The Ram Mandir pran prathisthan in Ayodhya became a happy hunting ground for cybercriminals and scams in the name of Lord Ram.

Over the past few weeks, officials from the Maharashtra Cyber department tracked a wide range of attempts to defraud citizens by exploiting religious sentiments. The most common modus operandi was messages accompanied by QR codes, seeking donations for the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trustin Ayodhya. Citizens were being lured into paying supposed donations by scanning QR codes and sending amounts of their choice.