HDFC Bank Conducted Over 4000 Cyber Fraud Awareness Workshops in the Country

HDFC Bank, India’s leading private sector Bank, as a part of digital banking awareness drive, conducted series of cyber fraud awareness workshops pan India. Since April 2025, the Bank organised over 4,000 workshops sensitising over 27,000 citizens on safe digital banking practices.

These workshops are aimed at educating school and college students, senior citizens, self-help groups, customers and employees. Through these interactive sessions, participants gained valuable insights on safe digital banking practices so that they don’t fall prey to cyber frauds. The workshops included real life examples, stories and videos which helped participants understand various modus operandi used by fraudsters and tips on how to stay safe from such frauds. Many of these sessions were conducted in collaboration with Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs).

Commenting on this Mr. Manish Agrawal, Senior Executive Vice President – Credit Intelligence and Control, HDFC Bank said, “Fraudsters are increasingly using social engineering tactics coupled with technology to mislead and exploit customers. Hence it is essential to create an awareness among the citizens about various modus operandi used by them, so that they do not share confidential banking data or click on unverified links. The objective of these workshops is to educate participants on secure banking practices that they need to follow so that they do not become victims of such online frauds. Always ‘Pause’, ‘Think’ and ‘Verify’ before taking any action.”