Most NRI property problems in Bengaluru are not fraud. They are process, assumptions about how things work that turn out to be wrong at the point of registration.
Power of attorney. You do not have to be in India to transact, but the POA has to be drafted for the specific transaction, executed correctly, and registered where required. A general POA drafted years ago for something else routinely gets rejected at the sub-registrar’s office. Get it drafted for this purchase, and get it checked before you rely on it.
TDS when you are the buyer, and the seller is an NRI. This catches people badly. Buying from a resident seller, you deduct 1% under Section 194-IA above ₹50 lakh. Buying from an NRI seller, Section 195 applies instead. The rate is far higher, and there is no ₹50 lakh threshold. It applies at any value.
It is also deducted on the entire sale consideration, not just the gain, unless the seller has obtained a lower deduction certificate under Section 197. The liability sits with you, the buyer. Get it wrong and the department comes to you, not the seller.
TDS when you are the NRI seller. Expect a substantial deduction from your sale proceeds. A lower deduction certificate under Section 197 is worth applying for well before closing, because it takes time.
Repatriation has its own conditions and documentation. Plan for it before the sale, not after the money is sitting in an NRO account.
None of this is a reason not to transact from abroad. We complete these regularly, and for one client the entire signing took forty-five minutes between landing and leaving. But it needs sequencing, and the sequencing starts months before the signature.