Rising Scams in India: Building Awareness and Prevention

This blog provides an overview of common scams targeting individuals in India in 2024, including WhatsApp, instant loan, AI voice-cloning, credit card, fake delivery, and digital arrest schemes. It explains how these scams operate, key warning signs, typical impacts (financial loss, identity theft, harassment, emotional distress), and practical prevention steps such as verifying identities, avoiding suspicious links, enabling two-factor authentication, and reporting incidents to authorities (including dialing 1930 and using the cyber crime portal). The piece serves as general awareness guidance rather than a technical incident or threat actor analysis.