Why do you keep returning to The Indian Express day after day? You trust the news we report, the investigative stories we do, our analyses on different issues – political, social, economic. You trust us to keep your interests first. For you, the masthead signifies credibility. A newspaper you can trust.
Unfortunately, it is this trust that some scamsters seek to exploit to push their criminal agenda. Over the last few months several fake pages have been doing the rounds on direct messaging apps seeking to sell spurious products and offers touting themselves as indianexpress.com or using the newspaper’s masthead with names of respected Indian business icons like N. R. Narayan Murthy, Ratan Tata, Azim Premji and Mukesh Ambani.
These web pages are designed to look identical to that of The Indian Express. The masthead looks the same, even the sections and bylines are imitated to deceive. The similarity ends there: the content, in a language mimicking news reportage, is designed to mislead you. And most often it is more than obvious.
So how to identify such fake pages?
– The tall claims should ring the first bell. The Indian Express does not vouch for financial products or services
– Check the URL. Our domain address is always https://indianexpress.com/
– Often you will notice that the masthead has a typo, missing an S in Express or spelling Indian incorrectly
Since there are hundreds of such pages being shared on platforms like WhatsApp using the name or masthead of The Indian Express, readers are warned to exercise due caution while perusing such fake posts or clicking on any links given on such pages. Please also do not share or forward such fake pages.
Stay safe and trust The Indian Express.