Lost money to a cyber fraud? Call 1930 now and file at cybercrime.gov.in. The first hour matters.
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Exactly how to report a cyber crime in India, what happens after you do, and how to get a bank to freeze money in time.
The 1930 call takes six minutes. What it sets in motion inside the banks takes hours, and what happens after that takes months. Here is the...
A stolen phone is a stolen bank. CEIR makes the handset useless on every Indian network, but only after three things are in place. Here is t...
Behind 1930 sits a system that lets every bank in a money trail see your complaint within minutes. It is good at holding money and bad at gi...
You did not fall for the "your electricity will be cut" message. Reporting it on Chakshu takes four minutes and can get the number disconnec...
The portal form is long and unforgiving of missing details. This is every screen, what it asks, and the mistakes that get complaints closed...
The portal complaint is a record. An FIR is a case. Here is how to walk into a police station with the right papers, get the FIR registered,...
There are four legitimate ways to recover money after a fraud in India, each with its own clock. This guide lays them side by side, with the...
Victims delete chats out of shame, "clean" phones before handing them over, and crop screenshots. Each one weakens a case. Here is how to ke...
Every step is free. The first three are about freezing money before it is withdrawn; the rest are about making the complaint stick. Here is...
Every platform has a report button and, in India, a grievance officer who must act within fixed timelines. Here is the route on each app and...
When the bank says "customer authorised", the RBI Ombudsman is the free, no-lawyer route that can order a refund. Here is the exact sequence...
Do not forward it, do not download it, do not confront the sender. Here is what to do instead, in order, whether you found material, a child...