Protect Your Family from Cyber Fraud
Building family wealth takes decades of quiet discipline. Protecting it requires just a few minutes of awareness. We designed this center for ordinary Indian households, retirees, homemakers, and salaried employees to recognize warning signs, test vulnerability, and take instant emergency action if targeted.
National Cyber Crime Emergency: Dial 1930
If money was recently debited or you are facing an active "Digital Arrest" or fake call, report immediately to 1930 or cybercrime.gov.in within 2 hours.
Personal Scam Vulnerability Meter
Assess how confident you and your family are in recognizing modern Indian financial scams.
You demonstrate good fraud awareness. Continue keeping your passwords and UPI PIN secure.
Protect Your Parents Before Fraudsters Reach Them
Our parents spent decades working quietly to raise us and accumulate life savings. Today, scammers use high-pressure tactics, fake police uniforms on video calls, and scary legal threats ("Digital Arrest") specifically to intimidate senior citizens.
Take 3 minutes today: Print our emergency checklist or share it on family WhatsApp groups. Reassure your parents that no government authority ever demands video calls or secrecy.
The Cost of Deception: Financial Impact Simulator
Losing principal does not just hurt today — it wipes out future compound growth and delays retirement. Model the exact long-term impact below:
Financial Impact & Growth Simulator
Select your savings, typical scam loss exposure, and rate of monthly savings to visualize the severe compounding impact of fraud versus the growth of protected capital.
Simulator Inputs
of continuous hard work and monthly savings completely gone.
due to missing out on future compounding interest loops.
If instead of falling for the Ponzi Schemes / High-Yield Investments, you invested that exact same ₹2,00,000 in a secure, sovereign-backed investment scheme (compounding at a conservative 7.5% per annum, like the PPF or a scheduled bank FD ladder):
Principal + 7.5% compound yield
Safe compounding growth
Long-term wealth creation
Catalog of 10 Active Financial Scams in India
Click on any playbook below for plain-English steps, warning indicators, real-life case stories, and emergency recovery roadmaps.
Ponzi Schemes & Fake High-Yield Investment Funds
A Ponzi scheme is a fake investment where older investors are paid using money taken from new investors. No actual business or investing occurs. The system collapses when new deposits stop.
UPI Pin & Money-Receive Frauds
A UPI scam involves scammers tricks you into entering your UPI PIN to 'receive' money, causing immediate debit of funds from your account.
Phishing, SMS Alerts & NetBanking Clone Scams
Phishing is a method where scammers use fake SMS alerts or cloned websites to steal your internet banking passwords, usernames, and OTPs.
Blackmail by Instant Fake Loan Apps
Fake loan apps promise instant, paperless loans within minutes. Once installed, they steal your phone contacts and photos, then blackmail you by threatening to send edited photos to your family.
Digital Arrest & Fake Police Extortion
Scammers pose as CBI, Police, Customs, or TRAI officials. They put you on a Skype/Zoom call, claiming a parcel or SIM card registered in your name contains illegal items, and force you into a 'digital arrest' to extort money.
Stock Market & IPO Placement Scams
Scammers add you to WhatsApp/Telegram groups pretending to be famous fund managers. They promise 'guaranteed' premium IPO allotments and bulk institutional stock deals through fake trading apps.
Credit Card Limit Increase & Reward Point Scams
Scammers pose as bank card executives, offering a free limit upgrade, annual fee waiver, or cash redemption of expiring reward points to steal your card credentials and OTP.
Part-Time Telegram & Like-and-Earn Job Scams
Scammers offer easy part-time work like liking YouTube videos, rating hotels on Google, or reviewing movies. They pay small amounts initially, then trick you into paying large 'security deposits' to unlock high-paying tasks.
KYC Suspensions & SIM Blockade Scams
Scammers send SMS alerts claiming your SIM card or bank account is suspended due to missing KYC. They guide you to install remote-screen-sharing apps to steal your credentials.
QR Code Money-Receive Traps
A QR code scam is when fraud buyers send QR codes on WhatsApp, claiming scanning it will instantly credit money to your bank account, but it actually authorizes a debit.
Digital Arrest: Fake FedEx, Courier & Mumbai Customs Calls
Fraudsters call pretending to be FedEx or courier agents, claiming a package in your name contains drugs, illegal passports, or contraband. The call is transferred to fake Customs or Police officers who demand a Skype/WhatsApp video call, declare you under 'Digital Arrest', and pressure you to transfer your savings to 'government verification accounts'.
Land Investment & Fake Plot Schemes Scam
Fraudulent developers advertise farmland or future smart-city plots near highways with promises of 18%-30% guaranteed annual returns or double land value in 2 years. They sell unregistered, non-agricultural (NA) unapproved, or multi-sold plots using high-pressure sales visits, collect cash advances, and disappear before land registration.
Money Mule Scam: Account Use & Commission Fraud
A money mule is a person recruited by fraudsters to receive illegally obtained money into their bank account and transfer it to another account or withdraw cash, often in exchange for a small commission.
FQL Exchange & VG Investment Schemes
Comprehensive evidence-led analysis of reported unregistered trading platforms, local agent referral networks, synthetic app dollar balances, and withdrawal lock-ins in Tamil Nadu.
Verified Indian Statutory Resources & Reporting Portals
If you encounter online financial fraud or suspect an unlicensed investment scheme, protect yourself and others by reporting it directly to official Government of India bodies.
National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. Report money thefts instantly.
RBI Sachet PortalRegister complaints against illegal deposit-taking schemes and fake loan apps.
SEBI SCORES PortalFile official complaints against unauthorized brokers, IPO plans or market advisory scams.
Direct national emergency phone line operated 24/7. Call for instant bank freeze assistance.