# Rajasthan Police issue advisory on Diwali online shopping fraud 2026-10-17T05:31:48+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Ahead of Diwali, the Rajasthan Police have issued an advisory warning shoppers about cyber fraud through fake websites, links and messages pretending to be from e-commerce platforms such as Flipkart and Amazon. The advisory, issued under the direction of Director General of Police Rajiv Kumar Sharma, was detailed by Additional Director General of Police (Cyber Crime) V.K. Singh. Bharatpur Police separately highlighted that fraudsters use AI to clone shopping interfaces and send fake SMS and email order updates and gift card offers to steal banking credentials. Both advisories urge shoppers to type website addresses manually, avoid suspicious links, use unique passwords, enable two-factor authentication, and prefer token-based payments such as UPI. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both amarujala and bhaskar report the same police advisory in neutral, service-oriented framing, with no government-critical or sensationalist slant. Amarujala leads with the state-level advisory from Jaipur and names senior officers, while bhaskar leads with the Bharatpur-specific warning and adds detail on AI-cloned interfaces. The differences are in regional scope and depth of safety tips, not in editorial stance. The uniform coverage suggests no competing political or commercial pressure on the story. The key takeaway for readers is the specific precautions listed, including manual URL entry and two-factor authentication. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - amarujala.com (neutral report) Leads with state-level advisory, names senior police officers - bhaskar.com (neutral report) Leads with Bharatpur-specific warning, adds AI detail This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Amazon, Bharatpur Police, Flipkart, Rajasthan Police, Rajiv Kumar Sharma Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/rajasthan-police-issue-advisory-on-diwali-online-shopping-fraud/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/rajasthan-police-issue-advisory-on-diwali-online-shopping-fraud/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/