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Comprehensive guides, FAQs and visual explainers to help you identify scams, recover from them, and stay safe online.
A comprehensive 20-point checklist to help you instantly identify if you're being targeted by a scammer — covering calls, SMS, emails, and social media.
Learn to spot the warning signs of cyber fraud before it's too late. Covers phishing, vishing, smishing, and social engineering.
Step-by-step emergency action plan for victims of cyber fraud. Act fast to limit financial loss and report the crime.
Proactive security habits and tools to protect yourself from cyber threats before they happen.
per online fraud victim in India in 2024
of all cyber frauds start with a phone call
act within 15 mins to potentially recover money
increase in AI-powered scams in 2025
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Create unbreakable passwords and manage them securely using password managers.
Enable 2FA on all major platforms: Google, WhatsApp, Instagram, bank accounts.
Advanced techniques to identify sophisticated phishing attacks in emails, SMS, and websites.
Safe UPI habits — setting transaction limits, enabling notifications, and avoiding payment frauds.
How to detect AI-generated voices, deepfake videos, and synthetic personas used in fraud.
Critical first 24 hours checklist after falling victim to a cyber scam. Block, report, recover.
The faster you act, the better your chances of recovering money. Don't panic — follow these steps systematically.
Call the bank's 24/7 fraud helpline (not Google search — use the number on your card). Request an immediate transaction block.
Change passwords for your banking, email, and social media accounts from a clean, uncompromised device.
Report at cybercrime.gov.in or call 1930 (National Cyber Crime Helpline). Save your complaint reference number.
Screenshot all messages, calls, transaction IDs, and save them. This evidence is critical for investigation and recovery.
Use a password manager to generate 16+ character unique passwords for every account. Never reuse passwords.
Set up Two-Factor Authentication on all important accounts — banking, email, social media. Use an authenticator app, not SMS OTP.
Never share OTP, CVV, PIN, or account details over phone or SMS — regardless of who's calling. Banks never ask for these.
Hover over links, verify domain names carefully (bankofindia.gov.in ≠ bank0findia.com). Use HTTPS only sites for payments.
Follow Arista Cyber Cop for daily alerts. Knowledge is your best defense — share warnings with family.
Find answers to the most common questions about cyber scams and digital safety.
Act within the first 15 minutes: (1) Call your bank's fraud helpline to freeze the account. (2) Change all passwords from a clean device. (3) File a report at cybercrime.gov.in or call 1930. (4) Take screenshots of all evidence. (5) File an FIR at your local police station. The golden rule: speed is critical for fund recovery.
No. Always verify the QR code by checking if it's a sticker placed over another code, and preview the URL before confirming payment. For UPI payments, always check the payee's name shown by your app before entering your PIN. Legitimate QR codes for receiving payments never ask you to enter your PIN.
Red flags: (1) Offers that require upfront payment/registration fees, (2) Unrealistically high pay for simple tasks, (3) Contact only via WhatsApp/Telegram, (4) No physical office address, (5) Vague job descriptions. Always verify the company on LinkedIn and the official website. Never pay money to get a job.
It depends on how quickly you report. If reported within 24-48 hours, banks can initiate a fraud reversal or freeze destination accounts. File at cybercrime.gov.in, call 1930, and provide your bank's fraud team with a complaint reference number. Success rates are higher for UPI/card transactions than cash transactions.
Vishing (voice phishing) is when scammers call pretending to be bank officials, government agencies, or tech support. Protect yourself by: never sharing OTP/PIN/CVV over phone, always hanging up and calling back the official number, and registering your number on the DND registry. AI voice cloning is making vishing more sophisticated.
Multiple channels: (1) National Cyber Crime Helpline: 1930, (2) Online portal: cybercrime.gov.in, (3) Local police station FIR, (4) RBI Ombudsman for banking fraud, (5) CERT-In for critical cyber incidents. Keep all evidence — screenshots, transaction IDs, phone numbers, and chat logs — ready before filing.
Visual breakdown of how to spot a phishing email — sender spoofing, urgency language, fake links.
A step-by-step visual of how QR code and collect request UPI scams operate.
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Visual cues to identify AI-generated voices, images, and video calls used in scams.
Visual comparison of weak vs. strong passwords and time-to-crack estimates.