Brand Protection Services: Find, Prove and Take Down Impersonation
A customer searches for your support line, rings a number from a fake Google Business listing, gets a WhatsApp message with your logo, and installs an APK that steals their banking login. That scam touched Google, WhatsApp and a file host before it reached your customer, and each of them has to be asked separately, with different proof, to take its part down.
That is the job of TIKAJ's brand protection service. Our clients include banks, insurers and fintechs in the Gulf, India and South East Asia; across all of them we complete 100,000+ takedowns a year.
Talk to the brand protection teamWhat we watch, what proves a fake, and how it ends
A typical fake loan offer starts as a paid ad, lands on a cloned site and ends in a WhatsApp chat asking for an upfront fee. Remove only the site and the ad points to a new one by evening.
| Channel | What we watch | What proves it is fake | How the case ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domains and websites | Names like yourbank-kyc[.]in or yourbank-support[.]com the day they are registered or get a certificate, and pages that copy your login screen | The cloned login or payment form, your logo and wording, a registration date after your brand with no real business behind it | Host or registrar suspends the site; a domain worth keeping is recovered through UDRP or INDRP |
| Mobile apps | Google Play, the App Store and third-party Android stores (150+ in all), plus APK links sent by SMS and WhatsApp | A package name or signing certificate that does not match your real app | Store pulls the listing; the APK link goes to the file host and to Google Safe Browsing |
| Social media profiles | Pages, profiles and groups on 20+ platforms using your name, logo, offers or an executive's photo | Your verified account next to the copy, and posts aimed at your customers | Platform removes it through its impersonation form or brand-partner channel |
| WhatsApp and Telegram | "Customer care" numbers, business accounts, channels and bots that use your name | The number or t.me link, dated screenshots of the chat, your official contact list | Meta or Telegram bans the account; in India the number also goes to Sanchar Saathi Chakshu |
| Search listings and ads | Fake support numbers on Google Business listings and ads that bid on your brand name | The listing or ad URL, the number, your real support numbers | Listing corrected or removed; ad pulled by the network's policy team |
| Dark web and leak sites | Forum and market posts selling your data, phishing kits built for your brand, and employee logins | The post, what it offers, and a check that the data really is yours | You get the evidence to reset access and notify; removal requested where a host will act |
The desk, escalation path and evidence for each asset type are on our takedown service page. Lookalike domains get their own watch through domain name monitoring.
How the service runs
Watch
We load your brand names, domains, app package names, official numbers and executive names, and search for anything that copies them.
Prove
A fake APK is proved by its signing certificate; a fake site by the cloned login form; a fake number by your published list. Each case gets its proof before it is sent.
Remove
The case goes to the desk that can act: the host, the registrar, Google Play, Meta, Telegram's @notoscam bot. We work with 90+ such partners.
Disrupt
Scam crews reuse hosting, numbers and templates. After the first removal we look for the same operator's other assets and report those too.
Report
Every case keeps its dates: found, sent, removed. When an inspector asks how you handle impersonation, that log is the answer.
For banks and regulated firms
In India, RBI's cyber security framework for banks names anti-phishing and anti-rogue app measures. In the UAE, the Central Bank's 2026 guidance for licensed financial institutions covers brand protection, digital impersonation monitoring and takedown. Our regulations table quotes the clauses and maps each to the control and the evidence an inspector asks for.
What brand protection does not cover
Trademark filings, customs seizures and lawsuits are IP counsel's job. We do the online part, copyright notices included, and when a domain is worth a UDRP or INDRP dispute we hand your lawyers the evidence file. Choosing a provider in India? Our guide to brand protection companies in India compares the options.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What banks and brands ask before they hire a brand protection service.
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