{"id":1010730,"date":"2026-05-29T09:28:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1010730"},"modified":"2026-05-29T09:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:19:08","slug":"mha-cyber-wing-warns-online-shoppers-against-fake-websites-payment-link-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/05\/29\/mha-cyber-wing-warns-online-shoppers-against-fake-websites-payment-link-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"MHA cyber wing warns online shoppers against fake websites, payment link scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: With online shopping witnessing explosive growth across the country, cyber fraudsters are increasingly exploiting unsuspecting consumers through fake websites, bogus advertisements and fraudulent payment links. <\/p>\n<p>Alarmed by the sharp rise in complaints, the cyber wing of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs\u2019 Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) has issued a nationwide advisory outlining a set of dos and don\u2019ts for online shoppers. <\/p>\n<p>Officials said the rapid expansion of e-commerce platforms and the lure of massive discounts have created fresh opportunities for cybercriminals, who are now using sophisticated tactics to target buyers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: With online shopping witnessing explosive growth across the country, cyber fraudsters are increasingly exploiting unsuspecting consumers through fake websites, bogus advertisements and fraudulent payment links. Alarmed by the sharp rise in complaints, the cyber wing of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs\u2019 Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) has issued a nationwide advisory outlining a set of dos and don\u2019ts for online shoppers. Officials said the rapid expansion of e-commerce platforms and the lure of massive discounts have created fresh opportunities for cybercriminals, who are now using sophisticated tactics to target buyers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1010730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-new-indian-express","category-newspapers","category-the-new-indian-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1010730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1010753,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010730\/revisions\/1010753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1010730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1010730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1010730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}