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"Your account will be closed today. Click here to verify now." Emails like this land in millions of inboxes every day. They look like they come from a bank, a delivery company, or Google itself — but they are fake. Their only goal is to steal your password, OTP, or bank details. The good news: Gmail gives you a one-tap way to fight back. Reporting the email helps Google block the same scam for everyone else. A phishing email pretends to be from a trusted company. Report it, do not reply to it. What Is a Phishing Email? Phishing is a trick where a scammer sends an email that pretends to be from a company you trust. Common signs include: An urgent threat, like "your account will be blocked in 2 hours". A link that looks real but goes to a fake login page. A sender address that is slightly misspelled, like "support@goog1e.com". An attachment you were not expecting. A request for your password, OTP, or card details. Real companies never ask for these by email....

Introduction We enter passwords, OTPs and card details on websites every day — for shopping, banking, social media and bill payments. But before you type anything personal, it is worth taking 30 seconds to check the website itself. A fake website can look almost exactly like a real one, and once your details are entered, they can be misused quickly. The good news is that you do not need any special tool to stay safer. A few simple checks can help you spot most suspicious websites. This guide explains those checks in simple words. Check a website first — before you enter any personal details. 1. Read the Website Address Very Carefully The address at the top of your browser is the first thing to check. Fake websites often use addresses that look almost like the real one. Watch out for: Small spelling changes, for example an extra letter, a missing letter, or a replaced letter. Extra words added to a famous name, such as "support", "offer" or "login" joined t...

Free WiFi at a cafe, airport, or railway station feels like a gift — until you think about who else might be on the same network. Public WiFi is shared with strangers, and on an open network your activity is easier for others to watch. You do not need to avoid public WiFi completely, but you should follow a few simple rules before you connect. 1. Check the Network Name with Staff Attackers sometimes set up a fake hotspot with a name that looks like the cafe's real WiFi — for example, ‘Cafe_Free_WiFi’ instead of ‘Cafe WiFi’. Always confirm the exact network name with the staff, and be suspicious of any network that asks you to install an app or enter a password you were not given . 2. Avoid Banking and Shopping on Open WiFi Do not log in to your bank app, enter card details, or make payments while on a public network you do not trust. For anything involving money, wait until you are on mobile data or your home WiFi. This one habit removes the biggest risk. 3. Use Mobile Data for Sen...

Your OTP is the last lock on your bank account, your UPI app, and your online accounts — and scammers want it. Many people lose money not because their account was hacked, but because they were tricked into reading out their own OTP. The rule is simple and absolute: never share your OTP with anyone, for any reason. How OTP Fraud Works 1. You get a call or message from someone pretending to be from your bank, a delivery company, or customer care. They sound professional and urgent. 2. They give you an excuse: your account will be blocked, your KYC needs updating, your parcel is stuck, or you have won a prize. They say they need to "verify" you. 3. Then comes the trap: they ask you to read out the OTP that just arrived on your phone. The moment you share it, they use it to log in to your account or approve a payment — and your money is gone. Remember: that OTP arrived because the scammer was already trying to log in or pay. Sharing it completes their action. The Golden Rule: Ba...

A new shopping website offers branded shoes at 80 percent off. The site looks professional, the photos look real, and the countdown timer says the offer ends tonight. You pay — and then nothing arrives, or a cheap fake product arrives instead. Fake shopping websites are one of the most common online frauds. They are designed to look trustworthy. But if you know what to check, most of them give themselves away in under two minutes. A too-good-to-be-true price is often the first warning sign. Warning Sign 1: Prices That Make No Sense: A genuine store can offer discounts, but it cannot sell a costly branded product for a tiny fraction of its normal price and still make money. If every product on the site is 70 to 90 percent off, with no clear reason, be suspicious. Compare the price with the same product on a well-known store before you pay. Warning Sign 2: A Strange or Misspelled Web Address: Look carefully at the address bar. Fake sites often use addresses that look almost like a famous...

 "Your account will be blocked in 2 hours, click here to verify." "You won a prize, claim it now." "Your parcel is waiting, pay a small fee to release it." These messages arrive every day, and they all have one thing in common: a link that wants you to tap in a hurry. Most online fraud starts with a single careless tap. The good news is that checking a link takes about 30 seconds, and it does not need any technical skill. This guide shows you how to check any suspicious link safely — before you click it.     A 30-second check before tapping can stop most link-based scams. Rule 1: Never Tap in a Hurry Scam messages work by creating urgency: your account will close, your prize will expire, your delivery will be returned. Real companies rarely threaten you like this in a random message. The moment a message pressures you to act immediately, slow down. That pressure itself is a warning sign. If a message claims to be from your bank, a delivery company, or a go...

Have you ever seen a message saying 'your password was found in a data leak' and wondered if it is real or just a scare? Big websites get hacked from time to time, and when that happens, email addresses and passwords can end up in leaked databases. The most important rule first: never type your actual password into a random website that claims to check leaks. A genuine check only needs your email address, or it works inside a trusted tool you already use, like Google Password Manager. If any site asks you to enter your password to 'scan' it, close that tab immediately. A quick, safe leak check can save you from a hacked account. What Is a Data Breach? A data breach happens when hackers break into a company's systems and steal user data - names, email addresses, and sometimes passwords. It does not mean someone hacked your phone. That is also why reusing the same password everywhere is so risky. If one website leaks your password and you use it on ten other sites, al...

Imagine waking up and finding you cannot log in to your Instagram account because someone else has changed your password. It happens to many people — usually because a password alone was not enough to stop a hacker. Instagram gives you a free, simple tool to fix this: two-factor authentication, often called 2FA. Once it is on, a password alone is not enough to log in. Instagram also asks for a second check, such as a code from your phone. That extra step can stop most unauthorised logins, even if someone learns your password. Two-factor authentication adds a second lock to your account. What Is Two-Factor Authentication? It means proving your identity in two ways. The first is something you know — your password. The second is something you have — usually your phone. When 2FA is on and someone tries to log in from a new device, Instagram asks for a code as well as the password. A hacker without your phone cannot get that code, so they cannot get in. How to Turn It On Follow these steps...

"Work from home, earn Rs 5,000 per day, no experience needed!" If you have received a message like this on WhatsApp from an unknown number, be careful. Real employers do not usually hire strangers over WhatsApp with promises of easy money and no interview. Fake job messages are one of the most common scams on WhatsApp in India today. This guide explains the warning signs, what never to share, and exactly how to report and block the sender. A job offer that promises easy money with no interview is a warning sign, not good luck The warning signs Too-good pay for easy work. "Like videos and earn thousands daily" or "part-time, 2 hours, Rs 50,000 per month" with no skills needed. No real company details. No proper website, no office address, no official email — only a WhatsApp number or a Telegram link. Urgent pressure. "Only 2 seats left!", "Reply in 10 minutes or the offer expires!" An upfront fee. A "registration fee", "tr...

Do you reuse the same password for almost every account? You are not alone — but one leaked password can unlock many of your accounts at once. The solution is not to memorise dozens of passwords. It is to let a password manager remember them for you. If you use Android or Chrome, you already have Google Password Manager, free. It saves your passwords securely, fills them in automatically, and creates strong passwords when you need a new one.   Google Password Manager remembers strong passwords so you do not have to. What Is Google Password Manager? Google Password Manager is built into Android and Chrome, and it is tied to your Google account. When you sign in to a website or app, it offers to save your password. Next time, after you unlock your phone, it fills it in for you. Your saved passwords are encrypted and synced to your other devices on the same Google account. It is free, needs no extra app, and is far safer than a notebook or reusing one password everywhere. How to Find ...

Sometimes you want to share a photo for a quick moment — not keep it floating in someone's gallery forever. That's exactly what WhatsApp's View Once feature is for. It lets you send a photo or video that disappears the moment the receiver opens it. Let's look at how it works, how to send one, and — most importantly — the safety rules most people skip. What is View Once? View Once is a WhatsApp feature for sending photos and videos that vanish after being opened one time. The receiver taps the photo, looks at it, and when they close it, it's gone — not saved to their gallery, not stored in the chat. On your side, you'll see an "Opened" status once they've viewed it, so you know the photo was seen. This is different from a normal photo: a normal photo stays in the chat forever and the other person can save, forward, or share it anytime. A View Once photo gets exactly one view. How to send a View Once photo or video Sending one takes four taps: ...

"Congratulations, you've won a lottery!" — from a number you've never seen. Spam calls are annoying, and some of them are outright fraud attempts. The good news: your Android phone already has a free, built-in spam filter. You don't need to install anything. Here's how to turn it on and take back control. How the built-in protection works Google's Phone app checks incoming calls against a database of known spam numbers. When a spam call comes in, your phone can warn you ("Suspected spam caller") or block it silently. It's free, it's already on your phone, and it works surprisingly well. Turn on Caller ID and spam protection Open the Phone app (the green phone icon you use to make calls) Tap the three dots (⋮) in the top-right corner, then tap Settings Tap Caller ID & spam, then turn on See caller and spam ID On the same screen, turn on Filter spam calls so suspected spam never even rings That's it — most spam calls will ...