Cybercrime Trends

Mumbai police busted a Dehradun call centre that scammed jobseekers with fake Airport Authority of India job offers. 11 arrested, ₹2.58 lakh taken from one victim.

The High Commission of India in Pretoria named five fraudulent e-visa websites impersonating the official portal. Use only indianvisaonline.gov.in.

The Embassy of India in Madrid warns of caller-ID-spoofing scam calls: an imposter posing as 'Rupesh Sharma' phones Indian students demanding personal documents.

Ukraine's cyber police dismantled a Kyiv call centre that cold-called Americans with fake crypto investments, stealing over $500,000 from 20+ US victims.

The 2026 World Cup is live, and so are the scams: fake betting apps, malware 'free streams' and cloned FIFA ticket sites are after your data and money.

Lucknow police busted an international call centre that scammed US citizens with fake FBI/FTC threats and crypto. 119 arrested, 103 laptops seized.

QR-code phishing is surging worldwide. How quishing works, the UPI receive-vs-pay trap, where you meet it, and how to spot, avoid and report it.

India's I4C warns that criminals who steal or find an iPhone send fake Apple 'Find My' texts to trick victims into entering their Apple ID password and one-time code, letting thieves disable Activation Lock and resell the device. Here is how the trap works and how to stay safe.

Ministry of Home Affair issues an alert on rising sophesticated boss scam utilizing DLL Sideloading and WhatsApp web compromise. Several high profile cases have been reported with the same MO.

We checked what is actually known about the Spro Deal earning app, how task and commission scams turn users into unwitting money mules, and why bank accounts get frozen.

India's Delhi High Court upheld a 2026 Telegram block after the Centre called the app the "new dark web." How Telegram's design built a criminal pipeline, what the Durov arrest changed, and how six governments are now putting it on notice.

On auspicious days, devotional apps, darshan bookings and donations surge, and so does fraud. Drawing on India's I4C advisory for pilgrims, here are the documented scam patterns, the red flags, and how to give and book safely.