Case board
How these crimes actually work
Start from the one thing you know — how they reached you — and find the pattern in that lane. Each tile shows the moment you could still have stopped it; open one for the full board.
Something in front of you right now? Check the link, number or UPI ID first — it takes a second and needs no account. Come back here afterwards to see what the rest of it was going to be.
18 of 18 patterns
PrototypeThey phoned you
5They messaged you
10You found them — an ad, an app, a website
2Nobody contacted you
1What is measured here, and what is not
6 of these 18 patterns carry a published share of India’s reported cyber-fraud losses or complaints. The other 12 do not, and say so where the number would have gone. Every figure on this page names its source and its caveat.
Shares describe reported losses and complaints. They are not a measure of how common a crime is, and they say nothing about whether any particular case is resolved.