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I got a message (I checked a screenshot).

ScamBhai flagged it as: Fake tax penalty notice with document link

I got this message:
"give me entire of your money else i will disclose all your private details"

ScamBhai flagged it as: Blackmail threat demanding money (85/100).

A woman lost ₹40 lakh after a call in November 2024 from someone claiming to be from the telecom regulator, who said her number was being blocked. She was put through to a supposed Mumbai police officer, who said her Aadhaar had been used to open a bank account with ₹6 crore of illegal transactions, and threatened to arrest her.

Police later arrested three men who had passed a "mule" bank…

Ye message bahut logon ko aa raha hai: "Aapki gaadi ka traffic challan ₹500 baaki hai, aaj pay nahi kiya to court case hoga" aur ek link. Link ka address dhyaan se dekho to sarkari site nahi hota, ya phir ek .apk file hoti hai.

Link pe card details maange jaate hain, ya app install karwaya jata hai jo phone ke SMS padh leta hai. Chhota sa ₹500 ka challan bharne ke chakkar mein bada nuksaan ho…

The "army officer" listing is one of the oldest marketplace tricks. A scooter is listed at a very good price by a seller who says he is in the army and has just been transferred. He sends a photo of an ID card and a uniform to build trust.

He cannot meet because he is on duty, so the scooter will come through the "army courier". First a delivery charge, then a "gate pass" fee, then a refundable…

A chartered accountant in Bengaluru saw deepfake videos on Facebook of well-known business leaders promoting a stock investment platform. He filled in a form, and a woman calling on WhatsApp from a UK number, who said she was a financial adviser, got him to register and invest ₹21,010.

A dashboard showed his money growing. Over the next weeks he paid ₹23.2 lakh in all. When he tried to withdraw,…

अक्सर ऐसा होता है: किसी अनजान नंबर से या किसी परिचित के हैक हुए नंबर से WhatsApp पर एक फ़ाइल आती है, जैसे "शादी का निमंत्रण.apk", "बिजली बिल.apk" या "PM किसान अपडेट.apk"।

फ़ाइल खोलते ही फ़ोन एक ऐप इंस्टॉल करने की अनुमति माँगता है। यह ऐप चुपचाप सारे SMS पढ़ता है, जिसमें बैंक के OTP भी होते हैं, और कई बार आपके WhatsApp से आपके ही संपर्कों को वही फ़ाइल भेज देता है।

कोई भी .apk फ़ाइल कभी न खोलें,…

The fake customer care number trap. A woman's refund for a cancelled flight has not arrived, so she searches online for the airline's helpline and calls the first number she sees. A helpful agent picks up immediately and says he will process the refund right away.

He asks her to install a "support" app so he can guide her, then to open her UPI app and enter ₹1 to "verify" her account. With the…

A 40-year-old software engineer in Bengaluru lost about ₹1 crore in two days in May 2024. It began with a Skype call from a man posing as a courier company executive, who said a parcel in her name bound for Taiwan had been caught at Mumbai airport with narcotics and several passports.

A fake customs officer said a drugs case had been filed, told her to stay alone in a room, and took her Aadhaar…

How instant loan app harassment usually starts. A young worker needs ₹5,000 before payday and finds an app promising instant loans with no paperwork. It asks for access to contacts and photos, which he allows without thinking.

He receives only ₹3,200 after "processing fees", and the app wants ₹5,000 back in seven days. When he pays, the app says the payment failed or adds a penalty. Then the…

What usually happens in a sextortion call. A man gets a friendly message from an unknown woman on Instagram or WhatsApp. After a short chat she video calls him late at night, and an explicit clip plays on her side of the screen. The call is recorded with his face in the frame.

Within minutes he receives the recording and a demand: pay ₹30,000 or it goes to his family and friends. Soon there is a…

A Hyderabad resident was contacted on Facebook with promises of high returns and added to a WhatsApp group named after a well-known brokerage. A man claiming to be its chief investment officer told him he could get IPO allotments through "institutional buyers" because he was a high net worth investor, and gave him so-called regulatory accounts for the payments.

Over about three weeks he paid…

Common tarika: Aapne OLX ya Facebook Marketplace pe purana sofa daala. Ek "buyer" turant ready ho jata hai, mol-bhaav bhi nahi karta. Kehta hai "main advance bhej raha hoon, bas request accept kar lo".

Phone pe UPI request aati hai jisme likha hota hai "Receive ₹8,500". Accept karke PIN daalte hi paise aate nahi, balki aapke account se kat jaate hain. Phir woh kehta hai galti se ho gaya, dobara…

How the stock tips group trap usually works. Someone is added to a WhatsApp group run by a "professor" or "SEBI registered analyst" with a famous-sounding name. Every day there are market tips, screenshots of big profits, and members thanking the admin.

After a week, members are asked to download a "institutional trading app" to get IPO allotments and block deals at discounts. The app shows the…

A 75-year-old woman in Mangaluru lost ₹2 crore after a call in September 2026 from a man who said he was a Mumbai police officer. He told her she was linked to money laundering, drug dealing and child trafficking. A supposed CBI officer then came on a WhatsApp video call and said she was bound by a "National Secrecy Act" of the Supreme Court, was being watched, and must tell no one.

She was…

ऐसे मैसेज बहुत आते हैं: "मम्मी, ये मेरा नया नंबर है, पुराना फ़ोन ख़राब हो गया।" थोड़ी देर बातचीत होती है, फिर असली माँग आती है: "एक ज़रूरी पेमेंट करना है, मेरा UPI अभी चल नहीं रहा, आप इस नंबर पर ₹18,000 भेज दो, शाम को लौटा दूँगा।"

भेजने वाला जल्दी में रहता है, कॉल नहीं उठाता और कहता है अभी बात नहीं कर सकता। अक्सर एक के बाद दूसरी माँग आती है।

पैसे भेजने से पहले पुराने नंबर पर कॉल करें या कोई ऐसा…

The electricity message that scares people every month. "Dear consumer, your electricity will be disconnected tonight at 9:30 pm because your last month bill was not updated. Please contact our electricity officer immediately."

The number belongs to a scammer. On the call, a polite "officer" says the payment did not reflect and asks for a small amount, often ₹10 or ₹12, to "update" it. He asks…

A man in Mangaluru was added, without asking, to a WhatsApp group named after a well-known brokerage that posted daily stock tips. Once he trusted the admins, they sent him a link to join their "online platform".

Over about two weeks he paid instalments into several bank accounts they gave him. When they asked for more money so he could "receive the full profit", he grew suspicious and spoke to…

Aksar aisa hota hai: SMS aata hai "Dear customer, aapka bank account aaj raat band ho jayega, KYC update karein" aur saath mein ek link. Link kholne par bilkul bank jaisa page khulta hai, logo bhi wahi.

Wahan customer ID, password, phir card number aur OTP maanga jata hai. Jaise hi OTP daala, kuch hi minute mein account se paise nikal jaate hain, kabhi kabhi kai transactions mein.

Bank kabhi…

The pattern behind most "part-time job" messages. A college student gets a WhatsApp message offering ₹2,000 to ₹5,000 a day for liking YouTube videos or rating hotels on Google. The first few tasks really pay: ₹150 here, ₹300 there, straight into her UPI account.

Then she is moved to a Telegram group where the "premium tasks" need a deposit first. She puts in ₹1,000 and sees ₹1,400 on a…