The National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (cybercrime.gov.in) is run by the Ministry of Home Affairs and is the official place to report cyber offences anywhere in India. You don't need to go to a police station first — it's designed to be filed from home.
1. Choose the right category
The portal splits complaints into two tracks:
- "Report Women/Child Related Crime" — covers harassment, stalking, morphed or fake images, and abuse. This one can be filed without logging in, so you can stay fully anonymous if you choose to.
- "Report Other Cyber Crime" — covers hacking, financial fraud, and similar. This requires OTP login, since it's tied to your identity for follow-up and money-trail tracing.
2. Fill the four-part form
- Incident details — what happened, when, and where online (which platform, which account, links).
- Suspect details — anything you know about who did it, if applicable. It's fine to leave this blank if you don't know.
- Complainant details — your information. Skippable for the anonymous Women/Child category.
- Evidence upload — screenshots, links, saved messages. This is where the evidence you collected matters most.
3. Preview, submit, and save your acknowledgment number
Before submitting, you'll get a chance to review everything. Once submitted, you'll receive an acknowledgment number by SMS and on-screen. Save it somewhere safe — it's your only proof the complaint exists, and you'll need it to check the status later.
Filing for financial fraud specifically?
If the portal itself feels like too much right now
That's genuinely common, especially right after something upsetting has happened. R.A.K.S.H.A can walk through what happened with you and guide you step-by-step through filing it yourself — you can stay anonymous with us too, the same way the portal allows.