Your Photo, Your Identity: What the 1980s AI Trend Teaches Us About Digital Safety
The latest 1980s AI photo trend has turned ordinary selfies into retro portraits, with users transforming their photographs into images inspired by the fashion, colours and aesthetics of the decade. But Delhi Police has cautioned users to think twice before uploading personal photographs to unfamiliar AI tools. In an advisory shared on X by Delhi […]
The SIR Verification Call: How “Fixing” One’s Form Is Emptying Bank Accounts
Your name on the electoral roll is not something you need to pay for. But that has not stopped scammers from turning the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists into their latest modus operandi. As citizens fill up forms, submit details and try to ensure they qualify as eligible voters for the next […]
Swipe, Pay, Disappear: The Fake Cab Scam Targeting Online Dating
As if modern dating wasn’t complicated enough already, matching with someone over dating platforms is increasingly turning into a lesson in micro-fraud. Added to the mix of ghosting, bad conversations, or someone looking entirely different from their on-app profile is financial fraud. The playbook is simple and surprisingly effective: Why Scammers Get Away With It […]
Empowering India’s consumers: Inside Mission GraHAQ’s fight against online scams
This blog was written by Rohan Oommen (VP, Customer Trust & Safety, Amazon) and published originally at: link. Consider a straightforward scenario, a customer receives a message that appears to be a delivery notification. The branding on the message looks familiar, the link looks legitimate. This is the daily reality for millions of Indian shoppers, and it […]
Who’s Really Protecting Your Consent? Rethinking the Digital Consent Acquisition Framework
If you’ve ever wondered why your DND (Do Not Disturb) registration (we covered it here) doesn’t always stop unwanted promotional messages, or why a complaint about spam takes forever to resolve, the answer often lies in an unglamorous but important piece of telecom plumbing: the “Digital Consent Acquisition (DCA) framework.” Led by the Telecom Regulatory Authority […]
Fake CEO, Real Losses: How the ‘Boss Scam’ Work
Your company’s finance team gets a WhatsApp message from the CEO’s number saying that there is an urgent payment due, a regulatory deadline, and the instruction is to handle it now. The number and account name check out. Everything moves fast because that is what you do when instructions come from the top. The money […]
The CBI Built Abhay to fight Digital Arrest Scams: Here’s How It Can Save You
The Central Bureau of Investigation has launched Abhay, an AI helpbot that lets you verify whether a CBI notice is genuine. It is a direct response to a scam that has taken ₹1,918 crore from ordinary Indians in a single year, and it closes a gap that fraudsters often exploit. You can use CBI Abhay […]
SIM Swapping: When Your Phone Number Is Used Against You
Your phone number is not just a contact detail. It is tied to your bank account, your Aadhaar verification, your email recovery, and it can be taken from you without anyone touching your phone. SIM swapping is when a scammer gets a new sim card issued in your name, usually by convincing your telecom provider […]
Your Crypto Wallet Can Be Emptied Without You Knowing
You connect your wallet to what looks like a legitimate platform. You approve a routine permission request and within minutes, everything is gone. No second prompt, confirmation, or way back. That is how wallet draining works. What is happening India’s National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit (NCTAU), the analytical wing of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination […]
Fake Job Offers: What to Watch Out For
Job scams are not new, but the people running them have got better at hiding them. They used to look obviously fraudulent, often poorly formatted emails with vague job titles and suspicious payment requests. Now, they arrive in your inbox as a polished message from what may appear to be a legitimate recruitment firm, a […]