Cybercriminals Send Fake Legal Notices to Scam Indians: Here’s What to Know

The Press Information Bureau and Indian cyber authorities have issued a fact-check and warning about a phishing campaign sending counterfeit emails impersonating the I4C CEO and other government agencies; these fraudulent messages use official logos and senior-official details to falsely accuse recipients of cybercrimes and coerce responses, and the advisory outlines detection tips, reporting channels, and basic mitigations such as verifying sender domains, avoiding suspicious links/attachments, enabling 2FA, and reporting incidents to the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal.