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Digital safety, in plain English
Learn to spot the scam before it costs you.
Sumzip breaks down the fraud patterns actually hitting Indian phones right now — fake UPI requests, spoofed bank SMSes, WhatsApp "job offer" scams — so you can recognise them in five seconds, not five paragraphs.
₹20L+ cr
lost to cyber fraud in India, FY24–25
1 in 3
users have received a scam UPI request
Message Inspector
3 flags found
Dear Customer, your SBI a/c will be BLOCKED today. Update KYC immediately via bit.ly/sbi-kyc2 or call +91-XXXXX91827 now.
⚠ Urgency + threat language ("blocked today") is a pressure tactic, not standard bank comms.
⚠ Shortened link hides the real domain — banks never use bit.ly for KYC.
⚠ Real banks don't ask you to call a random mobile number to "verify."
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