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Cyber ​​Fraud India: Strict action has now started on the rapidly increasing digital arrest scam in India. WhatsApp has banned more than 9,400 fake accounts since January 2026, which were being used to defraud people by posing as government officials. The Central Government has given information about this entire action to the Supreme Court of India, where hearing is going on on the increasing cases of such online fraud.

This was disclosed in the documents presented in the court by Attorney General R. Venkataramani. These cases are to those scams, in which swindlers extort money from people by pretending to be officers of police, CBI or other government agencies.

Scam network was operating from abroad
WhatsApp’s internal investigation revealed that most of the scam accounts targeting India were being operated from South-East Asia, especially Cambodia.

The fraudsters used names like “Delhi Police”, “Mumbai HQ”, “CBI” and “ATS Department” and used government logos in their profile photos to deceive people. This made the users feel that they were talking to a real government official.

Action in collaboration with government agencies
Indian Cyber ​​Crime Coordination Centre, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Department of Telecommunications had important contribution in this action.

While government agencies had identified around 3,800 suspicious accounts, WhatsApp took action against more than twice that number through its investigation. The company said it uses each input as a “seed” to track and dismantle the entire scam network.

Crackdown on scams with new tools
WhatsApp used many new tools and technologies during this action. This includes logo-matching systems, account display name tracking, and AI-based models that help identify changing scam patterns.

Apart from this, the company has also prepared a large database of data to scams, so that repeatedly fraudulent accounts can be caught quickly.

New features for the safety of users
To keep users safe, WhatsApp is also rolling out new safety features. This includes warning on suspicious messages, showing account age for unknown numbers, hiding profile photos in high-risk chats and providing more information for unknown calls. The company says that these measures will significantly reduce such frauds happening on the platform.

Cases of fraud worth crores also came to light
Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation has re-registered three big digital arrest cases in which more than ₹10 crore was defrauded. Of these, two cases are to Gujarat and one to Delhi. In the case of Delhi, a single person was defrauded of ₹22.92 crore, which shows the seriousness of such scams.