Three cybercriminals were arrested in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur for duping a retired Khammam man of Rs 59 lakh after threatening him with digital arrest. The trio, posing as Bengaluru Police, were remanded following a confession by one of the accused
Had it not been for the alert staff, the cyber fraud would have been perpetrated on a retired PSU employee and his wife, who walked into the bank with a request to transfer Rs 46 lakh by RTGS to an account of ICICI Bank in Aurangabad.
'Digital arrest' is a new method of cyber fraud, in which the fraudsters scare people by making audio or video calls by posing as law enforcement officers
The authorities in Hyderabad have warned general public, especially those who spend a lot of time browsing the internet, to look out for Digital Arrest Scam.
