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CFCFRMS / I4C
₹22,846 Cr
↑ 41× rise since 2021
Ordinary Indians lost ₹22,846 crore to fraud in 2024 alone
According to I4C's Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting & Management System (CFCFRMS), citizens' fraud losses have grown from ₹560 Cr in 2021 to ₹22,846 Cr in 2024 — a 41× rise in three years.
What this really means
Investment scams, digital arrest scams and card-not-present fraud are the top three loss categories.
Only about 9.9% of the defrauded amount is saved through the 1930 helpline.
Median victim recovers less than ₹5,000 back through the police process.
The single most effective preventive control is instant blocking of the compromised card or SIM.