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 and social media posts have been doing the rounds on direct messaging apps like WhatsApp and platforms like Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram seeking to sell spurious products and offers touting themselves as indianexpress.com or using the newspaper’s masthead or logo with names of respected Indian leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, celebrities including Shreya Ghoshal as well as business icons like N R Narayan Murthy, Ratan Tata, Azim Premji, Uday Kotak and Mukesh Ambani. A recent instance is a tweet by a website swiy.co, designed to look like an image published by The Indian Express - by using our logo (see below). Another instance published by a site called newfouqbvy.com, but designed to look like the indianexpress.com, claims in the headline that "India's central bank sues Rahul Gandhi" even though the content below doesn't justify this in any way. These web pages and social media posts are designed to look identical to that of The Indian Express. The masthead and brand logo 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 do you identify such fake pages? - The tall claims in the headline should ring the first bell. The Indian Express does not vouch for financial products or services, nor does it publish clickbait articles - Check the URL. Our domain address is always - 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. The best way to read our journalism is to log on directly to indianexpress.com on the browser you use. Or, you could bookmark our website so it's easy for you to access it daily. Stay safe and trust The Indian Express.
