New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- Barely in the first five months of 2025, Indians lost nearly Rs.7,000 crore to online scams, an estimate by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has revealed.

The growing prevalence of these frauds was noted recently by RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra who -- at Global Fintech Fest 2025 --said early last month that the digital frauds occurring are increasingly becoming a problem for the country.

During the same event, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also said that several deepfake videos of her were being circulated online and manipulated to mislead citizens and distort fact.

However, one fraud which - although uncommon - but potent enough to rip you of your entire savings is call merging fraud. Let us understand m...