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AI · June 18, 2026

VRIKAAN

AI that wastes scammers' time so they can't reach victims

VRIKAAN launched on June 18, 2026 with 3 votes, #6,658 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

What it does

India loses ₹10,000+ crore a year to scams. VRIKAAN fights back. 🎭 AI Scambaiter — paste any scam message; our AI plays a believable target, wastes the scammer's time for hours, and harvests their UPI IDs & numbers. 🧬 Scam DNA — a crowdsourced immune system. Every report makes the network smarter; families get auto-alerted to scams near them. ⚡ 35+ free tools — deepfake detector, UPI & loan-app checker, Aadhaar masking & more. Free to start. Built by SOC analysts in Pune, India. 🇮🇳

VRIKAAN — AI-powered cyber defense platform protecting real people from fraud, phishing, and identity theft. Enterprise-grade security for everyone.

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