Fraud conducted by phone — spoofed caller ID, fake IVR menus and scripted "support agents" — now extended to corporate helpdesks and increasingly powered by AI voice agents.
Social Engineering & Phishing · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
Mobile Malware & Malicious Apps
Malicious Android applications — usually sideloaded APKs sent over WhatsApp — that read SMS, hide notifications, overlay banking apps and silently register UPI on the attacker's behalf.
Mobile, IoT & Device Threats · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
Aadhaar & PAN Misuse
Fraudulent use of Aadhaar or PAN for SIM issuance, loans, benefit claims, GST registration or shell companies — usually discovered months later through a recovery call or a tax notice.
Data Breach & Identity Theft · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
AI-Generated Phishing & Scam Content
Generative models producing fluent, personalised phishing, scam scripts and fake websites in any language at unlimited scale — removing every language and quality signal awareness training used to rely on.
AI-Enabled Threats · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
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.
Financial & Banking Fraud · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
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.
Financial & Banking Fraud · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
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.
Financial & Banking Fraud · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
Fake Income Tax & Refund Scam
Impersonation of the Income Tax Department claiming a pending refund or an outstanding demand, driving victims to a cloned e-filing page or a payment to "settle" a fabricated notice.
Impersonation & Authority Scams · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
Fake Electricity Bill Scam
An SMS warning that power will be disconnected tonight over an unpaid bill, with a mobile number to call — leading to a remote-access app install and a drained bank account.
Impersonation & Authority Scams · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
Fake Government Scheme & Subsidy Scam
Fraudulent registration portals for subsidies, pensions, scholarships and welfare schemes that harvest identity documents and registration fees for benefits that were always free — or do not exist.
Impersonation & Authority Scams · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
Technical Support Scam
Fake virus warnings or cold calls claiming to be from Microsoft, Apple or an ISP, leading to remote access, payment for imaginary problems, and often a follow-up "refund" scam.
Impersonation & Authority Scams · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
Caller ID Spoofing
Falsifying the number shown on an incoming call or message so a fraudster appears to be calling from a bank, police station or government office — the trust signal people rely on most, and the easiest to fake.
Social Engineering & Phishing · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →
Marketplace & Classifieds Scam
Fraud on OLX, Facebook Marketplace, Quikr and similar platforms — most distinctively the "buyer" who sends a UPI collect request or QR code and persuades the seller that scanning it will receive money.
Marketplace, Job & Offer Scams · Recognise, prevent, report and recover →