Digital frauds News

In 2024, UPI transactions surged nearly 46 per cent, reaching a record 172.2 billion, up from 117.7 billion in 2023. 

Addressing the concluding session of the 59th All India Conference of Director Generals/Inspector Generals of Police, the prime minister also called for the use of technology to reduce the workload of the police constabulary.

West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Assam, Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim are facing top frauds in KYC, fake cash-back, frauds through digital wallets, fake-selling, QR codes, UPI phishing, lottery scams and financial fraud on social media. The top scamsters are from Patna, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Meerut for one of the top payment apps (at 15 percent) and most QR Code scams originate from Assam, accounting for 20 percent of the total distribution. In QR code frauds, most fraudsters posed themselves as army men selling something on marketplaces.