According to a report issued on Digital Fraud, India is second only after Indonesia in such a case of fraud. According to the report, 48% Indian online Consumers have been caught directly or indirectly in the online fraud trap. 

In Asia Pacific Fraud Insight Report, ten Asian countries including India were included in this study. Online fraud includes many sectors like telecommunication, retail, and insurance.  The government today told the Parliament that in the year 2017 (till 21st December), there are reports of 25,800 fraud cases involving Rs 179 crore related to a debit card and internet banking. 

IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, "According to the data provided by the Reserve Bank of India, banks have stated that the ATM (Credit: debit card-related fraud, December 2017 quarter (December 21) In this, 10,220 cases have been registered. "He said that the quantum of the amount involved in these frauds in the said quarter is 111.85 crore rupees.

Prasad further said that about 7,372 cases of fraud in the quarter ended September, 5,148 cases in the quarter ended June and 3,077 in the quarter of the year 2017 have been received.

Haryana ranked second with 238 cases (Rs 8.27 crore), followed by Karnataka (221 cases worth Rs 9.16 crore), Tamil Nadu (208 cases worth Rs 4.38 crore) and Delhi (156 cases worth Rs 3.43 crore).

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