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E-commerce has rapidly transformed the retail and commerce landscape in India. While e-commerce has made shopping more convenient for consumers, providing wider selections and competitive pricing, its growth has also been accompanied by increased cybercrime. This paper investigates the relationship between the rise of e-commerce and cybercrime rates in more comprehensive selections in India by examining existing literature and statistical analysis of government and industry data. The anonymity afforded by the Internet, coupled with jurisdictional ambiguities across international boundaries, constrain efforts to identify these fraudsters and investigate cross-border cybercrimes. Demands for reform include expanding definitions of cybercrimes, increasing penalties, enabling faster trials and granting law enforcement access to digital forensics and surveillance tools while protecting citizen privacy. Acute jurisdictional complexities arise in investigating cross-border e-commerce cybercrimes spanning multiple nations with divergent legal protocols. Despite the benefits of online financial transactions, people started highlighting the fear of financial cybercrimes among the top concerns that impact their daily lives. It concludes that optimised regulation is imperative to enhance India's cyber readiness, leveraging the digital public goods generated by e-commerce innovations while safeguarding citizen rights and cyber-physical security. Recommendations encompass reforming legal frameworks, strengthening law enforcement capabilities, augmenting cybersecurity protocols, enhancing public awareness, and fostering greater public-private collaboration focused on the prevention, detection and deterrence of emerging e-commerce-related cyber threats.