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The shared post outlines a collaborative effort by a citizen to support government anti-fraud initiatives by providing localized insights into the Indian cyber threat landscape. Special mention to Initiatives by @Cyberdost @HMOIndia @PIBFactCheck @cyberpolice_up @tsp_cybersafety @TGCyberBureau @CybercrimeCID . On a professional note even in private sector we do read about your awareness initiatives , protocols , TATs and case studies all the time. This is just observational and analytical initiative focused on public awareness by an average Joe. Primary Objectives: To increase public awareness regarding cybersecurity or related topics. To provide collective insights to regional agencies. Data Source: The shared information has content inclusive of government initiatives , agencies and archives . I am not attaching one file so that more of India can use translate into regional languages directly for ease of understanding . Managed by an independent individual rather than an official entity. Legal Compliance: The disclosure is just for awareness and intentionally curated to avoid breaching Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) or Non-Compete clauses with my current and prior professional commitments. Usage: Intended strictly for referential & educational purposes. Summary of Cyber Frauds in India (as of 2025-2026) India is one of the fastest-growing digital economies but also one of the most targeted by cyber frauds. Cybercrime cases have surged dramatically in recent years due to increased digital payments (UPI), smartphone penetration, and sophisticated scams using AI and social engineering. Key Statistics (Source : theprint.in) (2025) Financial Losses: Indians lost ₹22,495 crore to cyber frauds (slightly down from ₹22,845 crore in 2024). Reported Cases: Around 28.15 lakh complaints (24% increase from 2024). Investment Scams: Dominated with ~75-76% of total losses (fake stocks, crypto, Ponzi schemes, trading apps). Other major loss contributors: Digital Arrest Scams (~8-9%), Credit Card/Banking Fraud (~7%), Sextortion (~4%). Some Major modules of Cyber Frauds Prevalent in India currently : Browser Takeover Scams , Juice Jacking Scam , Phishing Scams , Quishing Scams , Vishing Scam , Biometric Cyber Frauds , Facial recognition spoofing , SIM Swap Scams , Dating Social Media Scam , Deepfakes with AI , Digital Arrest Scam , Gaming Scams , Investment Scam, Job Offer Cyber Scams , KYC Cyber Scam , Lottery Cyber Scam , Matrimonial/ Dating Cyber Scams Mobile Scams , Loan Frauds and Insurance Cyber Frauds etc. Just for over-view : One-line explanations for each cyber fraud type . 1. Browser Takeover Scams: Fraudsters hijack your web browser (via malicious extensions or redirects) to lock you out, display fake alerts, or steal browsing data and credentials. 2. Biometric Cyber Frauds: Scammers steal, spoof, or replicate your fingerprints, face, voice, or iris data using fake biometrics, deepfakes, or malware to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access to your accounts, devices, or financial systems. 3. Juice Jacking Scam: Attackers install malware on public USB charging stations that infects your phone while charging, stealing data or installing spyware. 4. Facial recognition spoofing (also called face spoofing or presentation attacks) is a cyber fraud technique where attackers trick a facial recognition system by presenting a fake or manipulated representation of a victim's face — such as a photo, video, mask, or AI-generated deepfake — to impersonate them and gain unauthorized access to accounts, devices, or services. 5. Phishing Scams: Deceptive emails, messages, or websites that trick you into revealing sensitive information like passwords, bank details, or clicking malicious links. 6. Quishing Scams: QR code-based phishing where scanning a fake QR code leads to malicious sites that steal credentials or install malware. 7. Vishing Scam: Voice phishing via phone calls where scammers impersonate officials or companies to extract personal/financial information or money. 8. SIM Swap Scams: Fraudsters convince your mobile carrier to transfer your phone number to their SIM, bypassing two-factor authentication to access your accounts. 9. Dating Social Media Scam: Scammers create fake profiles on dating apps or social media to build emotional relationships and then request money for fabricated emergencies. 10. Deepfakes with AI: AI-generated videos or audio that impersonate real people to commit fraud, blackmail, or spread misinformation for financial gain. 11. Digital Arrest Scam: Scammers impersonate law enforcement via video calls or messages, claiming you are under "digital arrest" and demanding money to avoid fake legal action. 12. Gaming Scams: Fraud in online games involving fake in-game purchases, account takeovers, or phishing links disguised as game rewards or cheats. 13. Investment Scam: Fake investment schemes (crypto, stocks, forex) promising high returns that lure victims into sending money which is never returned. 14. Job Cyber Scams: Fraudulent job offers that require upfront fees, personal data, or fake training payments, often leading to identity theft or money loss. 15. KYC Cyber Scam: Scammers pose as banks or government agencies demanding KYC updates via fake links or calls to steal banking credentials and money. 16. Lottery Cyber Scam: Fake notifications claiming you've won a lottery you never entered, asking for fees or details to "claim" the non-existent prize. 17. Matrimonial/Dating Cyber Scams: Scammers build fake romantic or marriage profiles on matrimonial sites/apps to emotionally manipulate victims into sending money. 18. Mobile Scams: Various frauds targeting mobile users like fake recharge offers, premium rate SMS traps, or malicious apps that drain money or steal data. 19. Loan Frauds: Fake loan apps or lenders that approve quick loans but steal data, charge exorbitant hidden fees, or use blackmail with compromising information. 20. Insurance Cyber Frauds: Fake insurance policies, phishing for policy details, or fraudulent claims where scammers pose as insurers to steal premiums or personal data. Based on Modus Operandi as per contexts it can be software or hardware based like for example => API via Hyperlink & QR Device Takeover of Mobile Devices by sending communication which a victim is highly likely to interact with (Indian Trends) : Traffic Challans , Gas Connection or Booking , Aadhar / ID / KYC / SIR verification , Website Redirects , Ecommerce Refund Scam (API) , Unapplied Cheap Loans , Discount / Coupon / Lottery , Loan / Insurance / Refunds and Aadhar Enabled Payment Systems (Biometric Frauds) etc. Various gov and state law enforcement agencies are running targeted programs for awareness and complaint guidelines too . The official national cyber fraud helpline number in India is 1930. If you have been a victim of online financial fraud, you must call this toll-free number immediately to report the incident and initiate the process of freezing the siphoned funds. 🚨 Critical Steps to Take Right Away ("Golden Hour" (the first few hours of a fraud) Call 1930: Contact the national helpline immediately to report the transaction. Alert Your Bank: Inform your bank or payment wallet company to block your account and cards. Gather Evidence: Keep transaction IDs, bank statements, screenshots, and fraudulent numbers ready. File Online: Lodge a formal complaint on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. 💻 Reporting via the Official Portal You can officially register and track your cybercrime complaint online: Official Website: Visit the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. cybercrime.gov.in/Webform/Accept… Financial Fraud: Submit details directly through the Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting module. General Cybercrime : Use the "Report Other Cybercrimes" section for identity theft, phishing, or hacking. Anonymity Option: Report crimes against women or children anonymously if required. 🔍 Reporting Suspected Fraud (Before Losing Money) If you have received a suspicious call, SMS, or WhatsApp message but have not lost money, do not call 1930. Instead, report the communication on the Sanchar Saathi Chakshu Portal to help authorities block the fraudster's telecom resources. (sancharsaathi.gov.in/sfc/) Pls follow : x.com/Cyberdost and you local cyber law enforcement agency unit handles to keep yourself aware and safe. Next I'll try covering each type of fraud example with Do's and Dont's . I bet you will enjoy some of the case anecdotes . Feel free to reach out with your inputs . #CyberSafety #ScamAwareness #StayAlert #CreatorsAgainstCyberCrime

Ate #Chinese for lunch at work . Tuesday's are taskdays . CCP boys we'll catch up later. Coffee ☕ anyone ?

@Hu_Yidao666 @venom1s If you all need help , just ask . Eating babies , bats and dogs won’t help the Chinese .

@Arkanoir @venom1s 我每一次把这个发出来，好多西方人都觉得印度人恶心，连婴儿都不放过

Chad Indians are cooking the Chinese with their own propaganda on this app. 🗿

@Hu_Yidao666 @venom1s Do they give you water 💦 to bath and drink from same source ? Which caste are you ? Are all #CCP slaves Jianmin as per Chinese caste system ?? Are you 0.4% Chinese with Pakistani mother ?

@Arkanoir @venom1s 你们印度人强奸七个月和八个月大的婴儿

@guoketeam @BholeNath_wasi Ya ya ….. dog eaters will bark now ?? First go and Control your kind . You buggers are the sole reason carbon footprint is increasing and global IQ is decreasing . Stop eating bats you moron switch to almonds . BTW which caste do you belong to ??

@BholeNath_wasi 我如果不知道你是在说我的国家。我会担心你在大街上时有人会朝你嘴巴里拉屎。

A tourist explains how much she hates being in China.

@Hu_Yidao666 @venom1s Do you eat lizards 🦎 mate ….. I have 1 in my kitchen and seems there maybe 2-3 smaller ones in the balcony ….can you come pls . It would be like a #Chinese new year buffet for you , bring your friends too .

@Arkanoir @venom1s 你们印度人强奸婴儿

The #Japanese also have their balance sheet due ….. their quality of items is not like the Chinese 🇨🇳 and to add icing on the cake the #Americans are there with the Japs too. CCP bots and their fake overconfidence won’t work . @IntelShadowOp unlike the Chinese the American and Indian resources , weapons and forces are battle tested and Japan is known for Quality not hostile missiles or failing ammunitions. The Chinese government including their CCP boys will be blown to smithereens 🤭🤭. The American Marines seem more ready too cleanse the Chinese aggression, watch the vid .

饱受压迫的中国孩子现在制作日本士兵的玩具，替祖先复仇。可怜的孩子们只能用玩具来表达这种情感，现实生活中我们都知道发生了什么😄

Pakistan sells its own daughters as bride to Chinese 🇨🇳 and till date thousands have been sold . @amnesty and @UNHumanRights still have active investigation going on currently . In 2019 in one year it was over 600+ . Imagine selling your own family children daughter to others and killing your own civilians when questioned . Since they will ask for proof Just sharing 1 but @UN @UN_Women should totally look into this . Even beggars have a conscience Pak doesn’t and Chinese Uncles with money have no shame .

One 🇵🇰 molests anything that moves and one 🇨🇳 eats anything that moves yet if they are left alone these morons will eat each other . Nevertheless ! First in my bloodline to witness #Kalesh between 🐐 Molesters and 🐕 eaters . 🙇🏻‍♂️: @Aryavarta99 @growing_india1 @IntelShadowOp @IntConfused @Sharroh45 @aravind @KreatelyMedia @gharkekalesh @Shiv_G__ @Aloneworrier_01 @real_insight_1 @Geotactix @MasterChiefyyy @Apporva_unmk @AgniVesa_07 @Qrantiqaari @Nashuneri @arunim1898 @Isotope_239 @Incognito_qfs @BillionIndian5 @RawHitman0 @DavidZhang360 @nepalimeow

一名低种姓的中国男子因为未经允许与一名高种姓男子的妻子交谈，被迫睡在浸有高种姓男子尿液的水面上。

@SwastikaMedia @aravind @total_woke_ WHHAATTT 😳😬!!! @Aryavarta99 @growing_india1 @IntelShadowOp @IntConfused @Aloneworrier_01 @real_insight_1 @Geotactix @MasterChiefyyy @Apporva_unmk @AgniVesa_07 @Qrantiqaari @Nashuneri @arunim1898 @Isotope_239 @Incognito_qfs @BillionIndian5 @RawHitman0 @DavidZhang360

@aravind @total_woke_ If you've been on Rotten dot com (now offline) back in the day of the wild wild west unfiltered Internet, there were pictures of a Chinese guy eating what looked like an aborted or premature human baby. (I've the source, but not sharing it.)

Unlike the much exaggerated Sati, the Chinese Xunjie or Widow Suicide system killed lakhs of women. Widows were forced to starve themselves to death or poisoned so they didn't have sex after the husband's death. The Chinese society built thousands of arches (called Paifamg) to glorify the practice. But literally nobody even knows about it today because information & media are frauds. Hence we must share it.

The 🇨🇳 camera 🎥 focuses all up & up 🆙 because the filth is all down and under . It’s fault of current #chinese gov too , who knows they maybe bat and puppy 🐶 eaters too . They need someone like #Johnwick in their society to balance things up or maybe we will ship some dog lovers from 🇮🇳 to 🇨🇳 if gov agrees someday . Till that day comes , I don’t like dog eaters .

@Arkanoir @Apporva_unmk Yup. These chinese are low lives

This is so 💔 , we have 2 pets both 🐶 ( 1 adopted Indian & other a GS) ….many of my friends have these loyal best friends as pets (@MasterChiefyyy @Apporva_unmk ) . If someone would have killed and then ate my 🐶either that person or his tongue would be missing next .

@EmployeeNo2 @TrueIndicAryan @joerogan should cover it again in interest of humanity and against any iota of new pandemic 😷 . The world needs to know they are at it again .

@TrueIndicAryan Joe Rogan has also covered it x.com/i/status/20667…

There are many instances recorded in Korea that 🇨🇳 Chinese tourists are openly pooping at historical places. Why are chinese so dirty and inhumane? The real street shitters 💩 #China #CCP #RealChina

Can someone clarify if is it true that the #Chinese used product e-commerce platforms even have category of Clothes like used handkerchiefs , used socks and even used inner wear section ?? (Maybe our SMEs can help clarify if this is true or a rumour @OLX @Quikr sahi hain kya , do the Chinese sell and buy everything used )

Bro ! China is just a propaganda paradise and this wall should have been broken long time ago . They will always focus towards the building and sky of Sanghai , Shenzen , Guangdong etc but look at the condition of workers and living standards of the poor …. how they survive and what they eat with civic sense of chinese uncles accompanied by whining aunties and cultures like prohibition of relocation , casteism , racism based on address &roots , disparity in distribution of resources & wealth , their social score matrix , myth of privacy & freedom of speech or even freedom of expression or religion for that matter ….once you have been exposed to or if you know you will realise this whole thing is a bubble carefully designed and disguised by their own government . Besides as an ethical Indian I don’t want to break my NDAs so just a hint behind every counterfeit article and synthetic product there is always a Chinese brain or channel and most probably a millionaire. (IYKYK) Don’t even get me started on the Money laundering their international banks do with support of the government. I will stop here 🤐 , One can satisfy their curiosities on the internet .Dive into the leads and it will open a new pandoras box for you all to explore and the world to see . From America to Europe to Asia to Australia they are world famous for getting fined by many governments 🤞🧑🏻‍💻🕵️ ( @IntelShadowOp @KreatelyMedia @MasterChiefyyy @AgniVesa_07 )

China is just an overrated hellhole. Here in Shenzhen, the streets are full of homeless people. In Chinese factories, workers have to work 13 hours a day, and their monthly salary is only 1,000 yuan , that’s about 100 US dollars. They can’t afford a place to live, so they have no choice but to sleep on the streets.

t.co/FY5ZKIpWDo 🚨Whether a real war between the CCP and Taiwan has started or not, the cognitive and psychological war began long ago. Taiwan’s National Security Bureau has just released this chilling AI-made video aimed at people inside China. The message is simple: under the CCP system, anyone can disappear without explanation. “Now is the time to make a change.” At the end of the video, a secure channel is offered for people inside China to contact Taiwan’s authorities, provide useful CCP-related information, or defect. I believe this was inspired by the @CIA's similar campaigns. As far as I know, similar videos produced by the CIA have received more than 132 million views. How effective do you think this video will be?

@Angryma51112440 @GordonGChang Taiwan , Tibet and Phillipines have suffered so much much due to one common bully .

@GordonGChang So glad you all are aware of this. We, Chinese people have been suffering from this evil party for more than 70 years. Help us to Get rid of it please.

The CCP is pure evil.

These are the people of the oppressed nong and shang class of china. They don't even have their own homes. The worst part is the CCP hatwa them to the core. 💔😔