Frauds & Fearful Citizens
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By Partha Sinha
Try calling anyone in India these days – your chartered accountant, your daughter, your dentist – and before the first ring, you're ambushed by a govtissued voice note warning you about digital scams. It drones on with the cadence of a Sanskrit recital stuck in bureaucratic purgatory. 'Satark rahein,' it begins solemnly.
And satark you shall remain, for the next ninety-five seconds, as the audio wanders through a litany of QR codes, OTPs, and cautionary maxims.
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