What are the red flags of this scam?

No legitimate source can provide genuine exam papers before they are set — anyone claiming to is running a scam • Demands payment in installments: Telegram group entry fee (₹500), then 'token' payment (₹60,000), then 'paper' payment (₹2–10 lakh) • Asks for original marksheets, certificates, Aadhaar, and blank signed cheques as 'security' — these are used to control you • Contact arrives via WhatsApp from an unknown number, or through a social media ad promising 'guaranteed admission' • Bhopal Cyber Crime Wing (May 2026) warned that re-NEET exam anxiety is being actively exploited by fraudsters

What should I do if this happened to me?

Never pay any individual or group for exam papers, 'VIP seats', or admission shortcuts • Verify NTA exam information only at the official nta.ac.in website — never via WhatsApp or Telegram • Do not hand over original documents, signed blank cheques, or advance payments to any broker • If you already paid, block the contact, preserve all WhatsApp and payment screenshots • Families of students held by fraudsters should contact local police immediately • Report at https://cybercrime.gov.in or call 1930 (national cyber helpline).

HIGH other Last reported: 29 Sept 2026 Share

Agent on Telegram promises leaked NEET or JEE papers — takes lakhs, delivers nothing

Q: Is this a scam?

Yes. This is a documented scam pattern. Scammers on Telegram exploit real or rumoured exam paper leaks, charging ₹2–30 lakh for 'guaranteed' papers or results. Others pose as admission brokers taking families' money to 'secure' MBBS or engineering seats — collecting original documents, then vanishing.

Scammers on Telegram exploit real or rumoured exam paper leaks, charging ₹2–30 lakh for 'guaranteed' papers or results. Others pose as admission brokers taking families' money to 'secure' MBBS or engineering seats — collecting original documents, then vanishing.

Also known as: NEET paper leak scam, fake MBBS admission broker, JEE paper leak Telegram, fake NTA agent, exam seat booking fraud

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Call 1930 now

1 Call 1930 — the national cyber-crime helpline — right now. The sooner you report, the better the chance of freezing the money before it moves.
2 Call your bank to freeze the account and block the card immediately. Use the number printed on your card, never a number from the message or caller.
3 File a report at cybercrime.gov.in and keep every message, screenshot, and transaction ID.

What to do right now

1 Never pay any individual or group for exam papers, 'VIP seats', or admission shortcuts
2 Verify NTA exam information only at the official nta.ac.in website — never via WhatsApp or Telegram
3 Do not hand over original documents, signed blank cheques, or advance payments to any broker
4 If you already paid, block the contact, preserve all WhatsApp and payment screenshots
5 Families of students held by fraudsters should contact local police immediately
6 Report at https://cybercrime.gov.in or call 1930 (national cyber helpline).

Red flags

⚠ No legitimate source can provide genuine exam papers before they are set — anyone claiming to is running a scam
⚠ Demands payment in installments: Telegram group entry fee (₹500), then 'token' payment (₹60,000), then 'paper' payment (₹2–10 lakh)
⚠ Asks for original marksheets, certificates, Aadhaar, and blank signed cheques as 'security' — these are used to control you
⚠ Contact arrives via WhatsApp from an unknown number, or through a social media ad promising 'guaranteed admission'
⚠ Bhopal Cyber Crime Wing (May 2026) warned that re-NEET exam anxiety is being actively exploited by fraudsters

Known variants

Bihar teen (June 2026) hacked NTA NEET UG 2026 portal with stolen credentials, changed bank details on ~150 refund-eligible accounts to divert exam fee refunds to his own account. NTA security detected unauthorized logins and alerted Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police before any funds transferred.

Last seen: 6/16/2026
Common Nursing Entrance Test (CNET 2026) paper-leak fraud: UP STF arrested Bihar man for selling fake CNET question paper access via Telegram and social media. Victims paid via UPI/digital wallets for paper that never existed. Same multi-state pattern as NEET frauds — two UPI IDs and one Telegram channel traced. Arrested in Lucknow, June 2026.

Last seen: 6/21/2026
Post-result fraud (July 2026): scammers cold-call NEET-UG aspirants with their real roll number post-July 16 results, demanding ₹15–30 lakh to 'block' an MBBS seat. NTA also warned of AI-generated fake OMR sheets/scorecards — submitting them risks FIR under IT Act/BNS.

Last seen: 8/1/2026
Pune fake engineering-admission call centre (Aug 2026): 10 BTech graduates ran a call centre posing as IIIT-Hyderabad admissions counsellors. Families of JEE aspirants paid ₹1–3 lakh each for 'reserved' engineering seats; 35 victims, ₹50 lakh total. Arrested Aug 17, 2026.

Last seen: 8/22/2026
SSC GD Constable live server hack (Sep 2026): UP STF arrested 'Devil' for routing SSC exam centre computers via internet proxy to remote solvers who answered questions in real time. Insiders (IT staff, invigilators, superintendents) set up the connection. Candidates paid ₹6–10 lakh each.

Last seen: 9/25/2026

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