Fraud and safety
The scams that actually happen, and where to complain.
- beginner
UPI and payment fraud
The collect-request trick, the QR scam, the wrong-number refund and the fake helpline number. One rule about your PIN defeats nearly all of them.
12 min · reviewed 2026-08-01
- beginner
The scams actually happening in India
Digital arrest, job and task scams, doubling schemes. The scripts word by word, why they work on careful people, and what to do the moment they land.
14 min · reviewed 2026-08-01
- beginner
Loan apps and recovery harassment
What illegal lending apps do with your contacts, what recovery agents are not allowed to do, and where to take it once the calls to your family start.
13 min · reviewed 2026-08-01
- beginner
How to judge anyone giving money advice
A test you can apply to any finance creator online — including to us. What a SEBI registration actually means, what disclosure looks like, and the tells.
7 min · reviewed 2026-08-01
- beginner
The ombudsman and the consumer court
Money has gone and the company is not replying. There is a free route out of that, and it runs in a fixed order: grievance officer, ombudsman, commission.
24 min · reviewed 2026-08-12