Advisories


Misuse of Matrimonial Platforms for Investment/Crypto Frauds.


October 31 2025

Fraudsters register on Indian matrimonial platforms (including regional ones) by creating profiles with false identities.

WhatsApp Web Account Renting Scam – using Facebook & Instagram.


October 15 2025

The National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit of I4C has identified an emerging transnational crime trend where certain Facebook & Instagram accounts....

Advisory on 'Rise in Fake Captcha Filling Jobs' based cybercrime


April 08 2025

There has been significant rise in complaints pertaining to online scams involving fraudulent CAPTCHA-filling jobs....

Advisory on 'Digital Arrest' based cybercrime in India


March 06 2025

Many complaints are being reported on National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) regarding intimidation, blackmail ....

Advisory regarding fake job racket targeting Indian youth


June 27 2024

There has been an increase in the incidents of Indian nationals falling victim ....

Fraudsters using heat signatures of fingertips on keypads to crack passwords/PINs.


October 17 2022

A new attack technique is being used by fraudsters of cracking passwords/PINs (ATMs, POS machine, Smart doors with keypad locks, etc.) by....

Fraudsters sending Fake Job Offer SMSs to perpetrate Cybercrime.


August 29 2022

A new trend in financial cyber fraud has been observed where fraudsters send Fake Job Offer SMSs to perpetrate Cybercrime.

Cybercriminals using malicious browser extensions to perpetrate Cybercrime.


August 30 2022

It has been observed that a large number of users have started installing browser extensions, and many such extensions are malicious.....

Cybercriminals using fake Social Media Verification Badge to steal credentials.


August 30 2022

Various social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. offer verification badges as a credibility indicator to help show.....

Cybercriminals using Caller ID Spoofing to perpetrate Cybercrime.


August 31 2022

Caller ID Spoofing is when a caller deliberately falsifies the information transmitted to your caller ID display to disguise their identity.

Fraudsters using Army personnel details to perpetrate financial cyber frauds


July 06 2022

As per the analysis of recent complaints reported on NCRP of I4C, a new trend in financial cyber fraud has been observed where fraudsters impersonate.....

Fake SMSs related to unpaid Electricity Bill to dupe citizens


May 10 2022

Smishing - Cybercriminals send text messages pretending to be from trusted sources to get targets to click on links that install malware.....

Cybercriminals Tampering with QR Codes to defraud Citizens


April 26 2022

Cybercriminals are tampering with Quick Response (QR) codes to redirect victims to malicious sites that steal login and financial information.....

Cybercriminals perpetrating Eavesdropping attack to steal sensitive data


April 22 2022

Eavesdropping attacks happen when cyber criminals intercept, delete, or modify network traffic traveling over computers....

Banking Trojans (Malware) stealing confidential information to defraud citizens


April 21 2022

Eavesdropping attacks happen when cyber criminals intercept, delete, or modify network traffic traveling over computers....

Cybercriminals using Fake Customer Care Numbers / Helplines to defraud citizens


March 21 2022

Google and Social Media are the go-to places for most of us when we want to search for customer care number of a bank/merchant....

Malicious Executable Files distributed during Video Conferences (VCs)


Febuary 02 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic created a massive surge in the use of video conferencing platforms (for video telephony and online chats), which has raised understandable....

Cybercriminals committing Business Partnership scam to defraud citizens


July 16th 2021

As per the open source analysis an email message is being circulated which offers a large sum of money to the recipient of the email.

Cybercriminals defrauding citizens going on holiday as travel restrictions ease


05th Aug 2021

Inheritance fraud is when you are told that someone rich has died and you’re in line to receive a huge inheritance.