Scams & Frauds
Pump-and-dumps, fake advisors, and the scams retail falls for.
The Abdul Karim Telgi Scam: India's ₹30,000 Crore Counterfeit Empire
How Abdul Karim Telgi ran an 11-year, ₹30,000 cr stamp-paper counterfeiting empire — and the verification habit every retail investor should learn.
The CRB Scam: India's First Mutual Fund Ponzi Scheme
How Chain Roop Bhansali ran India's first mutual fund Ponzi scheme in 1997 — wiping out ₹1,200 crore from 200,000+ investors. The full case study.
Saradha Scam: Anatomy of a ₹10,000 Crore Chit Fund Disaster
The Saradha scam explained: how Sudipto Sen's group conned 17 lakh families with a 50% return promise — and the lessons every Indian saver needs.
Binary Options Scams Targeting Indian Traders
Binary options platforms like Olymp Trade, Binomo, IQ Option and Quotex are unsafe for Indians. Learn the legal risk, scam playbook and recovery steps.
Unauthorized Trading in Your Demat Account
Unauthorized trading in a demat account: how account handlers, phishing, broker misuse, and PoA abuse hit your portfolio — and how to stop them.
NSEL Scam Explained: How a ₹5,600 Crore Fraud Hid Behind 'Risk-Free' Arbitrage
The NSEL scam wasn't arbitrage. It was unsecured lending dressed as risk-free trading — and the mechanism gets reused. Here's how it worked and what to learn.
Penny Stock Manipulation: How Operators Play Retail
How operators run pump-and-dump schemes in Indian penny stocks — the 5-act playbook, the Sadhna Broadcast case, and red flags to spot before you buy.
Ponzi Schemes Disguised as Trading Services: How to Spot Them
Spot Ponzi schemes disguised as trading services — VIP Telegram tips, account-handling, fake apps, AI-algo PMS — real Indian cases and red flags.
Recovery Agent Scams in India: Don't Pay to Get Your Money Back
Lost money in a trading or investment scam? Learn how fake recovery agents target victims, why upfront recovery fees are scams, and what to do instead.
Harshad Mehta Scam — What Actually Happened
The 1992 Harshad Mehta scam, explained for traders — how the bank receipt loophole, the ACC bull run, and a Sucheta Dalal column rewrote Indian markets.
The Ketan Parekh Scam, Explained
Plain-English guide to the Ketan Parekh scam: K-10 stocks, circular trading, MMCB pay orders, the 2001 crash, SEBI reforms, and investor lessons.
The Karvy Stock Broking Scam
How Karvy misused client shares, pledged them for group loans, and exposed the custody gaps that changed India's broker regulations.
Real trading, explained simply.
Daily videos showing how trading actually works in real life — walked through step by step, in plain language, by VRD Rao.