India, Sept. 8 -- The Indian Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has helped prevent suspected cyber fraud losses of more than Rs.5,000 crore through its Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) within fifteen months of its launch on May 22, 2025.

This money did not have to be traced, frozen or recovered. It never left the citizen's account in the first place.

The milestone marks a decisive scaling-up of an initiative that had prevented Rs.660 crore of losses in its first six months of operation.

It reflects the growing role of telecom intelligence in shielding citizens from digital financial fraud, and the strength of coordinated action across the telecom, banking, fintech, securities, insurance and law enforcement ecosystems.

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