Cyber frauds drain ₹52,969cr from Indians between April 2021 and November 2025 (about 4 years 7 months)
Between April 2021 and November 2025, cyber fraudsters stole a massive ₹52,969 crore from Indians using UPI, internet banking, e-commerce scams, digital wallets, and impersonation tricks.
Despite the huge losses reported to official portals like NCRP and CFCFRMS, only about 2% of the stolen money has actually been recovered for victims.
Cyber crime is rising fast—and recovery is slow
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Many of the cyber crime reports were financial scams.
Even with government crackdowns and new rules for banks to freeze suspicious funds faster (and avoid freezing innocent accounts), most victims still don't get their money back.
What's being done to fight back?
Authorities have managed to save more than ₹5,489 crore so far and Samanvaya has led to the arrest of 12,987 accused.
More than 9.42 lakh SIM cards have been blocked, and the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center (I4C) has blocked thousands of communication IDs, including 3,962 Skype IDs and 83,668 WhatsApp accounts.
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